Barclays Downgrades Murphy Oil Corp. (MUR) to Equalweight

Barclays downgraded Murphy Oil Corp. (NYSE: MUR) from Overweight to Equalweight with a price target of $70.

The firm comments, "MUR shares are up 14% since it was publically approached by an activist shareholder, including up 8.0% yesterday (versus EPX up 1.6%, SPX up 1.0%) to $64.5/sh. While the current share price is 21% below our estimated break-up value of $81, we do not believe management is pursuing either a piecemeal breakup or a complete sale of the entire company. We value MUR assets identified for monetization (US retail, UK R&M, Syncrude, and Montney) at $23 - $32/sh, and the total company at $62 - 78/sh representing only 10% upside to yesterday's close at the midpoint. As a result we no longer believe the shares warrant an Overweight rating."

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Shares of Murphy Oil Corp. closed at $63.74 yesterday.

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