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Murphy Oil Corporation

MUR
61
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy
Also trades as: 0K3S.L GBP 0.37 (-3.73%)
Price
$37.25
-0.54 (-1.43%)
Market Cap
$5.34B
Winston Score
61
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Oct 8, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Strong
23/30
Growth
Mixed
6/20
Cash Flow
Strong
8/10
Stability
Good
5/10
Valuation
Strong
8/10
Ownership
Good
8/15
Dividends
Good
3/5

61 of 100 counted points = Winston Score 61.

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Share count falling — buybacks

−6.7% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 154.3M (2021) → 144.0M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Murphy Oil Corporation finds and pulls oil and natural gas out of the ground. The company drills wells in the United States, Canada, and offshore in places like the Gulf of Mexico and Southeast Asia. It sells the crude oil and natural gas it produces to refiners, utilities, and other energy companies.

Murphy makes money by selling the oil and gas it extracts, so its revenue rises and falls with commodity prices. It operates across multiple countries, giving it some geographic diversity, but it remains a mid-sized producer with limited ability to control the prices it receives. The biggest risk Murphy faces is a sustained drop in oil and gas prices, which would quickly squeeze profits and limit its ability to fund new drilling — as reflected in its currently low return on invested capital of just 1.6%.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+35.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+912.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

6.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$484M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Murphy Oil Corporation grew revenue 36% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
78.0%
Premium pricing power — 78.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
38.2%
Excellent — 38.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
8.2%
Below par — 8.2% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+8.8%
Steady sales growth (+8.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+5.4%
Modest earnings growth (+5.4% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
1/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
642%
Turns 642% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
8.0%
Modest free cash flow (8.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.29
Conservative — low debt load (0.29)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
18.2x
Fair value — P/E 18.2

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+6.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (18.2 → 11.8)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
3.62%
Moderate income — 3.62% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+7.8%
Dividend growing modestly (7.8% YoY)

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