$20,000 of MURPHY OIL CORPORATION lobbying was just disclosed, from Q1 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"offshore leasing onshore oil and gas production financial assurance funding and policy matters relative to energy and safety permitting issues, including those associated with the Marine Mammal Protection Act Jones Act and associated maritime issues"
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
MUR Insider Trading Activity
MUR insiders have traded $MUR stock on the open market 6 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 5 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MUR stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- CLAIBORNE P DEMING has made 2 purchases buying 100,000 shares for an estimated $2,651,415 and 0 sales.
- LOUIS W UTSCH (Vice President) sold 9,584 shares for an estimated $269,310
- JEFFREY W NOLAN has made 2 purchases buying 10,000 shares for an estimated $233,947 and 0 sales.
- MEENAMBIGAI PALANIVELU (Vice President) purchased 1,573 shares for an estimated $41,999
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
MUR Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 203 institutional investors add shares of MUR stock to their portfolio, and 199 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- MACQUARIE GROUP LTD removed 1,359,202 shares (-94.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $41,129,452
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC removed 1,035,486 shares (-38.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $31,333,806
- VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. added 837,282 shares (+91.6%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $25,336,153
- AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC added 821,427 shares (+61.9%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $24,856,381
- ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added 794,730 shares (+108.2%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $24,048,529
- KGH LTD removed 790,432 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $23,918,472
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ removed 718,497 shares (-44.6%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $21,741,719
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
MUR Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $MUR in the last several months. We have seen 2 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- KeyBanc issued a "Overweight" rating on 02/03/2025
- Piper Sandler issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/15/2024
To track analyst ratings and price targets for MUR, check out Quiver Quantitative's $MUR forecast page.
MUR Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $MUR recently. We have seen 8 analysts offer price targets for $MUR in the last 6 months, with a median target of $35.5.
Here are some recent targets:
- An analyst from Piper Sandler set a target price of $34.0 on 03/06/2025
- Josh Silverstein from UBS set a target price of $32.0 on 02/03/2025
- Roger Read from Wells Fargo set a target price of $31.0 on 02/03/2025
- Betty Jiang from Barclays set a target price of $34.0 on 02/03/2025
- Tim Rezvan from KeyBanc set a target price of $37.0 on 02/03/2025
- Leo Mariani from Roth Capital set a target price of $37.0 on 01/23/2025
- Nitin Kumar from Mizuho Securities set a target price of $50.0 on 10/15/2024
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