Murphy Oil (MUR) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)
Murphy Oil's Net Margin came in at 20.01% for Q3 2026, up 20.42 percentage points from -0.41% a year earlier but down 5.00 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Murphy Oil (MUR) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Murphy Oil reported Net Margin of 14.96%, up 9.81 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 3.83%, down 9.61 percentage points from FY2024.
- Net Margin has declined in each of the last three years, though with a five-year change of +62.23 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Net Margin was 13.44% in FY2024 (-5.67 pp), 19.12% in FY2023 (-3.75 pp), 22.87% in FY2022 (+25.50 pp) and -2.63% in FY2021 (+55.76 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Net Margin is -13.00% (Q1 2022) to 45.29% (Q3 2022).
- Year-over-year, Net Margin increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.67 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Net Margin over five years came in Q4 2021 (a gain of 61.15 percentage points), and the weakest in Q3 2025 (a drop of 18.87 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows MUR's Net Margin at 25.01% (Q2 2026), 7.22% (Q1 2026) and 1.94% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil Holdings | 696.20 Bn | 661.07 Bn | 47.44 Bn | 13.62% |
| 2 | Shell | 563.81 Bn | 425.16 Bn | - | 588.80% |
| 3 | Chevron | 432.14 Bn | 404.83 Bn | 31.26 Bn | 14.64% |
| 4 | TotalEnergies SE | 200.31 Bn | 75.66 Bn | 31.61 Bn | 12.37% |
| 5 | Eni Spa | 181.16 Bn | 124.34 Bn | - | 13.41% |
| 6 | Conocophillips | 168.32 Bn | 137.35 Bn | 12.63 Bn | 19.95% |
| 7 | Equinor Asa | 107.41 Bn | 20.34 Bn | 4.49 Bn | 8.61% |
| 8 | Canadian Natural Resources | 103.54 Bn | 97.44 Bn | 9.35 Bn | 19.16% |
| 9 | Phillips 66 | 103.32 Bn | 88.28 Bn | 10.69 Bn | 10.90% |
| 10 | Murphy Oil | 5.28 Bn | 3.71 Bn | - | 20.01% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 20.01% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 25.01% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.22% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.94% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -0.41% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.20% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.86% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.51% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 18.47% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 15.94% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.32% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.82% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 26.77% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.09% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 22.81% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 20.22% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 45.29% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 29.31% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -13.00% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 22.09% |
API Access
Murphy Oil Net Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=MUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-margin", "ticker": "MUR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=MUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();