Murphy Oil (MUR) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Murphy Oil (MUR) posted Operating Expenses of $595.3 million for Q1 2026, up 5.32% on a QoQ basis from $565.2 million in Q4 2025, and up 14.08% year-over-year from $521.8 million in Q1 2025.

Murphy Oil (MUR) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Murphy Oil's Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $595.3 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 14.08% year-over-year to $595.3 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.5 billion (up 8.06% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $2.4 billion, changed 0.34% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $595.3 million for Q1 2026 at Murphy Oil, up from $565.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $727.2 million in Q3 2025 and bottomed at $521.8 million in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $600.2 million and a median of $595.1 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses jumped 51.79% — and 2025, when it retreated 18.77%.
  • Murphy Oil's Operating Expenses stood at $651.1 million in 2022, then dropped by 1.49% to $641.4 million in 2023, then slipped by 8.67% to $585.8 million in 2024, then decreased by 3.51% to $565.2 million in 2025, then grew by 5.32% to $595.3 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MUR's Operating Expenses at $595.3 million in Q1 2026, $565.2 million in Q4 2025, and $727.2 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Conocophillips 141.43 Bn 135.06 Bn 9.48 Bn 2.28 Bn
2 Eog Resources 74.61 Bn 70.76 Bn - 4.32 Bn
3 Diamondback Energy 55.39 Bn 55.39 Bn 4.22 Bn 4.12 Bn
4 Woodside Energy 41.28 Bn 35.34 Bn 2.71 Bn -
5 Occidental Petroleum 32.80 Bn 28.99 Bn 4.87 Bn 4.86 Bn
6 Eqt 32.48 Bn 32.37 Bn 1.42 Bn 60.22 Mn
7 Texas Pacific Land 27.36 Bn 27.11 Bn - 54.49 Mn
8 Devon Energy 26.53 Bn 24.72 Bn 3.61 Bn 3.64 Bn
9 Expand Energy 21.67 Bn 19.37 Bn 4.21 Bn 2.87 Bn
10 Murphy Oil 5.36 Bn 4.98 Bn - 595.29 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 595.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 565.22 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 727.19 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 603.36 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 521.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 585.77 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 579.31 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 618.45 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 642.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 641.35 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 582.14 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 649.71 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 544.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 651.08 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 550.34 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 549.45 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 595.09 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 428.92 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 407.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 539.86 Mn