Murphy Oil Corporation: dividend

MURNYSEEnergy · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas

Price

$36.82

November 13, 2026Market cap $5.3B

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  • The full history: 17 fiscal years, from 2009
  • The estimated fair value, with its range and its certainty
  • The full analysis, 18 a month
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  • Excel with every year
  • An email when it reports, changes its dividend or an officer buys

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Yield

3.73%

$1.38 per share over the last 12 months, at a price of $36.82.

Forward yield3.80%($0.35 a quarter)

FCF coverThe year's free cash flow was 1.2 times the dividend it paid.
1.2x
Payout43% of the last 12 months' earnings went to the dividend.
43%
No cutWithout a cut since 2020, the first year of our figures: the run may be longer.
5+
5-year growthFewer than five years of dividends.
–
Debt / EBITDAMoney that goes to interest does not go to the dividend.
0.6x

The dividend year by year

What it paid per share each fiscal year, how much that changed, and the yield it gave at the price at year end.

  • 2025
    Dividend per share$1.30
  • 2024
    Dividend per share$1.20
  • 2023
    Dividend per share$1.10

Each fiscal year's dividend as the company states it in its filings, adjusted for stock splits. Special dividends count in the year they were paid.

The dividend year by year

MUR's dividend per share each fiscal year, from 2009 to 2022, 14 more fiscal years

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Everything it returns to shareholders

The dividend is one way. The other is buybacks, which reduce the number of shares.

Dividend yield

3.73%

$37.30 a year per $1,000 of shares

Buybacks

1.95%

$19.50 a year per $1,000 of shares

The share count fell by 2.1% over the year.

Total returned

5.68%

$56.80 a year per $1,000 of shares

dividend 66%buybacks 34%

MUR beside the other dividend payers

Where it stands among this week's 968 dividend payers, and in the Energy sector. The dot is the company, the white line the median.

Dividend yield3.73%

Above 81% of the payers · median 2.03%

In Energy: above 82%, median 2.57%.

Covered by free cash flow1.2x

Above 13% of the payers · median 3.6x

In Energy: above 17%, median 3.5x.

Share of earnings paid out43%

Above 60% of the payers · median 35%

In Energy: above 61%, median 33%.

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The full analysis

What do Murphy Oil's filings show?

The dividend is one part of Murphy Oil's picture. The full Ploutos AI analysis reads everything the company has filed and shows what stands behind it, with a source for every figure.

  • A fair value range built from the filings
  • Earnings quality, debt and red flags
  • Insider and institutional moves
  • The case for and the case against

Questions about MUR's dividend

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What is MUR's dividend yield?

Murphy Oil paid $1.38 per share over the last 12 months. At a price of $36.82, that is a yield of 3.73%.

Does MUR cover its dividend with the cash it makes?

Yes, over the last year. Murphy Oil's free cash flow was 1.2 times the dividend it paid.

Has MUR ever cut its dividend?

Murphy Oil has not cut its dividend for 5+ years, in the 17 years of figures we hold.

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The figures come from the company's SEC filings and the share price, and describe what it has reported. They are not a score or a fair value.