Murphy Oil
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
4.814.775.415.11
Price/Sales ratio
1.321.281.271.27
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$5.65$5.69$5.01$5.32

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
9.97-1.72-19.42-17.159.8423.27-1.4782.636.9210.017.9923.27
Price/Sales ratio
1.651.292.962.551.561.561.061.431.581.921.301.56
Price/Book Value ratio
1.040.731.081.150.830.800.420.931.331.230.810.80
Price/Cash Flow ratio
2.902.878.928.725.392.952.312.833.083.782.322.95
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-15.86-3.29-16.43-18.03-3.82-4.11-26.515.486.3410.232.49-3.82
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.640.000.22-1.30-0.04-0.450.00-0.790.00-0.312.59-0.04
Dividend Yield
2.61%6.26%3.85%3.22%4.27%3.72%5.16%1.91%1.91%2.58%4.18%4.18%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
45.28%19.15%10.83%32.01%40.93%31.51%-0.45%45.67%56.37%76.01%47.83%40.93%
Operating Profit Margin
24.91%-16.19%-12.02%15.32%24.34%15.80%-16.73%36.44%37.59%30.21%23.53%15.80%
Pretax Profit Margin
22.86%-108.21%-27.25%3.42%16.71%7.22%-88.42%1.53%34.36%26.70%20.62%16.71%
Net Profit Margin
16.53%-74.86%-15.25%-14.86%15.89%6.70%-71.66%1.74%22.86%19.18%16.76%15.89%
Effective Tax Rate
18.15%31.27%44.44%533.04%2.15%7.21%18.96%-13.66%21.33%21.27%14.26%2.15%
Return on Assets
5.41%-19.75%-2.68%-3.16%3.71%1.61%-11.81%0.47%9.36%6.77%5.50%3.71%
Return On Equity
10.45%-42.65%-5.60%-6.74%8.51%3.47%-28.56%1.12%19.32%12.33%9.99%8.51%
Return on Capital Employed
10.00%-4.99%-2.47%3.56%6.16%4.13%-2.95%11.16%17.53%11.68%8.50%6.16%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.71N/A
Quick Ratio
0.970.760.951.510.930.951.300.710.720.820.650.95
Cash ratio
0.380.170.581.150.450.320.430.440.390.370.300.32
Days of Sales Outstanding
58.2062.8972.0242.3632.1555.2854.5933.6333.8336.4030.0755.28
Days of Inventory outstanding
29.5724.8228.7426.9021.0014.4013.7013.0010.8024.0211.1814.40
Operating Cycle
87.7787.72100.7769.2753.1569.6868.3046.6344.6360.4241.2569.68
Days of Payables Outstanding
277.24227.71177.58152.5283.14111.1969.54149.46107.82197.1594.1883.14
Cash Conversion Cycle
-189.47-139.99-76.80-83.25-29.99-41.51-1.24-102.83-63.18-136.72-52.92-41.51
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.170.260.290.290.280.230.280.230.170.130.130.23
Debt Equity Ratio
0.340.570.600.630.640.510.680.570.360.240.240.51
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.220.360.320.380.390.340.400.360.260.190.190.34
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.250.360.370.380.390.340.400.360.260.190.190.34
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A8.74N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
1.030.440.200.210.240.530.260.571.181.311.430.24
Company Equity Multiplier
1.932.152.092.132.282.152.412.382.061.821.852.15
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.560.440.330.290.280.520.450.500.510.500.570.28
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
-0.18-0.87-0.54-0.48-1.40-0.71-0.080.510.480.370.91-1.40
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
1.030.440.200.210.240.530.260.571.181.311.430.24
Short Term Coverage Ratio
6.6872.081.0561.941.12KN/AN/A2.17K3.15K2.41K2.45K1.12K
Dividend Payout Ratio
26.10%-10.78%-74.87%-55.34%42.09%86.68%-7.64%158.35%13.28%25.84%33.35%86.68%