profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Murphy USA
$543.88+1.71% today
+49.5% in 1 year
1-year low $356.571-year high $622.78
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $20.92 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Murphy USA sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $23.4 billion in 2022 to $19.4 billion in 2025, with $471 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Murphy USA handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $650M
Free cash flow 2025$374M
Bought back its own shares$650M
Paid as dividends$42M
Cash vs. debt$29M vs. $2.7B
Murphy USA vs. similar companies
Murphy USA grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy USA | 20.9× · Fair price | ||
 Alimentation Couche-Tard | 17.0× · Fair price | ||
 Williams-Sonoma | 27.5× · Fair price | ||
 Ulta Beauty | 24.5× · Fair price | ||
 Coupang | 130.9× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Murphy USA's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,264 | 17,361 | 23,446 | 21,529 | 20,244 | 19,384 | |
| – | – | 2,400 | 2,314 | 2,307 | 2,359 | |
| 559 | 604 | 968 | 827 | 756 | 739 | |
| 721 | 817 | 1,190 | 1,062 | 997 | 997 | |
| 386 | 397 | 673 | 557 | 503 | 471 | |
| 13.08 | 14.92 | 28.10 | 25.49 | 24.11 | 24.10 | |
| – | – | 10.2% | 10.7% | 11.4% | 12.2% | |
| 5.0% | 3.5% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.7% | 3.8% | |
| 3.4% | 2.3% | 2.9% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,686 | 4,048 | 4,123 | 4,340 | 4,542 | 4,726 |
| Cash | 164 | 256 | 61 | 118 | 47 | 29 |
| Total debt | 1,153 | 2,242 | 2,272 | 2,272 | 2,368 | 2,743 |
| Total liabilities | 1,902 | 3,241 | 3,483 | 3,511 | 3,702 | 4,102 |
| 784 | 807 | 641 | 829 | 840 | 624 | |
| 30 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 20 | |
| 22.9% | 15.7% | 26.3% | 21.2% | 18.4% | 16.9% | |
| 49.2% | 49.2% | 105.0% | 67.2% | 59.8% | 75.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 564 | 737 | 995 | 784 | 848 | 814 | |
| 231 | 275 | 305 | 336 | 458 | 440 | |
| 333 | 463 | 689 | 448 | 390 | 374 | |
| Dividends paid | 7 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 37 | 42 |
| 400 | 355 | 806 | 333 | 446 | 650 | |
| 14 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 29 |
Valuation
- 20.9×
- 17.1×
- 1.61
- 16.2×
- 0.5×
- 26.3×
- 12.6×
- 3.8%
- 4.8%
- 0.4%
Profitability
- 12.2%
- 3.8%
- 2.4%
- 5.8%
- 17.1%
- 16.4%
- 89.5%
- 11.4%
- 22.4%
- –
Growth
- +11.5%
- +13.0%
- −3.9%
- +53.8%
- −7.4%
Financial health
- 2.3×
- 4.08
- 55.3%
- 7.5×
- 0.83
- 0.48
- 4.04
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 14%of 982
Bottom 21%of 996
Bottom 43%of 860
Top 37%of 996
Bottom 43%of 982
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $504.25
- Range
- $450.00 – $600.00
- 6 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 7.28 | 5.37 | +35.6% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 7.53 | 6.67 | +12.9% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 7.25 | 6.60 | +9.8% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 7.36 | 6.82 | +7.9% |
| May 7, 2025 | 2.63 | 3.96 | −33.6% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 6.96 | 6.46 | +7.7% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 7.20 | 6.68 | +7.8% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 6.92 | 6.92 | +0.0% |
0.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$4a year at today's yield, before tax
+53.8%2020 to 2025
Raised5 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.25 in 2020 → $2.15 in 2025
How safe it looks
8.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 11.1%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
52No pass
Benjamin Graham
38No pass
Philip Fisher
55No pass
Peter Lynch
46No pass
Joel Greenblatt
41No pass
Charlie Munger
46No pass
Terry Smith
44No pass
Questions about Murphy USA
Is Murphy USA a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Murphy USA AI analysis
What does Murphy USA do?
Murphy USA Inc. engages in marketing of retail motor fuel products and convenience merchandise. The company operates retail stores under the Murphy USA, Murphy Express, and QuickChek brands. It is in Specialty Retail, based in El Dorado, AR, United States, with 5,900 employees.
Does Murphy USA pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.4% a year, about 9% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $41.5 million in dividends.
Is Murphy USA stock halal?
Yes. Murphy USA passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 28% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Murphy USA stock done over the past year?
Up 49.5% over the past twelve months, to $543.88. It traded between $356.57 and $622.78 and is 12.7% below its high.
Who are Murphy USA's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Alimentation Couche-Tard, Williams-Sonoma, Ulta Beauty and Coupang. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Murphy USA's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.