Murphy Oil (MUR) closed at $36.33 on November 12, 2026, up 1.1% from the previous close, on volume of 999,290 shares (30-day average 1,570,490).
Data as of November 12, 2026.
| # | Date | Strategy | Legs | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 30, 2026 | Call Spread | 20-Nov-2640 : 45 C | 1,080 |
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Ranked by contracts: multi-leg trades of 200 or more contracts on one day, through Nov 12, 2026. See the 10 largest for 30, 60 and 90 days
Murphy Oil Signs Offshore Cameroon Production Sharing Contracts
TipRanks (Thu, 12-Nov 7:31 AM ET)
Murphy Oil (MUR) Receives a Hold from Wells Fargo
TipRanks (Thu, 12-Nov 6:57 AM ET)
Murphy Oil Corporation Announces Signing of Offshore Cameroon Production Sharing Contracts
Business Wire (Wed, 11-Nov 6:30 AM ET)
Murphy Oil (MUR) Secures 6 Offshore Israel Gas Licenses After Eni Exit
TipRanks (Mon, 9-Nov 9:02 AM ET)
Murphy Oil enters eastern Mediterranean as Israel awards six offshore exploration licenses
Seeking Alpha News (Mon, 9-Nov 8:33 AM ET)
Business Wire (Mon, 9-Nov 6:30 AM ET)
Wells Fargo Keeps Their Hold Rating on Murphy Oil (MUR)
TipRanks (Sun, 8-Nov 3:35 AM ET)
Quarterly Stockholder Update by Murphy Oil Corporation
Business Wire (Wed, 4-Nov 4:33 PM ET)
Murphy Oil Corporation Announces Third Quarter Results
Business Wire (Wed, 4-Nov 4:32 PM ET)
Murphy Oil Corporation Announces Signing of Offshore Mauritania Production Sharing Contracts
Business Wire (Wed, 4-Nov 4:30 PM ET)
Murphy Oil Corp is an oil and gas exploration and production company, with both onshore and offshore operations and properties. It operates in two geographic reportable segments the United States and Canada. It generates the majority of its revenue form the United States. The company also generates revenue from sales of oil and natural gas production activities.
Murphy Oil trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol MUR.
As of November 13, 2026, MUR stock price climbed to $36.56 with 120,028 million shares trading.
MUR has a beta of -1.58, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. MUR has a correlation of 0.17 to the broad based SPY ETF.
MUR has a market cap of $5.24 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.
Last quarter Murphy Oil reported $855 million in Revenue and $1.08 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $71 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.21.
In the last 3 years, MUR traded as high as $49.14 and as low as $18.95.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that MUR belongs to (by Net Assets): AVUV, IJH, VTI, SCHD, IWM.
MUR has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +31.5%, while the SPY ETF gained +10.9%. In the last 3 month period, MUR beat the market returning +4.7%, while SPY returned -2.7%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks MUR has underperformed the stock market by returning -14.7%, while SPY returned -2.5%.
MUR support price is $35.30 and resistance is $37.36 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that MUR shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
