Analysts await Murphy USA Inc. (NASDAQ:MUSA) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $0.66 EPS, up 24.24% or $0.16 from last year’s $0.5 per share.

At the moment 7 analysts are watching Murphy USA Inc. (NASDAQ:MUSA), 3 rate it “Buy”, 3 “Outperform”, 1 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 5 analysts have a mean sales target of 3,124.27 million. For the quarter ending Sep-16, 5 analysts have a mean sales target of 3,324.82 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 6 analysts have a mean target of 12,188.00 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 6 analysts have a 1.22 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Jun-16, for the quarter ending Sep-16, 6 analysts have a 1.41 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Sep-16 there are 7 estimates of 4.22 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Murphy USA Inc. include Vanguard Group Inc which owns 3 million shares in the company valued at $187.51 million. Fidelity Management and Research Company is the second biggest holder with 2 million shares currently valued at 112.90 million whilst SouthernSun Asset Management, LLC has 1 million shares valued at 90.60 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 32,944,336 with a reported 2,400,712 bought and 5,107,601 sold. These holdings make up 79.09% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 579,870 shares in the business which makes up 1.39% of shares. The biggest holder currently is Claiborne P. Deming who owns 215,832 shares (0.52% of those outstanding), whilst Mr. R. Madison Murphy holds 192,160 (0.46% of shares outstanding) and Ms. Diane N. Landen holds 48,643 (0.12% of shares outstanding).

The stock increased 0.10% or $0.06 during the last trading session, hitting $58.40. Murphy USA Inc. (NASDAQ:MUSA) has fallen 3.1% over the past 6 months and is downtrending.