Murphy Oil (MUR) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Murphy Oil (MUR) posted Research & Development of $82.8 million for Q1 2026, up 52.54% on a QoQ basis from $54.3 million in Q4 2025, and up 471.51% year-over-year from $14.5 million in Q1 2025.

Murphy Oil (MUR) Research & Development (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Murphy Oil's Research & Development history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $82.8 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Research & Development rose 471.51% year-over-year to $82.8 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $180.0 million (up 73.76% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $111.7 million, down 16.35% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development was $82.8 million for Q1 2026 at Murphy Oil, up from $54.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $115.8 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at $9.5 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $40.9 million and a median of $32.5 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Research & Development surged 664.26% — and 2024, when it sank 81.64%.
  • Murphy Oil's Research & Development stood at $61.0 million in 2022, then surged by 34.91% to $82.3 million in 2023, then sank by 81.64% to $15.1 million in 2024, then soared by 259.24% to $54.3 million in 2025, then surged by 52.54% to $82.8 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MUR's Research & Development at $82.8 million in Q1 2026, $54.3 million in Q4 2025, and $32.5 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Conocophillips 141.43 Bn 135.06 Bn 9.48 Bn 109.00 Mn
2 Eog Resources 74.61 Bn 70.76 Bn - 45.00 Mn
3 Diamondback Energy 55.39 Bn 55.39 Bn 4.22 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 110.00 Mn
6 Eqt 32.48 Bn 32.37 Bn 1.42 Bn -
7 Texas Pacific Land 27.36 Bn 27.11 Bn - -
8 Devon Energy 26.53 Bn 24.72 Bn 3.61 Bn 25.00 Mn
9 Expand Energy 21.67 Bn 19.37 Bn 4.21 Bn 14.00 Mn
10 Murphy Oil 5.36 Bn 4.98 Bn - 82.80 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 82.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 54.28 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 32.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 10.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 14.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 15.11 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 31.28 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 42.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 44.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 82.29 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 26.51 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 115.79 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 10.18 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 60.99 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 9.49 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 15.15 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 47.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 19.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 24.52 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 13.54 Mn