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Murphy Oil (MUR) Research & Development (2016 - 2026)

Murphy Oil filings provide 17 years of Research & Development readings, the most recent being $54.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development rose 258.34% to $54.3 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $111.7 million, a 16.36% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $111.7 million, down 16.38% from a year prior.
  • Research & Development hit $54.3 million in Q4 2025 for Murphy Oil, up from $32.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $115.8 million in Q2 2023 to a low of $9.5 million in Q3 2022.
  • Median Research & Development over the past 5 years was $25.5 million (2021), compared with a mean of $34.1 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Research & Development: skyrocketed 664.26% in 2023 and later plummeted 81.6% in 2024.
  • Murphy Oil's Research & Development stood at $19.2 million in 2021, then surged by 217.58% to $61.0 million in 2022, then surged by 34.96% to $82.3 million in 2023, then plummeted by 81.6% to $15.1 million in 2024, then soared by 258.34% to $54.3 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Research & Development were $54.3 million (Q4 2025), $32.5 million (Q3 2025), and $10.4 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.