Murphy Oil Corp MUR US Equity · Short interest

Mining · CIK 717423 · FY ends Dec 31

$37.32

-0.37 (-0.98%)

USD · as of 2026-09-03 · marketstack

Mkt cap · as of 2026-09-01 $5.4BP/E (FY2025) 52.2×

Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR), an SEC filer in Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas, closed at $37.32, -1.0%, on 2026-09-03, with a market cap of $5.4B as of 2026-09-01, a fiscal-year P/E of 52.2 (FY2025), a return on equity of 2.0%, a net margin of 3.8% and 3-year sales growth of -11.6%. Institutional ownership, earnings history and filed financials are on the tabs below.

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Short interest· FINRA consolidated · settlement 2026-08-14

6 settlement cycles

Shares short

10.9M

% of shares out

7.6%

Days to cover

5.3

Δ vs 2026-07-31

+10.0%

bars = shares short · line = days to cover (own scale)

Settlement	Shares short	Δ vs prior	Avg daily volume	Days to cover
2026-08-14	10,862,198	+10.0%	2,037,244	5.3
2026-07-31	9,870,973	+1.4%	1,425,697	6.9
2026-07-15	9,731,077	+4.0%	1,578,767	6.2
2026-06-30	9,361,261	-5.0%	2,461,244	3.8
2026-06-15	9,859,442	+8.1%	1,803,642	5.5
2026-05-29	9,124,160	-2.4%	1,591,483	5.7

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