MUR Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own MUR shares is 534, representing 85.53% of the company's common stock.

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in MUR by -2.51% restricting it's holding to 267.63 thousand shares of worth nearly $12.23M. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. also lessened -3.11% of the MUR shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 262.54 thousand shares of worth $12.00M. ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS, LLC also shunned MUR shares holding by -0.27% last quarter which brought its holding to 204.24 thousand shares worth $9.33M.

As per its latest 13F filing, LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT increased its stake in MUR by 10.7% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 366.26 thousand shares having worth more than $16.74M. UBS GROUP AG also added 78.95% more shares of MUR to its portfolio, raising its holding to 268.05 thousand shares of worth $12.25M. JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC. also increased its MUR shares holding by 42.82% which brought its holding to 257.75 thousand shares worth $11.78M.

The insider with the most stakes in MUR is MURPHY ROBERT MADISON , director at the company. Additionally, MUR stock is highly held by Chief Executive Officer Jenkins Roger W. and director DEMING CLAIBORNE P among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 6.33% percent of Murphy Oil Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which MUR insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include MARTINEZ MARIA A, GARDNER JOHN B, and HANCHERA DANIEL R.

There have been 3 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Murphy Oil Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 101573 shares

Around 1.95M Murphy Oil Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 6.33% of MUR stock.

MUR director, MURPHY ROBERT MADISON holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. MUR shares owned by MURPHY total nearly 1.5 million.

LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT is the largest institutional owner in MUR which holds 366.26 thousand shares worth $16.74M or 0.24% of the total MUR shares outstanding followed by UBS GROUP AG with ownership of 268.05 thousand shares representing 0.17% of the MUR ownership. CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM is the third largest stakeholder with 267.63 thousand shares or 0.17% of the ownership worth more than $12.23M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the MUR is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of MUR shares short is 9.41M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 145.84M shares of MUR are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, MUR has 137.20M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for MUR is 4.94.