Murphy Oil MUR Insider Ownership

Updated Oct 10, 2026

Across the past 12 months, open-market trades by Murphy Oil insiders were all sales, totaling $1.9 million (55.93K shares).

• Behind Murphy Oil's open-market sales in the past 12 months were 2 insiders, and no insider bought.
• Daniel R. Hanchera (Senior Vice President) was the top open-market seller of Murphy Oil over the past 12 months, with $1.6 million sold (47.32K shares) and the latest sale on March 11, 2026.
• Apart from open-market trades, MUR insiders acquired 187.58K shares through option exercises and conversions, gave up 74.64K shares to cover taxes or exercise prices and gave away 58.29K shares as gifts in the past 12 months.
• Business Quant data puts insider holdings in MUR at 7.43Mn shares across insiders' latest Form 4 filings, unchanged from 7.43Mn shares at the end of Q2 2026.
• Direct holdings account for 2.7Mn shares (36.31%) of MUR's insider total, and indirect holdings through trusts, partnerships and family members for 4.73Mn shares (63.69%).
• Business Quant counts 21 insiders with holdings in Murphy Oil stock, among the officers, directors and 10% owners who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years.
• Murphy Oil's three largest insider shareholders, based on their latest Form 4 filings, are Claiborne P. Deming (Director, 2.63Mn shares), Robert Madison Murphy (Director, 2.12Mn shares) and Jeffrey W. Nolan (Director, 612.85K shares).
• Claiborne P. Deming alone accounts for 35.34% of the shares held by Murphy Oil insiders.
• Institutional holders reported 88.17% of Murphy Oil's outstanding shares for Q2 2026; insiders' latest Form 4 filings put their stake at about 5.18%, and other investors, including the public, hold the remaining 6.65%.
• Over the trailing 12 months, 17 insiders reported transactions in MUR stock across 44 Form 4 filings.
• Insider figures for MUR include Form 4 filings through October 1, 2026.