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Also trades as: 0K3S.L (LSE) · $vol 0M

MUR Short Interest

Murphy Oil Corporation
1W: +0.1% 1M: +17.7% 3M: +11.5% YTD: +34.1% 1Y: +50.7% 3Y: +0.1% 5Y: +71.8%
$43.15
-1.07 (-2.42%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±4.4%
$40 $42 $44 $46 $48
NYSE · Energy · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Tech Score Strong Buy · Power 70 · $6.2B mcap · 135M float · 1.29% daily turnover · Short 70% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 50% of companies Debt: 26.8% of company value Bonds: $108.0M held by 145 funds, 207 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.99 (down 98%), Murphy Oil Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $2.26B against a stock market value of $6.19B.
Distance to default 5.16 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $773.9M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 46.7%; Altman Z'' -15.40. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
66.4%
Short Ratio
of total volume
68.2%
20-Day Avg
69.3%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
0.2M
Short Volume
0.3M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 206,681 312,545 66.1%
NYSE 13,640 18,292 74.6%
BATS 156 1,233 12.7%

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