Mizuho analyst Paul Sankey started Murphy Oil with an Underperform rating and $36 price target.

Piper Sandler analyst Mark Lear raised the firm's price target on Murphy Oil to $55 from $49 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares as part of a Q1 preview for the exploration and production group. Energy has been hot, almost too hot, as $90 crude potentially cools the pace of consolidation and investors looking for ways to play the data center and power demand theme turn to gas equities, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm adjusted oil and gas price assumptions, expecting crude pricing to remain strong through Q3 and gas pricing pressure to persist through the balance of fiscal 2024.