Murphy Oil Ownership | Who Owns Murphy Oil?

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Murphy Oil Ownership Summary

Murphy Oil is owned by 18.56% institutional investors, 6.55% insiders, and 74.89% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 13.95% of MUR shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.12% of its assets in Murphy Oil shares.

MUR Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Murphy Oil	18.56%	6.55%	74.89%
Sector	Energy Stocks	147.73%	15.16%	-62.89%
Industry	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks	33.96%	15.19%	50.85%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	21.29M	13.95%	$878.15M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	17.65M	12.33%	$551.44M
Vanguard group	14.44M	10.09%	$451.11M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	7.93M	5.54%	$247.91M
State street	6.79M	4.76%	$192.98M
Charles schwab investment management	5.43M	3.80%	$154.25M
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	5.15M	3.61%	$146.25M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	4.47M	3.13%	$127.00M
American century companies	3.74M	2.62%	$106.16M
Fmr	3.35M	2.35%	$95.17M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Cadence bank	1.75M	3.20%	$54.64M
Sir capital management	1.09M	2.77%	$30.90M
Poplar forest capital	339.71K	1.89%	$10.28M
Corecommodity management	148.86K	0.98%	$4.65M
Security national bank	199.47K	0.89%	$6.23M
Grace & white inc /ny	139.20K	0.78%	$4.35M
Lighthouse investment partners	850.00K	0.73%	$24.15M
Old west investment management	100.00K	0.65%	$2.84M
Pacific heights asset management	550.00K	0.64%	$17.19M
Vaughan nelson investment management	2.02M	0.62%	$63.06M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Fmr	3.35M	0.00%	2.18M
Sir capital management	1.09M	2.77%	1.09M
Lighthouse investment partners	850.00K	0.73%	850.00K
Freestone grove partners lp	742.56K	0.16%	742.56K
American century companies	3.74M	0.05%	668.52K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Ubs group	1.29M	0.01%	-1.57M
Lsv asset management	2.57M	0.18%	-889.59K
Pacer advisors	-	-	-816.49K
Kgh	-	-	-790.43K
Squarepoint ops	-	-	-690.09K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Sir capital management	1.09M	2.77%	1.09M	$30.90M
Lighthouse investment partners	850.00K	0.73%	850.00K	$24.15M
Freestone grove partners lp	742.56K	0.16%	742.56K	$21.10M
Axa investment managers	207.78K	0.02%	207.78K	$5.90M
Interval partners, lp	172.88K	0.08%	172.88K	$4.91M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Raleigh capital management	-8.00
Wealthtrak capital management	-10.00
Tfo-tdc	-10.00
Private wealth asset management	-10.00
Sierra ocean	-12.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	167	-59.56%	26,561,228	-79.83%	18	0.22%	73	-57.56%	52	-65.10%
Sep 30, 2025	174	-56.06%	37,657,834	-72.11%	26	0.29%	65	-68.75%	67	-43.70%
Jun 30, 2025	393	-4.38%	134,742,655	2.82%	94	1.14%	207	-7.59%	117	3.54%
Mar 31, 2025	408	-4.90%	130,981,244	8.45%	90	1.40%	225	0.45%	109	-16.79%
Dec 31, 2024	386	-12.27%	111,468,669	-9.93%	74	1.09%	202	-1.94%	118	-18.62%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	4.55M	3.12%	3.27K
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	4.34M	3.04%	-259.41K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	4.29M	3.00%	12.64K
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™	4.13M	2.89%	9.04K
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	3.94M	2.76%	14.67K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	3.27M	2.29%	80.79K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	3.07M	2.15%	-519.00
Strategic Advisers Fidelity US TtlStk	2.61M	1.82%	352.30K
GVIC Total Return Value Strategy	2.27M	1.56%	2.27M
DFA US Small Cap Value I	2.00M	1.40%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 11, 2026	Hanchera Daniel R	Senior Vice President	Sell	$1.60M
Mar 03, 2026	Martinez Maria A	Senior Vice President	Sell	$300.65K
Mar 05, 2025	Nolan Jeffrey W	-	Buy	$117.10K
Mar 05, 2025	Nolan Jeffrey W	-	Buy	$116.85K
Feb 21, 2025	Utsch Louis W	Vice President	Sell	$269.31K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	2
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	5	1

MUR Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Murphy Oil?

Murphy Oil shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 18.56%, followed by 6.55% insiders and 74.89% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Murphy Oil's industry, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks, is 33.96%, which Murphy Oil falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Murphy Oil?

Murphy Oil’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (21.29M shares, 13.95%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (17.65M shares, 12.33%), and Vanguard group (14.44M shares, 10.09%). Together, they hold 36.36% of Murphy Oil’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Murphy Oil?

Yes, BlackRock owns 13.95% of Murphy Oil, totaling 21.29M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.02% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 878.15M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 663.9K shares, a 3.22% change.

Who is Murphy Oil’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Cadence bank is Murphy Oil’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 3.20% of its assets in 1.75M Murphy Oil shares, valued at 54.64M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Murphy Oil shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Murphy Oil shares, with 3.12% of its total shares outstanding invested in 4.55M Murphy Oil shares.

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