Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR)

Murphy Oil Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 14 analysts that cover Murphy Oil stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $29.29, which forecasts a -15.22% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $22 and the highest is $35.

Price Target: $29.29 (-15.22%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$22	$29.29	$29	$35
Change	-36.32%	-15.22%	-16.06%	+1.30%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Murphy Oil stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	11	13	13	14	14	14
Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	15	15	15	16	16	16

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Mark Lear Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $32 → $33	Hold	Maintains	$32 → $33	-4.49%	Mar 5, 2026
Josh Silverstein UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $30 → $34	Hold	Maintains	$30 → $34	-1.59%	Mar 5, 2026
Neil Mehta Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Hold Maintains $26 → $29	Hold	Maintains	$26 → $29	-16.06%	Feb 11, 2026
Phillip Jungwirth BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Hold Maintains $37 → $35	Hold	Maintains	$37 → $35	+1.30%	Feb 3, 2026
Mark Lear Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $34 → $32	Hold	Maintains	$34 → $32	-7.38%	Feb 2, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.53B

Decreased by -5.98%

from 2.69B

Revenue Next Year

2.90B

Increased by 14.67%

from 2.53B

EPS This Year

0.80

Increased by 10.01%

from 0.72

EPS Next Year

2.19

Increased by 175.75%

from 0.80

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	2.80B	4.22B	3.45B	3.02B	2.69B	2.53B	2.90B
Revenue Growth	43.33%	50.65%	-18.28%	-12.48%	-10.89%	-5.98%	14.67%
EPS	-0.48	6.13	4.22	2.70	0.72	0.80	2.19
EPS Growth	-	-	-31.11%	-36.00%	-73.22%	10.01%	175.75%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	43.41	15.74
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	19	18

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028
High	2.9B	3.2B
Avg	2.5B	2.9B
Low	2.3B	2.5B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	7.7%	28.4%
Avg	-6.0%	14.7%
Low	-15.1%	-2.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	2.74	4.04
Avg	0.80	2.19
Low	-0.14	0.87

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	278.9%	408.0%
Avg	10.0%	175.8%
Low	-	9.6%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.