MUSA vs ACI vs PARR Stock Comparison

Murphy USA, Albertsons Companies and Par Pacific Holdings Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MUSA Murphy USA Inc.
$540.50 +6.5% 1M +37.8% 1Y
Market cap
$9.87B
P/E
14.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$23.26B
Div. yield
–
Convenience Stores Consumer Staples
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Par Pacific Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Par Pacific Holdings 7, Murphy USA 2, Albertsons Companies 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMUSAACIPARRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.87B $6.31B $3.67B MUSA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.9x 194.1x 4.3x PARR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.2x — 2.9x PARR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.2% -5.1% +13.2% MUSA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 0.0% 9.9% PARR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 4.2% 34.3% PARR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 0.4x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +37.8% -30.0% +79.0% PARR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +27.1%/yr -16.2%/yr +36.5%/yr PARR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.9% 39.7% 59.4% ACI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 36/100 64/100 PARR

Percentile Scorecard

MUSAACIPARR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMUSAACIPARR
Valuation 54 #19 of 40 64 #15 of 40 77 #6 of 23
Growth 78 #9 of 38 3 #37 of 38 78 #5 of 19
Profitability 94 #3 of 36 23 #28 of 36 82 #4 of 18
Financial Health 13 #35 of 40 3 #39 of 40 61 #10 of 24
Shareholder Returns 11 #25 of 28 89 #4 of 28 24 #14 of 18
Overall 50 36 64
  • MUSA ranked among 41 companies in Staples Retail
  • ACI ranked among 41 companies in Staples Retail
  • PARR ranked among 25 companies in Refining and Marketing

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMUSAACIPARRSPY
1 month +6.5%+9.8%-6.4% +0.7%
3 months -12.4%+10.3%-14.7% +3.7%
6 months -8.1%-24.2%+11.6% +7.1%
Year to date +33.9%-25.6%+108.6% +12.8%
1 year +37.8%-30.0%+79.0% +11.9%
3 years +49.7%-41.2%+126.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year +14.4%-16.2%+31.3% +22.8%
5 years +231.7%-58.7%+374.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year +27.1%-16.2%+36.5% +10.9%
10 years +681.0%—+455.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year +22.8%—+18.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMUSAACIPARRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.9%39.7%59.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.5%45.6%60.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.69-0.24-0.61 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.95-0.761.33 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.8%-70.1%-69.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.3%-31.5%-18.5% -1.2%
52-week high $623.43$18.66$89.89 $779.14
52-week low $356.57$11.02$34.83 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMUSAACIPARR
P/E now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 22.1x 190.5xmedian 22.1x 4.1xmedian 8.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 0.5x 0.1xmedian 0.5x 0.4xmedian 0.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.5x —median 9.5x 3.2xmedian 7.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.2xmedian 16.0x 11.3xmedian 16.0x 8.9xmedian 7.5x
P/B now vs peer median 12.5xmedian 2.8x 4.2xmedian 2.8x 1.9xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 1.07median 1.07 -2.74median 1.07 0.21median 0.34

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMUSAACIPARR
Revenue $23.26B $77.19B $8.62B
Gross profit – $20.93B $1.99B
Operating income $980.10M $452.80M $1.16B
Net income $663.30M $32.50M $857.72M
Free cash flow – – $412.42M
EPS (diluted) $35.75 $0.07 $17.33
Cash & equivalents $161.80M $282.00M $185.00M
Total debt – $35.41B $739.20M
Shares (diluted) 18.55M 488.20M 49.44M
Enterprise value $9.87B $5.36B $2.99B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMUSAACIPARR
P/E 15.0x 190.5x 4.1x
P/FCF 17.2x 11.3x 8.9x
P/Operating cash flow 8.6x – 6.6x
P/S 0.4x 0.1x 0.4x
P/B 12.5x 4.2x 1.9x
P/Tangible book 15.2x -10.2x 1.9x
EV/EBITDA – – 3.2x
EV/EBIT – 33.3x 3.7x
EV/Revenue 0.4x 0.2x 0.5x
EV/FCF – – 10.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.6x – 7.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.07 -2.74 0.21

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMUSAACIPARR
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.2% -5.1% 13.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.1% -0.7% 5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -5.9% 126.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -1.5% 16.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 38.4% -70.6% 1,543%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.8% -40.0% 18.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 40.8% -96.7% 4,579%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.1% -71.3% 11.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 45.9% -96.2% 4,701%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 14.1% -69.5% 19.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 40.6% – 184.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.1% – -9.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 1,269%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -15.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMUSAACIPARR
Gross margin – 27.1% 23.1%
EBITDA margin – – 15.2%
Operating margin – 0.6% 13.4%
Pretax margin – 0.0% 12.8%
Net margin – 0.0% 9.9%
FCF margin – – 4.8%
Operating cash flow margin 4.9% – 6.4%
Return on equity 84.1% 2.0% 48.4%
Return on assets 12.9% 0.1% 19.4%
Return on invested capital – 4.2% 34.3%
Return on capital employed – 2.5% 38.1%
Asset turnover 4.5x 2.9x 2.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x – 0.6x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMUSAACIPARR
Debt / assets – 34.3% 16.3%
Debt / equity – 6.5x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 0.4x
Debt / FCF – – 1.8x
Liabilities / assets 84.7% 94.7% 56.3%
Equity / assets 15.3% 5.3% 43.7%
Interest coverage – – 16.9x
Current ratio 0.9x 0.8x 1.8x
Quick ratio – 0.2x 0.5x
Cash ratio – 0.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 3.03 4.22

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMUSAACIPARR
Dividend yield 0.5% 5.2% –
Net buyback yield – – 2.2%
Shareholder yield 0.5% 5.2% 2.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMUSAACIPARR
Forward P/E 15.2xFY2026 – 2.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $35.60FY2026 – $25.02FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +43.0%FY2026 – +231.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -7.9% – -34.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $22.85BFY2026 – $9.78BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17.9%FY2026 – +31.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -5.8% – -12.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMUSAACIPARR
Held by institutions 83.0% 93.5% 99.0%
Institutions holding 607 447 366
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.2% +1.7% -4.1%
Institutions buying 311 234 202
Institutions selling 190 163 115
Buyers to sellers 1.64 1.44 1.76

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

MUSAACIPARR
MUSA 1.00 0.13 0.24
ACI 0.13 1.00 0.11
PARR 0.24 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MUSA, ACI and PARR?

Murphy USA (MUSA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Murphy USA (MUSA) $9.87B, Albertsons Companies (ACI) $6.31B, Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) $3.67B.

Which stock is cheaper, MUSA, ACI and PARR?

Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Murphy USA (MUSA) 14.9x, Albertsons Companies (ACI) 194.1x, Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) 4.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) is cheapest (Murphy USA (MUSA) 15.2x, Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) 2.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Murphy USA (MUSA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Murphy USA (MUSA) +20.2%, Albertsons Companies (ACI) -5.1%, Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) +13.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) has the highest net margin (Albertsons Companies (ACI) 0.0%, Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) 9.9%). On return on invested capital, Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) leads (Albertsons Companies (ACI) 4.2%, Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) 34.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) returned the most: Murphy USA (MUSA) +37.8%, Albertsons Companies (ACI) -30.0%, Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) +79.0%. Over five years, Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) compounded fastest (Murphy USA (MUSA) +27.1%/yr, Albertsons Companies (ACI) -16.2%/yr, Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) +36.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Albertsons Companies (ACI) has been the steadiest (Murphy USA (MUSA) 39.9%, Albertsons Companies (ACI) 39.7%, Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) 59.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MUSA, ACI and PARR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Par Pacific Holdings (PARR) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.