How Do Analysts See Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) Performing Over The Next Few Years?
In December 2018, Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) announced its latest earnings update, which showed that the business turned profitable again after experiencing losses in the previous financial year. Below, I’ve laid out key growth figures on how market analysts predict Murphy Oil’s earnings growth outlook over the next couple of years and whether the future looks brighter. I will be using net income excluding extraordinary items in order to exclude one-off volatility which I am not interested in.
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Market analysts’ prospects for the coming year seems pessimistic, with earnings decreasing by a double-digit -37%. Over the medium term, earnings will begin to improve, climbing year on year, and generating US$508m by 2022.
While it’s helpful to understand the growth each year relative to today’s level, it may be more valuable to evaluate the rate at which the earnings are moving on average every year. The pro of this method is that it removes the impact of near term flucuations and accounts for the overarching direction of Murphy Oil’s earnings trajectory over time, which may be more relevant for long term investors. To calculate this rate, I’ve inserted a line of best fit through analyst consensus of forecasted earnings. The slope of this line is the rate of earnings growth, which in this case is 6.5%. This means that, we can expect Murphy Oil will grow its earnings by 6.5% every year for the next couple of years.
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Financial Health: Does it have a healthy balance sheet? Take a look at our free balance sheet analysis with six simple checks on key factors like leverage and risk.
Valuation: What is MUR worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether MUR is currently mispriced by the market.
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