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Murphy USA (MUSA) Competitors

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$525.02 +0.72 (+0.14%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

MUSA vs. CDW, BURL, CHWY, SFM, BJ, FND, VIPS, BBWI, MNSO, and OLLI

Should you be buying Murphy USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy USA include CDW (CDW), Burlington Stores (BURL), Chewy (CHWY), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Floor & Decor (FND), Vipshop (VIPS), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), MINISO Group (MNSO), and Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.

Murphy USA vs.

Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) and CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Murphy USA pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Murphy USA pays out 7.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CDW pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

CDW has higher revenue and earnings than Murphy USA. CDW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murphy USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Murphy USA$20.60B0.52$556.80M$24.2421.66
CDW$21.38B1.10$1.10B$8.1821.51

80.8% of Murphy USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Murphy USA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of CDW shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

CDW has a net margin of 5.33% compared to Murphy USA's net margin of 2.48%. Murphy USA's return on equity of 62.73% beat CDW's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Murphy USA2.48% 62.73% 11.67%
CDW 5.33%58.31%9.31%

Murphy USA presently has a consensus price target of $495.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.65%. CDW has a consensus price target of $244.63, indicating a potential upside of 39.00%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than Murphy USA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Murphy USA
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
CDW
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

CDW received 203 more outperform votes than Murphy USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.31% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 65.72% of users gave Murphy USA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Murphy USAOutperform Votes
370
65.72%
Underperform Votes
193
34.28%
CDWOutperform Votes
573
70.31%
Underperform Votes
242
29.69%

Murphy USA has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDW has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CDW had 22 more articles in the media than Murphy USA. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for CDW and 5 mentions for Murphy USA. Murphy USA's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat CDW's score of 0.70 indicating that Murphy USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Murphy USA
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CDW
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

CDW beats Murphy USA on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MUSA vs. The Competition

MetricMurphy USAAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.63B$8.84B$8.42B$19.90B
Dividend Yield0.36%1.26%11.48%3.54%
P/E Ratio21.661,329.4316.8042.58
Price / Sales0.521.10123.0318.15
Price / Cash14.3433.609.5617.85
Price / Book13.483.093.765.66
Net Income$556.80M$371.37M$947.22M$984.91M
7 Day Performance-0.56%-6.15%1.13%-0.16%
1 Month Performance9.24%-2.20%2.34%0.18%
1 Year Performance43.86%29.52%409.31%23.71%

Murphy USA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUSA
Murphy USA
3.246 of 5 stars
$525.02
+0.1%
$495.33
-5.7%
+43.9%$10.62B$21.53B21.6615,600Positive News
CDW
CDW
4.6804 of 5 stars
$175.99
+1.1%
$244.63
+39.0%
-19.0%$23.19B$20.83B21.5110,900Dividend Increase
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.5257 of 5 stars
$268.85
-1.9%
$297.56
+10.7%
+96.6%$17.11B$9.73B40.4371,049Upcoming Earnings
CHWY
Chewy
3.9465 of 5 stars
$34.60
+5.0%
$31.25
-9.7%
+68.2%$14.46B$11.15B42.1918,100Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
3.8966 of 5 stars
$142.75
-0.5%
$115.40
-19.2%
+245.1%$14.34B$6.84B41.2632,000Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
2.4143 of 5 stars
$85.63
-0.8%
$90.07
+5.2%
+34.7%$11.35B$19.97B21.6234,000High Trading Volume
FND
Floor & Decor
3.2627 of 5 stars
$103.46
+3.9%
$104.37
+0.9%
+14.3%$11.09B$4.41B57.4812,783High Trading Volume
VIPS
Vipshop
4.347 of 5 stars
$13.55
+2.2%
$17.50
+29.2%
-17.7%$7.19B$15.90B6.4814,638Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
BBWI
Bath & Body Works
4.9849 of 5 stars
$30.52
+0.3%
$42.44
+39.0%
+5.0%$6.67B$7.43B7.3957,157Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MNSO
MINISO Group
4.5608 of 5 stars
$17.70
+0.7%
$20.90
+18.1%
-36.0%$5.53B$1.58B16.393,696
OLLI
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
4.1589 of 5 stars
$87.56
-2.1%
$104.92
+19.8%
+12.9%$5.48B$2.10B26.7011,500

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This page (NYSE:MUSA) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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