Murphy Oil Ownership | Who Owns Murphy Oil?

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Murphy Oil Ownership Summary

Murphy Oil is owned by 28.81% institutional investors, 5.67% insiders, and 65.52% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 13.95% of MUR shares. iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.16% of its assets in Murphy Oil shares.

MUR Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Murphy Oil	28.81%	5.67%	65.52%
Sector	Energy Stocks	79.40%	16.36%	4.25%
Industry	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks	45.27%	16.47%	38.27%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	21.29M	13.95%	$878.15M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	18.24M	12.74%	$752.23M
Vanguard group	14.44M	10.09%	$451.11M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	8.17M	5.71%	$337.08M
State street	7.38M	5.16%	$304.39M
American century companies	6.73M	4.70%	$277.47M
Charles schwab investment management	4.66M	3.25%	$192.10M
Geode capital management	3.68M	2.57%	$151.94M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	3.31M	2.31%	$136.57M
Fmr	3.22M	2.25%	$132.84M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Cadence bank	1.75M	3.20%	$54.64M
Poplar forest capital	339.71K	1.89%	$10.28M
Security national bank	197.83K	1.19%	$8.16M
Corecommodity management	132.98K	1.02%	$5.49M
Grace & white inc /ny	138.10K	1.01%	$5.70M
Pacific heights asset management	550.00K	0.76%	$22.69M
Summerhaven investment management	29.85K	0.76%	$1.23M
Hite hedge asset management	301.69K	0.70%	$12.44M
Vaughan nelson investment management	1.58M	0.66%	$65.27M
Campbell & co investment adviser	273.23K	0.64%	$11.27M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
American century companies	6.73M	0.14%	2.52M
Invesco	2.62M	0.02%	2.01M
Huntington national bank	1.75M	0.40%	1.75M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	3.31M	0.07%	1.70M
Fuller & thaler asset management	1.36M	0.19%	1.36M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Fmr	3.22M	0.01%	-6.39M
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	2.72M	0.35%	-2.22M
Lsv asset management	830.25K	0.07%	-1.74M
Segall bryant & hamill	-	-	-930.71K
Charles schwab investment management	4.66M	0.03%	-915.75K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Fuller & thaler asset management	1.36M	0.19%	1.36M	$56.05M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	872.53K	0.01%	872.53K	$35.99M
Squarepoint ops	488.96K	0.02%	488.96K	$20.17M
Jupiter asset management	469.75K	0.10%	469.75K	$19.38M
Voloridge investment management	310.69K	0.05%	310.69K	$12.82M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Kilter group	-3.00
Toronto dominion bank	-4.00
Raleigh capital management	-8.00
Tfo-tdc	-10.00
Private wealth asset management	-10.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	246	-42.25%	41,235,874	-67.88%	28	0.36%	111	-40.32%	77	-50.00%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	4.53M	3.16%	-2.29K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	4.55M	3.12%	3.27K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	4.34M	3.03%	12.76K
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	4.04M	2.82%	-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	3.19M	2.22%	26.88K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	3.13M	2.18%	-5.93K
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™	3.10M	2.16%	2.65K
Strategic Advisers Fidelity US TtlStk	2.83M	1.98%	34.30K
SttStrtSPDRS&POil&GasExplor&ProdtnETF	2.50M	1.74%	62.56K
GVIC Total Return Value Strategy	2.27M	1.56%	2.27M

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 28.81%, followed by 5.67% insiders and 65.52% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Murphy Oil's industry, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks, is 45.27%, 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 (18.24M shares, 12.74%), and Vanguard group (14.44M shares, 10.09%). Together, they hold 36.78% 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?

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Murphy Oil shares, with 3.16% of its total shares outstanding invested in 4.53M Murphy Oil shares.

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