MUSA Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Murphy USA | NYSE:MUSA)

Murphy USA Inc is an American retailer of gasoline products and convenience-store merchandise operating in the United States. The stores are 100% company-operated and 90% company-owned; most are adjacent to Walmart stores. The business also contains product supply and wholesale assets, such as product distribution terminals and pipelines. Murphy is positioned in the market as a low-price, high-volume fuel retailer selling through low-cost kiosks and small stores. The stores adjacent to Walmart offer a discount program. The amount of the discount offered can vary based on many factors, including state laws.

Murphy USA trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol MUSA.

As of April 18, 2024, MUSA stock price declined to $412.85 with 162,888 million shares trading.

MUSA has a beta of 0.14, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. MUSA has a correlation of 0.01 to the broad based SPY ETF.

MUSA has a market cap of $8.59 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

Last quarter Murphy USA reported $5 billion in Revenue and $7.00 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-431 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.69.

In the last 3 years, MUSA stock traded as high as $430.83 and as low as $126.56.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that MUSA belongs to (by Net Assets): RAYD, IJH, VTI, VB, VBR.

MUSA has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +52.3% while the SPY ETF gained +22.3%. MUSA has also outperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +9.5% and -1.8%, respectively, while the SPY returned +6.1% and -3.8%, respectively.

MUSA support price is $415.43 and resistance is $426.79 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that MUSA stock will trade within this expected range on the day.