Murphy Oil MUR
NYSE MUR
$37.41 -0.87 (-2.27%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Murphy Oil (MUR) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2019)

Murphy Oil's (MUR) quarterly Change in Inventory came in at -$3.9 million in Q1 2019, up 74.87% YoY from -$2.2 million in Q1 2018, and down 187.02% on a QoQ basis from $4.5 million in Q4 2018.

Murphy Oil (MUR) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2019) Analysis & Trends

Murphy Oil (MUR) has 11 years of Change in Inventory data on file, last reported at -$3.9 million in Q1 2019.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory rose 74.87% year-over-year to -$3.9 million in Q1 2019, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2019 was -$509000.0 (up 98.66% YoY) and the FY2018 annual result came in at -$12.2 million, up 54.56% from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory slipped to -$3.9 million in Q1 2019, from $4.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $60.6 million in Q1 2015 to a low of -$35.0 million in Q2 2015.
  • A 5-year average of -$1.3 million and a median of -$1.4 million in 2017 frame the typical range for Change in Inventory.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2015 — Change in Inventory surged 6421.71% — and 2016, when it sank 736.39%.
  • Tracing MUR's Change in Inventory over 5 years: stood at -$1.3 million in 2015, then slumped by 736.39% to -$10.6 million in 2016, then slumped by 98.3% to -$21.0 million in 2017, then surged by 121.49% to $4.5 million in 2018, then slumped by 187.02% to -$3.9 million in 2019.
  • The last three Change in Inventory figures came in at -$3.9 million (Q1 2019), $4.5 million (Q4 2018), and $197000.0 (Q3 2018), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Inventory (Qtr)
1 Conocophillips 164.44 Bn 156.75 Bn 12.81 Bn -20.00 Mn
2 Canadian Natural Resources 106.98 Bn 105.09 Bn 10.66 Bn -
3 Eog Resources 80.47 Bn 75.56 Bn - -26.00 Mn
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 308.00 Mn
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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DateValue
Mar 31, 2019 -3.93 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 -3.93 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 4.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 4.52 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 197,000.00
Sep 30, 2018 197,000.00
Jun 30, 2018 -1.29 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 -1.29 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -15.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -15.64 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -21.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -21.01 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 49,000.00
Sep 30, 2017 49,000.00
Jun 30, 2017 -1.42 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 -1.42 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 -4.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 -4.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -10.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -10.60 Mn