Murphy Oil (MUR) reported second-quarter 2026 net income attributable to Murphy of $232.2 million, or $1.59 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30. Revenue from production was $926.3 million, compared with $683.1 million a year earlier.
The company said production totaled 169,000 BOEPD, at the upper end of quarterly guidance, and announced an oil discovery at the Bubale-1X exploration well offshore Côte d'Ivoire.
- Net income attributable to Murphy was $232.2 million, compared with $22.3 million in the second quarter of 2025.
- Diluted EPS was $1.59, compared with $0.16 a year earlier.
- Murphy paid $50 million in quarterly dividends during the quarter.
- Liquidity was approximately $2.48 billion as of June 30, 2026, including about $480 million of cash and cash equivalents.
- Total debt was $1.55 billion as of June 30, 2026.
- The company raised its full-year CAPEX midpoint from $1.25 billion to $1.55 billion.
$MUR Insider Trading Activity
$MUR insiders have traded $MUR stock on the open market 2 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MUR stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- DANIEL R HANCHERA (Senior Vice President) sold 47,320 shares for an estimated $1,598,923
- MARIA A MARTINEZ (Senior Vice President) sold 8,608 shares for an estimated $300,649
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$MUR Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 187 institutional investors add shares of $MUR stock to their portfolio, and 183 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- FMR LLC removed 6,393,007 shares (-66.5%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $263,711,538
- AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC added 2,520,052 shares (+59.9%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $103,952,145
- HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC removed 2,218,173 shares (-44.9%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $91,499,636
- HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK added 1,745,835 shares (+263721.3%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $72,015,693
- LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT removed 1,743,544 shares (-67.7%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $71,921,190
- ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added 1,700,498 shares (+105.6%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $70,145,542
- VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. removed 1,582,227 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $51,517,311
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