Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for February 14, 2013

By NASDAQ.com News,  February 12, 2013, 09:00:05 AM EDT

Murphy Oil Corporation ( MUR ) will begin trading ex-dividend on February 14, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.3125 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 01, 2013. Shareholders who purchased MUR stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an -88.89% decrease from the prior quarter.

The previous trading day's last sale of MUR was $60.03, representing a -8.49% decrease from the 52 week high of $65.60 and a 38.67% increase over the 52 week low of $43.29.

MUR is a part of the Energy sector, which includes companies such as Exxon Mobil Corporation ( XOM ) and Chevron Corporation ( CVX ). MUR's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $4.99. Zacks Investment Research reports MUR's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as -16.23%, compared to an industry average of 1.8%.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the MUR Dividend History page.

Interested in gaining exposure to MUR through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have MUR as a top-10 holding:

  • PowerShares Dynamic Energy ( PXI )
  • Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Energy ETF ( RYE )
  • PowerShares Global Emerging Markets Infrastructure ( PXR )
  • First Trust Value Line Equity Allocation Index(sm)Fund ( FVI )
  • iShares Morningstar Mid Value Index Fund ( JKI ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is FVI with an increase of 16.85% over the last 100 days. PXI has the highest percent weighting of MUR at 2.54%.




The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.


This article appears in: News Headlines, Stocks

Referenced Stocks: CVX, FVI, JKI, MUR, PXI, PXR, RYE, XOM



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