Murphy Oil Corporation — Earnings Quality Grade F
MUR · Energy
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO increased by 14 days
AR growth 27.2% exceeds revenue growth -10.9%
Revenue -10.9%, CFFO -27.8%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 4.4% vs COGS -3.7%. Normal
CapEx growth 15.6% vs revenue -10.9%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 18.4%, excellent (<30%)
Gross margin swung -5.4pp (33.2% → 27.8%)
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO far exceeds NI (ratio 12.0x). Non-cash charges depressing profits
FCF $0.2B, FCF/NI = 1.90
Accruals ratio = -11.6%. Low accruals
Cash $0.4B covers only 17% of debt $2.2B
Balance Sheet Health
No goodwill. Clean balance sheet
Debt/EBITDA = 1.8x. Healthy
Insufficient data
Write-offs up 83% YoY
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
No goodwill
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.54 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25