Murphy Oil Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 14 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Murphy Oil stock have an average target of 34.36, with a low estimate of 22 and a high estimate of 63. The average target predicts a decrease of -14.16% from the current stock price of 40.03.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$22	$34.36	$33	$63
Change	-45.04%	-14.16%	-17.56%	+57.38%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Murphy Oil stock from 14 stock analysts 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	11
Sell	2	2	2	2	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	15	15	16	16	15	14

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Josh Silverstein UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $43 → $44	Hold	Maintains	$43 → $44	+9.92%	Apr 15, 2026
Hanwen Chang Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $32 → $38	Hold	Maintains	$32 → $38	-5.07%	Mar 26, 2026
Charles Meade Johnson Rice	Johnson Rice	Hold → Buy Upgrades $63	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$63	+57.38%	Mar 25, 2026
Nitin Kumar Mizuho	Mizuho	Hold Maintains $35 → $39	Hold	Maintains	$35 → $39	-2.57%	Mar 17, 2026
Betty Jiang Barclays	Barclays	Sell → Hold Upgrades $29 → $33	Sell → Hold	Upgrades	$29 → $33	-17.56%	Mar 13, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.94B

from 2.69B

9.45%

from 2.69B

Revenue Next Year

3.06B

from 2.94B

3.94%

from 2.94B

EPS This Year

3.03

from 0.72

319.24%

from 0.72

EPS Next Year

3.21

from 3.03

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	2.94B	3.06B
Revenue Growth	43.33%	50.65%	-18.28%	-12.48%	-10.89%	9.45%	3.94%
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	-	-	-	-	-	13.20	12.49
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	19	18

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	3.5B	3.6B
Avg	2.9B	3.1B
Low	2.3B	2.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	29.0%	22.7%
Avg	9.4%	3.9%
Low	-12.7%	-8.1%

EPS Forecast

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

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
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.