Murphy Oil Ownership | Who Owns Murphy Oil?

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Murphy Oil Ownership Summary

Murphy Oil is owned by 26.39% institutional investors, 6.46% insiders, and 67.16% 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	26.39%	6.46%	67.16%
Sector	Energy Stocks	14085.81%	13.99%	-13999.79%
Industry	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks	53321.19%	15.34%	-53236.53%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	21.29M	13.95%	$878.15M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	17.68M	12.39%	$502.27M
Vanguard group	14.54M	10.18%	$412.94M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	7.70M	5.40%	$218.81M
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
Geode capital management	3.53M	2.48%	$100.37M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Cadence bank	1.75M	3.02%	$49.82M
Sir capital management	1.09M	2.77%	$30.90M
Poplar forest capital	339.71K	1.89%	$10.28M
Corecommodity management	178.41K	0.92%	$5.07M
Security national bank	199.47K	0.87%	$5.67M
Lighthouse investment partners	850.00K	0.73%	$24.15M
Grace & white inc /ny	143.70K	0.72%	$4.08M
Old west investment management	100.00K	0.65%	$2.84M
Pacific heights asset management	500.00K	0.63%	$14.21M
Vaughan nelson investment management	2.12M	0.55%	$60.22M

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
Vaughan nelson investment management	2.12M	0.55%	794.51K
Freestone grove partners lp	742.56K	0.16%	742.56K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Ubs group	2.87M	0.01%	-811.20K
Kgh	-	-	-790.43K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	17.68M	0.01%	-718.67K
Squarepoint ops	-	-	-690.09K
Invenomic capital management lp	-	-	-684.01K

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
Sjs investment consulting	-1.00
Raleigh capital management	-8.00
Tfo-tdc	-10.00
Private wealth asset management	-10.00
Wealthtrak capital management	-10.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Sep 30, 2024	437	-3.96%	123,213,199	0.07%	82	1.26%	204	-11.30%	144	4.35%

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	4.37M	3.06%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	4.23M	2.96%	-90.40K
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™	3.82M	2.67%	803.00
Vanguard Small Cap Index	3.29M	2.31%	-20.63K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	3.28M	2.30%	-
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	3.01M	2.11%	15.65K
GVIC Total Return Value Strategy	2.27M	1.56%	2.27M
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	2.12M	1.48%	3.15K
DFA US Small Cap Value I	2.00M	1.40%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
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
Feb 05, 2025	Palanivelu Meenambigai	Vice President	Buy	$42.00K
Feb 04, 2025	DEMING CLAIBORNE P	-	Buy	$1.32M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	5	1
2024 Q4	-	-

MUR Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Murphy Oil?

Murphy Oil shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 26.39%, followed by 6.46% insiders and 67.15% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Murphy Oil's industry, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks, is 53321.19%, 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 (17.68M shares, 12.39%), and Vanguard group (14.54M shares, 10.18%). Together, they hold 36.52% 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 3.02% of its assets in 1.75M Murphy Oil shares, valued at 49.82M$.

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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