Murphy Oil (MUR) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Murphy Oil (MUR) posted Free Cash Flow of -$66.7 million for Q1 2026, down 106.36% on a QoQ basis from $1.0 billion in Q4 2025, and down 122.27% year-over-year from $299.3 million in Q1 2025.

Murphy Oil (MUR) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Murphy Oil's Free Cash Flow history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$66.7 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 122.27% year-over-year to -$66.7 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $852.8 million (down 54.41% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.2 billion, down 29.18% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was -$66.7 million for Q1 2026 at Murphy Oil, down from $1.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $1.4 billion in Q4 2023 and bottomed at -$486.2 million in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $340.1 million and a median of $248.5 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow soared 3461.71% — and 2025, when it sank 328.72%.
  • Murphy Oil's Free Cash Flow stood at $316.9 million in 2022, then jumped by 344.82% to $1.4 billion in 2023, then slipped by 17.8% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then dropped by 9.59% to $1.0 billion in 2025, then sank by 106.36% to -$66.7 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MUR's Free Cash Flow at -$66.7 million in Q1 2026, $1.0 billion in Q4 2025, and -$486.2 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Conocophillips 141.43 Bn 135.06 Bn 9.48 Bn 1.35 Bn
2 Eog Resources 74.61 Bn 70.76 Bn - 2.81 Bn
3 Diamondback Energy 55.39 Bn 55.39 Bn 4.22 Bn 895.00 Mn
4 Woodside Energy 41.28 Bn 35.34 Bn 2.71 Bn -
5 Occidental Petroleum 32.80 Bn 28.99 Bn 4.87 Bn -273.00 Mn
6 Eqt 32.48 Bn 32.37 Bn 1.42 Bn 397.84 Mn
7 Texas Pacific Land 27.36 Bn 27.11 Bn - 162.01 Mn
8 Devon Energy 26.53 Bn 24.72 Bn 3.61 Bn 816.00 Mn
9 Expand Energy 21.67 Bn 19.37 Bn 4.21 Bn 1.70 Bn
10 Murphy Oil 5.36 Bn 4.98 Bn - -66.65 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -66.65 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -66.65 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.05 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.05 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -486.19 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -486.19 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 358.03 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 358.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 299.32 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 299.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.16 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 212.57 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 212.57 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 199.86 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 199.86 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 149.71 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 149.71 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 1.41 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.41 Bn