MUR--can't find reliable information

[Joey Batz]

Why can't I find reliable information on Murphy Oil (MUR)?

Yahoo Finance won't let me see their Key Statistics. Google Finance is a mess to read and Daily Finance doesn't show me all the information I want either (such as debt). TD Ameritrade's stats make my eyes hurt. Even the company website gives me conflicting and incomplete information. The dividend history is different from what Yahoo presents, and I've gotten so far four different EPS's and two different P/E ratios, none of them close to the other.

Does anybody know anything about this company? I was interested in investing a small sum of cash in it. A small oil company with a global footprint and a dividend history dating back to the 1980's is definitely something I'd like in my portfolio, but I can't see any information about its debt or operating cash flow.

[EricL]

Morningstar?

http://financials.morningstar.com/balanc...ture=en-US

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(05-06-2015, 03:48 PM)Joey Batz Wrote: Why can't I find reliable information on Murphy Oil (MUR)?

Yahoo Finance won't let me see their Key Statistics. Google Finance is a mess to read and Daily Finance doesn't show me all the information I want either (such as debt). TD Ameritrade's stats make my eyes hurt. Even the company website gives me conflicting and incomplete information. The dividend history is different from what Yahoo presents, and I've gotten so far four different EPS's and two different P/E ratios, none of them close to the other.

Does anybody know anything about this company? I was interested in investing a small sum of cash in it. A small oil company with a global footprint and a dividend history dating back to the 1980's is definitely something I'd like in my portfolio, but I can't see any information about its debt or operating cash flow.

I would guess Yahoo is different from the Murphy Oil website because Yahoo Finance shows the dividends taking splits into account, while Murphy's doesn't appear to do that. Yahoo is also notorious for rounding errors ($0.313 rather than $0.3125) that becomes complicated and muddies the water when considering stock splits.

PE's are likely different because one site might be showing GAAP earnings while another shows non-GAAP. Oil companies, especially in the current environment with hedges and write-downs due to the drop in crude prices, can show large variances between the two reporting methods.