MUR — Murphy Oil Corporation

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates MUR Bullish with a Setup Score of 37, net conviction 22, actionability 62. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score37
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction22
Actionability62 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Murphy Oil Corporation

Murphy Oil Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It explores for and produces crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Murphy Oil Corporation was formerly known as Murphy Corporation and changed its name to Murphy Oil Corporation in 1964. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

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Key Metrics

Current Price$36.00
Market Cap$5.49B
Float134.6M
Shares Outstanding143.3M
P/E (Forward)16.18
P/E (TTM)18.23
Price/Sales (TTM)1.83
vs. Analyst Target+10.9% to analyst PT
Profit Margin9.83%
Operating Margin (TTM)37.93%
Revenue (TTM)$2.99B
Earnings Growth (YoY)916.60%
Dividend Rate1.4%
Analyst Target Price$39.93 (17 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $1.75B -$1.15B -$8.0M -$392M
2021 $2.80B -$73.7M $1.28B $1.06B
2022 $4.22B $965M $2.38B $2.38B
2023 $3.45B $662M $2.62B $1.95B
2024 $3.02B $407M $1.00B $1.54B
2025 $2.69B $104M $578M $1.33B

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $721M -$3.0M
Dec 2025 $642M $11.9M
Mar 2026 $732M $53.0M
Jun 2026 $928.31B $232.18B

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership5.7%
Institutional Ownership92.3%
Short Float7.3%
% of All Funds Holding4.90%
Number of Funds Holding431

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$35.71Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$35.59Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$30.40Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$35.90Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$35.41Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$30.30Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$35.07Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Volume shelf data not available.

Historical Earnings Reactions (122 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.00% 0.00% 40.98% 9.47% -5.38%
1 Day -0.10% 0.01% 50.00% 10.66% -8.32%
1 Week 0.27% -0.14% 48.36% 20.19% -16.85%
2 Weeks 0.22% -0.39% 47.54% 30.91% -18.77%
1 Month 1.67% 1.66% 54.55% 70.33% -21.08%

Next earnings: October 24, 2026 (59 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan-1.5%39.1%46
Feb0.5%54.3%46
Mar3.2%71.7%46
Apr4.5%66.0%47
May0.3%48.9%47
Jun0.5%53.2%47
Jul0.7%63.8%47
Aug1.1%50.0%46
Sep0.2%47.8%46
Oct1.0%52.2%46
Nov0.8%54.3%46
Dec0.2%45.7%46

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.04% 46.5% 2212
Tuesday 0.02% 45.9% 2401
Wednesday 0.15% 48.4% 2399
Thursday -0.00% 48.2% 2353
Friday 0.10% 48.4% 2337

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 92.3%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 5.7%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings3
Net Value-$1.9M
Net Shares Change-55,928
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings2
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Hanchera Daniel R Senior Vice President -$1.6M 1 1 sell
Martinez Maria A Senior Vice President -$300,649.894 1 1 sell
Nolan Jeffrey W -$68,502.74 1 1 sell

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-07-02 Nolan Jeffrey W -$68,502.74 Transaction at $31.51, now +14.2%
2026-03-12 Hanchera Daniel R Senior Vice President -$1.6M Transaction at $33.79, now +6.5%
2026-03-04 Martinez Maria A Senior Vice President -$300,649.894 Transaction at $34.93, now +3.1%

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AI Consult Analysis

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