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 $34.36, which forecasts a -11.81% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $22 and the highest is $63.

Price Target: $34.36 (-11.81%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$22	$34.36	$33	$63
Change	-43.53%	-11.81%	-15.30%	+61.70%

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	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	2	2
Hold	13	13	14	14	12	12
Sell	2	2	2	2	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	15	15	16	16	15	15

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Josh Silverstein UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $43 → $44	Hold	Maintains	$43 → $44	+12.94%	Apr 15, 2026
Hanwen Chang Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $32 → $38	Hold	Maintains	$32 → $38	-2.46%	Mar 26, 2026
Charles Meade Johnson Rice	Johnson Rice	Hold → Buy Upgrades $63	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$63	+61.70%	Mar 25, 2026
Nitin Kumar Mizuho	Mizuho	Hold Maintains $35 → $39	Hold	Maintains	$35 → $39	+0.10%	Mar 17, 2026
Betty Jiang Barclays	Barclays	Sell → Hold Upgrades $29 → $33	Sell → Hold	Upgrades	$29 → $33	-15.30%	Mar 13, 2026

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.86B

Increased by 6.33%

from 2.69B

Revenue Next Year

3.02B

Increased by 5.73%

from 2.86B

EPS This Year

3.03

Increased by 319.24%

from 0.72

EPS Next Year

3.21

Increased by 5.70%

from 3.03

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	2.86B	3.02B
Revenue Growth	43.33%	50.65%	-18.28%	-12.48%	-10.89%	6.33%	5.73%
EPS	-0.48	6.13	4.22	2.70	0.72	3.03	3.21
EPS Growth	-	-	-31.11%	-36.00%	-73.22%	319.24%	5.70%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	12.85	12.15
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	19	18

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028
High	3.5B	3.5B
Avg	2.9B	3.0B
Low	2.3B	2.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	29.0%	21.7%
Avg	6.3%	5.7%
Low	-12.7%	-5.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	5.76	5.46
Avg	3.03	3.21
Low	-0.06	1.03

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	696.9%	80.0%
Avg	319.2%	5.7%
Low	-	-66.1%

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.