In a filing, Murphy Oil Corp revealed its Officer GARDNER JOHN B acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.32 million on Jun 04 ’25. In the deal valued at $21.61 per share,14,782 shares were bought.
Then, Nolan Jeffrey W bought 10,000 shares, generating $233,947 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $23.39, the Director now owns 292,012 shares.
Before that, Utsch Louis W sold 9,584 shares. Murphy Oil Corp shares valued at $269,310 were divested by the Vice President at a price of $28.10 per share. As a result of the transaction, Utsch Louis W now holds 9,504 shares, worth roughly $0.24 million.
Johnson Rice downgraded its Murphy Oil Corp [MUR] rating to a Hold from a a Accumulate in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Roth Capital’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in mid May from “a Buy” to “a Neutral”. Mizuho also remained covering MUR and has decreased its forecast on May 13, 2025 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “an Outperform” rating. Barclays revised its rating on April 23, 2025. It rated MUR as “an Underweight” which previously was an “an Equal weight”.
Price Performance Review of MUR
On Friday, Murphy Oil Corp [NYSE:MUR] saw its stock jump 4.18% to $25.43. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 13.02%. Murphy Oil Corp shares have fallen nearly -15.96% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -37.44% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $43.02 was reached on 01/13/25, a 52-week low of $18.94 was recorded on 04/09/25.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For MUR Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 24.73, which if violated will result in even more drops to 24.03. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 25.96. A further resistance level may holdings at 26.49.
How much short interest is there in Murphy Oil Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Murphy Oil Corp stocks on 2025-05-30, growing by 2.66 million shares to a total of 25.97 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-04-30 was 23.31 million shares. There was a rise of 10.25%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
