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Model output · Signal date 2026-10-16

Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) Stock Forecast Oct. 16, 2026

Analysis updated on Oct. 16, 2026 (UTC) · Alpha · vs marketSwitch to Total · NYSE

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Rating · 90D Neutral Alpha
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Rank in coverage Middle 30% of 5184 stocks scored
Rank correlation · 90D -1.0% Spearman, 357 dates
Market Cap $5.98B mid-cap · #25 of 60 peers
Summary

Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) stock forecast summary

On Oct. 16, 2026, MUR is rated Neutral: its 90-day Alpha forecast sits in the middle 30% of the 5184 stocks scored that day.

Murphy Oil Corp is a mid-cap company with a market capitalization of $5.98B. It ranks number 25 by market capitalization among the 60 Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas issuers in our coverage with a current forecast. Its Gross Margin of 100.0% is the highest of the 17 peers that report one.

For MUR, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is -1.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 15.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report

Expected return relative to the market over the horizon: a positive alpha means the model expects the stock to beat the market, whatever the market does. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +1.8%, buy ≥ +0.2%, sell < -0.9%, strong sell < -1.2% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-10-16 signals)

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Cross-section · 2026-10-16

How MUR ranks among 5184 stocks

90D Alpha forecasts of every company scored, cut into five relative ratings at the 15th, 35th, 65th and 85th percentiles (dashed lines).

Fundamentals · 2026-06-30

Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) fundamentals

Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas peers listed below that report each metric.

Valuation & Market

MetricMURIndustry medianRank
Market Cap $5.98B $4.02B 25/60
P/E Ratio 19.41x 10.28x 9/41
P/B Ratio 1.14x 1.59x 31/39
Dividend Yield 3.23% 2.56% 9/24
EPS $2.15 – –
Book Value/Share $36.68 – –
Revenue/Share $21.06 – –

Profitability & Margins

MetricMURIndustry medianRank
ROE 5.6% 16.1% 26/34
ROA 2.9% 8.9% 26/36
ROIC 6.2% 9.9% 23/36
Gross Margin 100.0% 76.3% 1/17
Operating Margin 18.5% 22.6% 24/40
Net Margin 9.7% 19.0% 23/36
EBT Margin 16.1% 16.8% 25/48
Tax Rate 28.4% – –

Financial Health

MetricMURIndustry medianRank
Current Ratio 0.85x 0.95x 32/54
Quick Ratio 0.80x 0.79x 12/26
D/E Ratio 0.93x 1.01x 28/49
Financial Leverage 1.95x 2.01x 24/43
Interest Coverage 11.6x 7.6x 16/40
Working Capital -$176M -$49M 37/54

Cash Flow

MetricMURIndustry medianRank
Operating Cash Flow $1.57B $1.02B 22/54
OCF Growth YoY 3.0% 12.6% 33/49

Operational Efficiency

MetricMURIndustry medianRank
Asset Turnover 0.29x 0.38x 30/43
Receivables Turnover 6.8x 9.0x 34/43
Inventory Turnover 0.0x 3.6x 9/10
Fixed Assets Turnover 0.4x 0.5x 31/43
Days Sales Outstanding 54 days 41 days 10/43

Income Statement

MetricMURIndustry medianRank
Total Revenue $3.02B $2.18B 24/53
Operating Income $558M $563M 23/43
Net Income $294M $538M 25/39
SG&A Expense $143M $270M 8/10
Cost of Goods Sold $0.00M $495M 15/17

Dividend & Shareholder Information

MetricMURIndustry medianRank
Dividends Per Share $1.35 – –
Payout Ratio 62.8% 28.0% 4/19
Shares Outstanding 143M – –
Net Income Growth 3.3% 16.7% 19/29
EPS Growth 5.9% -0.3% 15/35

Balance Sheet Highlights (USD millions)

Total Current Assets$1.03B10.1% of assets
Cash & Short-term Investments$484M4.8% of assets
Accounts Receivable$443M4.4% of assets
Inventory$62M0.6% of assets
Total Liabilities$4.87B48.1% of assets
Short-term Debt$531M5.2% of assets
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Industry Peers · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas

Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) industry peers

Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as Murphy Oil Corp (Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas): 60 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.

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Company 90-Day AI Forecast (Alpha) Market Cap P/E Ratio P/B Ratio
MUR Murphy Oil Corp ▶ $5.98B 19.4x 1.1x
SHEL Shell Plc ▼ $307.91B – –
TTE Totalenergies Se ▼ $201.55B 6.6x –
PBR Petrobras - Petroleo Brasileiro Sa ▶ $167.55B – –
CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Ltd ▼ $111.99B 3.0x –
E Eni Spa ▼ $97.06B – –
EOG Eog Resources Inc ▶ $82.88B 12.3x 2.6x
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp /De/ ▼ $62.36B 8.6x 1.5x
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc. ▶ $62.04B 9.3x –
FANG Diamondback Energy, Inc. ▲ $57.11B 39.5x 1.5x
DVN Devon Energy Corp/De ▼ $55.80B 10.2x 3.6x
WDS Woodside Energy Group Ltd ▼ $44.94B 4.6x –
EC Ecopetrol S.A. ▶ $36.80B – –
EQT Eqt Corp ▼ $33.97B 11.5x 2.3x
EXE Expand Energy Corp ▼ $22.24B 8.1x –
PR Permian Resources Corp ▶ $20.60B 12.7x 1.8x
OVV Ovintiv Inc. ▶ $19.10B 24.2x 1.7x
APA Apa Corp ▼ $17.22B 8.6x 2.5x
AR Antero Resources Corp ▼ $11.88B 9.3x 1.4x
SSL Sasol Ltd ▲ $10.62B 19.8x –
RRC Range Resources Corp ▼ $10.10B 10.8x 2.1x
SM Sm Energy Co ▶ $9.40B 7.8x 1.2x
CHRD Chord Energy Corp ▶ $8.45B 10.3x 1.0x
MTDR Matador Resources Co ▼ $7.12B 9.4x 1.2x
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp ▶ $6.01B 14.5x 2.8x
CRGY Crescent Energy Co ▲ $5.65B 107.4x 1.1x
CNX Cnx Resources Corp ▶ $5.31B 5.7x 1.1x
CRC California Resources Corp ▶ $4.54B – 1.3x
PARR Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. ▲ $4.18B 5.1x 14.3x
CRK Comstock Resources Inc ▶ $4.11B 13.7x 1.6x
HESM Hess Midstream Lp ▲ $3.94B 10.5x –
BSM Black Stone Minerals, L.P. ▼ $3.40B 13.3x –
TALO Talos Energy Inc. ▶ $2.97B – 2.6x
GPOR Gulfport Energy Corp ▼ $2.94B 6.4x 1.6x
NOG Northern Oil & Gas, Inc. ▶ $2.89B – 1.5x
BKV Bkv Corp ▼ $2.51B 16.2x 1.1x
VET Vermilion Energy Inc. ▼ $2.02B 10.2x –
MNR Mach Natural Resources Lp ▶ $1.85B 12.2x –
KRP Kimbell Royalty Partners, Lp ▼ $1.83B 22.2x –
KOS Kosmos Energy Ltd. ▲ $1.66B – 3.1x
GFR Greenfire Resources Ltd. ▲ $1.58B – –
DMLP Dorchester Minerals, L.P. ▼ $1.49B 17.1x –
AESI Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. ▲ $1.23B – 1.1x
TBN Tamboran Resources Corp ▶ $1.10B – 1.4x
REPX Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. ▶ $1.08B 8.8x 1.7x
DEC Diversified Energy Co ▶ $1.05B – 1.1x
INR Infinity Natural Resources, Inc. ▶ $814M 4.7x 2.0x
OBE Obsidian Energy Ltd. ▲ $805M 1.9x –
TXO Txo Partners, L.P. ▶ $788M – –
TTI Tetra Technologies Inc ▶ $788M 532.0x 1.9x
VTS Vitesse Energy, Inc. ▶ $768M 22.5x 1.2x
GPRK Geopark Ltd ▶ $761M 1.5x –
GRNT Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. ▶ $719M 24.8x 1.3x
EGY Vaalco Energy Inc /De/ ▲ $652M – 1.7x
SOC Sable Offshore Corp. ▼ $637M – 1.6x
WHK Whitehawk Minerals Corp. ▼ $597M – 2.1x
WTI W&T Offshore Inc ▲ $574M – –
SD Sandridge Energy Inc ▼ $529M 6.8x 1.0x
GTE Gran Tierra Energy Inc. ▶ $386M – 2.9x
REI Ring Energy, Inc. ▶ $357M – 0.5x

Where MUR sits on the market map

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News

Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) stock news

source: Yahoo Finance

Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE:MUR) recently announced a total dividend of $0.35 per share, with the ex-dividend date set for 2026-08-17. This includes a $0.35 per share cash dividend payable on 2026-09-01. As ...

source: Yahoo Finance

Murphy Oil began production at two projects in the United States Gulf of America and Vietnam, as well as made another discovery in the Southeast Asian country and successfully appraised an Ivorian ...

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Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) stock forecast FAQ

What is the Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) stock forecast?

On Oct. 16, 2026, MUR is rated Neutral: its 90-day Alpha forecast sits in the middle 30% of the 5184 stocks scored that day.

How accurate are Murphy Oil Corp stock predictions?

For MUR, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is -1.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 15.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report

How often are Murphy Oil Corp forecasts updated?

Murphy Oil Corp forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Oct. 16, 2026.

Which companies are Murphy Oil Corp's industry peers?

60 issuers in our coverage, MUR included, share the SEC industry code Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas. The largest are: Shell Plc (SHEL), Totalenergies Se (TTE), Petrobras - Petroleo Brasileiro Sa (PBR), Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNQ), Eni Spa (E), Eog Resources Inc (EOG).

This analysis is generated automatically using our proprietary AI systems and should not be considered personalized investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always conduct your own research and consider consulting a financial advisor before making investment decisions.