Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

Murphy Oil Corporation MUR

$37.66 +0.51% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $5.40B

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Revenue over the last four quarters was $3.02B, up 8.8% from a year earlier, accelerating from -4.1% a quarter earlier.
  2. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.02, up 4.5% year over year.
  3. Over the past year the stock returned +27.3%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 12.2 percentage points.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth31Weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 49%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 19%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 26%
Quality73Positive

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 34%
  • Gross marginTop 5%
  • Operating marginTop 41%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 14%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 21%
  • Interest coverBottom 17%
Value28Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 43%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 48%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 1%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 49%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 33%
Momentum69Positive

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 45%
  • 6-month returnBottom 47%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 37%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 31%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 5%
Revisions21Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 12%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 18%
Stability57Neutral

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 37%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 34%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 8%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-4.1%8.8%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-77.3%4.5%↑
Gross margin29.5%82.3%↑
Operating margin18.0%18.4%↑
FCF margin42.6%10.9%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)8.8%-4.1%↑Bottom 44%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)4.5%-77.3%↑Top 49%
Gross margin82.3%29.5%↑Top 5%
Operating margin18.4%18.0%↑Top 41%
Net margin9.7%10.2%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin10.9%42.6%↓—
Return on invested capital3.9%—Bottom 34%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-13.9%—Bottom 19%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
3.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-12.4%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
1.4%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+52.9 pp
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
0.0×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
3.58%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.01%
Shareholder yield
3.59%
Share count change, 1 year
+2.0%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-2.4%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
6 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+100.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-2.6%
Positive 20 days after report
3 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$40.00
Target vs current price
+6.2%
Analysts with a rating
36
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
25%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026-1.3%-6.1%-6.9%-2.0%—
May 6, 2026+10.3%-6.6%-7.1%-6.0%-4.6%
Jan 28, 2026+275.0%-1.2%-3.3%-0.9%+24.4%
Nov 5, 2025+140.3%-0.9%+11.1%+23.0%+10.5%
Aug 6, 2025+28.6%-0.9%-2.7%+5.0%+17.1%
May 7, 2025+16.7%+0.0%+11.1%+3.2%+12.8%
Jan 30, 2025-37.5%-5.9%-8.6%-8.4%-27.8%
Nov 7, 2024+8.8%+0.6%-1.2%-3.7%-18.8%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026$1.55$1.57-1.3%$928.3M
May 6, 2026$0.32$0.29+10.3%$733.6M
Jan 28, 2026$0.14-$0.08+275.0%$624.6M
Nov 5, 2025$0.41$0.17+140.3%$721.0M
Aug 6, 2025$0.27$0.21+28.6%$683.1M
May 7, 2025$0.56$0.48+16.7%$672.7M
Jan 30, 2025$0.35$0.56-37.5%$671.0M
Nov 7, 2024$0.74$0.68+8.8%$753.2M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)18.6×9.6×78thTop 43%
P/E (forward)12.1×———
EV / Sales2.37×——Bottom 49%
Free-cash-flow yield6.11%——Top 48%
Earnings yield5.36%——Top 43%

P/E over the past five years

Range 4.2× – 66.0× since Mar 31, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+27.3%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+4.5%
Change in P/E multiple
+45.9%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✓ Price above 20-day average
  • ✓ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
3
Days above the 200-day average
8
50-day average slope (20 days)
+2.9%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+1.6%
Distance from 50-day average
+2.3%
Distance from 200-day average
+4.8%
RSI (14)
53.2
Relative volume
0.66×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
47.5%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
58th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.03
Correlation with S&P 500
0.01
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-11.9%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-59.9%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Nov 11, 2022Apr 8, 2025-61.3%601 daysNot yet recovered
Jun 7, 2022Jul 14, 2022-40.4%25 days70 days (Oct 21, 2022)
Jun 24, 2021Jul 19, 2021-25.4%16 days53 days (Oct 1, 2021)
Apr 18, 2022May 10, 2022-24.9%16 days19 days (Jun 7, 2022)
Sep 28, 2020Nov 6, 2020-23.5%29 days6 days (Nov 16, 2020)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$5.40B
P/E (TTM)
18.6
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$2.02
Revenue (TTM)
$3.02B
Dividend yield
3.65%
52-week range
$26.49 – $43.34
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$2.80B$4.22B$3.45B$3.02B$2.69B
Gross profit$1.28B$2.38B$2.62B$1.00B$577.8M
Operating income$281.4M$1.59B$1.04B$602.6M$387.3M
Net income-$73.7M$965.0M$661.6M$407.2M$104.2M
EPS (diluted)-$0.48$6.13$4.22$2.70$0.72
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$753.2M$669.6M$672.7M$683.1M$721.0M$642.1M$732.4M$928.3M
Net income$139.1M$50.3M$73.0M$22.3M-$3.0M$11.9M$53.0M$232.2M
EPS (diluted)$0.93$0.34$0.50$0.16-$0.02$0.08$0.37$1.59
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$1.42B$2.17B$1.75B$1.73B$1.25B
Capital expenditure-$688.2M-$1.11B-$1.10B-$908.2M-$851.4M
Free cash flow$734.0M$1.05B$647.2M$820.8M$396.4M
Dividends paid-$77.2M-$128.2M-$171.0M-$180.0M-$186.2M
Net share buybacks$0-$17.6M-$150.0M-$301.4M-$102.6M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$483.9M
Total assets
$10.28B
Total liabilities
$4.87B
Total debt
$2.26B
Net debt
$1.78B
Shareholders’ equity
$5.26B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 17, 2026$0.35Sep 1, 2026
May 18, 2026$0.35Jun 1, 2026
Feb 17, 2026$0.35Mar 2, 2026
Nov 17, 2025$0.33Dec 1, 2025
Aug 18, 2025$0.33Sep 2, 2025
May 16, 2025$0.33Jun 2, 2025
Feb 18, 2025$0.33Mar 3, 2025
Nov 18, 2024$0.30Dec 2, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
10,084,227
Days to cover
6.57
Change vs previous report
-4.2%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Sep 3, 2013
579-for-500
Jun 6, 2005
2-for-1
Dec 31, 2002
2-for-1
Jun 10, 1980
3-for-1