Murphy Oil (MUR) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026)
Murphy Oil's (MUR) Times Interest Earned came in at 10.60 for Q3 2026, compared with 0.23 a year earlier and down 25.5% from the prior quarter.
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Murphy Oil (MUR) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Times Interest Earned at Murphy Oil was 8.01, up 186.6% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 3.13, down 44.9% from FY2024.
- Annual Times Interest Earned has declined for three consecutive years.
- In prior years, Murphy Oil's Times Interest Earned was 5.69 in FY2024 (-38.6%), 9.27 in FY2023 (-11.9%), 10.52 in FY2022 (+729.2%) and 1.27 in FY2021.
- Quarterly Times Interest Earned has run from a low of -1.13 in Q1 2022 to a high of 20.11 in Q3 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Times Interest Earned increased in two of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 6.5%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Times Interest Earned in the past five years was Q3 2022, with growth of 322.6%; the weakest was Q3 2025, with a decline of 97.2%.
- According to Business Quant data, Times Interest Earned for the three prior quarters was 14.23 (Q2 2026), 4.77 (Q1 2026) and 2.60 (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Times Interest Earned (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil Holdings | 696.20 Bn | 661.07 Bn | 47.44 Bn | 117.04 |
| 2 | Shell | 563.81 Bn | 425.16 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Chevron | 432.14 Bn | 404.83 Bn | 31.26 Bn | 45.82 |
| 4 | TotalEnergies SE | 200.31 Bn | 75.66 Bn | 31.61 Bn | 47.75 |
| 5 | Eni Spa | 181.16 Bn | 124.34 Bn | - | 1.05 |
| 6 | Conocophillips | 168.32 Bn | 137.35 Bn | 12.63 Bn | 71.79 |
| 7 | Equinor Asa | 107.41 Bn | 20.34 Bn | 4.49 Bn | - |
| 8 | Canadian Natural Resources | 103.54 Bn | 97.44 Bn | 9.35 Bn | 55.75 |
| 9 | Phillips 66 | 103.32 Bn | 88.28 Bn | 10.69 Bn | 30.25 |
| 10 | Murphy Oil | 5.28 Bn | 3.71 Bn | - | 10.60 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 10.60 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 14.23 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.77 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.60 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.23 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.67 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.12 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.95 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.42 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.78 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.69 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.56 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.59 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.52 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.29 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.34 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 20.11 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 13.33 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.13 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.14 |
API Access
Murphy Oil Times Interest Earned 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=times-interest-earned&ticker=MUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "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=times-interest-earned&ticker=MUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();