Murphy Oil Corp. (MUR) SVP & CFO Kevin G Fitzgerald sells 40,000 Shares

SVP & CFO of Murphy Oil Corp. (MUR, Financial) Kevin G Fitzgerald sells 40,000 shares of MUR on 03/01/2011 at an average price of $73.52 a share.

Murphy Oil Corp. has a market cap of $14.01 billion; its shares were traded at around $72.85 with a P/E ratio of 17.6 and P/S ratio of 0.6. The dividend yield of Murphy Oil Corp. stocks is 1.5%. Murphy Oil Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 19% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Murphy Oil Corp. the business predictability rank of 5-star.

Hedge Fund Gurus that owns MUR: T Boone Pickens of BP Capital, Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors, Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Paul Tudor Jones of The Tudor Group, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC. Mutual Fund and Other Gurus that owns MUR: Brian Rogers of T Rowe Price Equity Income Fund, David Williams of Columbia Value and Restructuring Fund, PRIMECAP Management, James Barrow of Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors, Pioneer Investments, Bill Frels of Mairs & Power Inc. , Jean-Marie Eveillard of First Eagle Investment Management, LLC, Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC.

CEO Recent Trades:

  • Sell: President & CEO David M. Wood sold 30,000 shares of MUR stock on 11/08/2010 at the average price of 68.15. David M. Wood owns at least 19,139 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 6.9% since.
  • Sell: President & CEO David M. Wood sold 25,000 shares of MUR stock on 09/20/2010 at the average price of 60.06. David M. Wood owns at least 19,139 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 21.3% since.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

  • Sell: Employee Henry J. Heithaus sold 4,000 shares of MUR stock on 02/25/2011 at the average price of 73.38. Henry J. Heithaus owns at least 5,699 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.72% since.
  • Sell: Director Robert Madison Murphy sold 50,000 shares of MUR stock on 02/23/2011 at the average price of 74.02. Robert Madison Murphy owns at least 6,673,768 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.58% since.
  • Sell: Employee Henry J. Heithaus sold 6,000 shares of MUR stock on 02/22/2011 at the average price of 75.5. Henry J. Heithaus owns at least 5,699 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 3.51% since.
  • Sell: Director Caroline G Theus sold 7,000 shares of MUR stock on 02/18/2011 at the average price of 73.69. Caroline G Theus owns at least 1,522,199 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.14% since.
  • Sell: Vice President Henry J. Heithaus sold 10,000 shares of MUR stock on 02/18/2011 at the average price of 74.1. Henry J. Heithaus owns at least 5,699 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.69% since.


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