Murphy Oil MUR
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Murphy Oil (MUR) Change in Acquisitions & Divestments (2009 - 2017)

Murphy Oil's (MUR) quarterly Change in Acquisitions & Divestments came in at $36.6 million in Q3 2017, up 218.98% YoY from $11.5 million in Q3 2016, and down 78.57% on a QoQ basis from $171.0 million in Q2 2017.

Murphy Oil (MUR) Change in Acquisitions & Divestments (2009 - 2017) Analysis & Trends

Murphy Oil (MUR) has 9 years of Change in Acquisitions & Divestments data on file, last reported at $36.6 million in Q3 2017.

  • Quarterly Change in Acquisitions & Divestments rose 218.98% year-over-year to $36.6 million in Q3 2017, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2017 was $320.8 million (down 57.84% YoY) and the FY2017 annual result came in at $320.8 million, down 57.84% from the prior year.
  • Change in Acquisitions & Divestments declined to $36.6 million in Q3 2017, from $171.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Acquisitions & Divestments ranged from a high of $614.4 million in Q2 2016 to a low of $11.5 million in Q3 2016.
  • A 5-year average of $198.7 million and a median of $171.0 million in 2017 frame the typical range for Change in Acquisitions & Divestments.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2015 — Change in Acquisitions & Divestments soared 371.87% — and 2016, when it slumped 93.92%.
  • Tracing MUR's Change in Acquisitions & Divestments over 5 years: stood at $167.8 million in 2013, then surged by 86.21% to $312.5 million in 2014, then dropped by 11.45% to $276.7 million in 2015, then slumped by 82.61% to $48.1 million in 2016, then retreated by 23.89% to $36.6 million in 2017.
  • The last three Change in Acquisitions & Divestments figures came in at $36.6 million (Q3 2017), $171.0 million (Q2 2017), and $113.2 million (Q1 2017), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Conocophillips 164.44 Bn 156.75 Bn 12.81 Bn
2 Canadian Natural Resources 106.98 Bn 105.09 Bn 10.66 Bn
3 Eog Resources 80.47 Bn 75.56 Bn -
4 Diamondback Energy 59.28 Bn 58.82 Bn 5.55 Bn
5 Woodside Energy 46.13 Bn 40.18 Bn 6.02 Bn
6 Devon Energy 46.12 Bn 45.11 Bn 6.02 Bn
7 Occidental Petroleum 39.25 Bn 35.10 Bn 7.73 Bn
8 Eqt 33.67 Bn 33.56 Bn 1.42 Bn
9 Texas Pacific Land 26.50 Bn 26.25 Bn -
10 Murphy Oil 5.37 Bn 4.88 Bn -

Historic Data

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Sep 30, 2017 36.64 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 36.64 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 170.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 170.98 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 113.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 113.21 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 48.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 48.14 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 11.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 11.49 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 614.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 614.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 86.98 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 86.98 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 276.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 276.75 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 189.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 189.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 361.88 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 361.88 Mn