With 2.72 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.47 million shares. The 52-week range on MUR shows that it touched its highest point at $44.73 and its lowest point at $18.94 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $29.25. With its current market cap of 3.33 billion, MUR has annualized dividend of $1.23 while the current yield stands at 5.25%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.11.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of MUR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 11.10%, but this was up by 11.79% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.80% while six-month performance fell -29.39%. The stock lost -48.10% in the past year, while it has lost -22.90% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MUR yields 2.61 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.78. For the next quarter, that number is 0.34. This implies an EPS growth rate of -33.33% for this year and 51.15% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 12.33% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -17.32%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 142.72 million MUR shares are outstanding with a float of 134.47 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for MUR since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $3.11771 being high and $2.89788 being low. For MUR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.98781.
