MUR insider buying – Murphy Oil Corp
15 insider purchases since 2016 worth $6.6M by 9 different insiders. Last 12 months: 0 purchases, $0. Most recent filing: 2025-03-05.
Large company Public float $2.4B (latest 10-K, SEC).
Same time range as the chart above - each mark sits under the week of the trade. Circles = purchases (height = price paid, size = amount), red triangles = open-market sales of $50k+. Prices as reported, not adjusted for later stock splits. 12 older purchases (before the 5-year window) are listed in the table below.
Purchases are open-market buys (SEC Form 4, code "P") - insiders paying with their own money. Sales are open-market sales (code "S") of $50,000 or more; many sales are pre-planned (Rule 10b5-1) or made for taxes and diversification. Each row links to the original filing.
Bought, sold, still holding?
| Insider | Bought | First / last buy | Sold since 2016 | Holds now* | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEMING CLAIBORNE P Director | $3.0M 2× · 110,000 sh | 2018-11-19 2025-02-04 | – | 2,676,854 shares as of 2026-07-02 | Holds - never sold |
| MURPHY ROBERT MADISON Director | $2.0M 3× · 197,568 sh | 2016-08-08 2020-03-12 | 6× · $13.5M last 2023-08-08 | 2,115,825 shares as of 2026-02-12 | Sold part |
| Schmale Neal E Director | $1.1M 4× · 155,000 sh | 2016-02-11 2020-03-18 | – | 258,750 shares as of 2023-05-12 | Holds - never sold |
| Nolan Jeffrey W Director | $233,950 1× · 10,000 sh | 2025-03-05 2025-03-05 | – | 612,845 shares as of 2026-07-02 | Holds - never sold |
| COSSE STEVEN A Director | $155,000 1× · 10,000 sh | 2016-02-11 2016-02-11 | – | 149,232 shares as of 2023-05-12 | Holds - never sold |
| BOTNER E TED CEO | $98,600 1× · 20,000 sh | 2020-03-18 2020-03-18 | 2× · $621,470 last 2022-06-09 | 271,592 shares as of 2026-07-02 | Sold part |
| GARDNER JOHN B CEO | $49,915 1× · 9,365 sh | 2020-03-19 2020-03-19 | 13× · $3.7M last 2024-03-07 | 40,211 shares as of 2025-05-27 | Sold part |
| Palanivelu Meenambigai CEO | $41,999 1× · 1,573 sh | 2025-02-05 2025-02-05 | – | 40,256 shares as of 2025-05-27 | Holds - never sold |
| JEFFERY BARRY F.R. CEO | $33,400 1× · 5,000 sh | 2020-03-13 2020-03-13 | 1× · $67,288 last 2019-12-13 | 48,691 shares as of 2020-07-28 | Holds (sold earlier) |
* Shares held after the insider's most recent SEC filing for this company (all share classes, direct and indirect). If an insider stops filing, later changes are not known.
Insider buying and selling by year
| Year | Purchases | Bought | Buyers | Sales | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | – | – | 2 | $1.9M |
| 2025 | 3 | $2.9M | 3 | 1 | $269,310 |
| 2024 | 0 | – | – | 7 | $10.6M |
| 2023 | 0 | – | – | 6 | $6.2M |
| 2022 | 0 | – | – | 26 | $32.5M |
| 2021 | 0 | – | – | 19 | $4.9M |
| 2020 | 8 | $2.1M | 5 | 6 | $881,221 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | – | 6 | $1.2M |
| 2018 | 1 | $316,000 | 1 | 3 | $1.3M |
| 2017 | 0 | – | – | 4 | $487,278 |
| 2016 | 3 | $1.3M | 3 | 2 | $740,651 |
Insider purchases
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holdings | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-05 | Nolan Jeffrey W | Director | 10,000 | $23.39 | $233,950 | +3.5% | SEC |
| 2025-02-06 | Palanivelu Meenambigai | CEO | 1,573 | $26.70 | $41,999 | +4.4% | SEC |
| 2025-02-06 | DEMING CLAIBORNE P | Director | 100,000 | $26.52 | $2.7M | +11.3% | SEC |
| 2020-03-19 | GARDNER JOHN B | CEO | 9,365 | $5.33 | $49,915 | +69.5% | SEC |
| 2020-03-18 | Schmale Neal E | Director | 40,000 | $4.97 | $198,800 | +22.6% | SEC |
| 2020-03-18 | BOTNER E TED | CEO | 20,000 | $4.93 | $98,600 | +80.2% | SEC |
| 2020-03-17 | Schmale Neal E | Director | 25,000 | $5.57 | $139,250 | +16.5% | SEC |
| 2020-03-16 | JEFFERY BARRY F.R. | CEO | 5,000 | $6.68 | $33,400 | +12.6% | SEC |
| 2020-03-13 | Schmale Neal E | Director | 75,000 | $6.51 | $488,250 | +97.6% | SEC |
| 2020-03-13 | MURPHY ROBERT MADISON | Director | 158,000 | $6.40 | $1.0M | +7.2% | SEC |
| 2020-03-02 | MURPHY ROBERT MADISON | Director | 2,765 | $18.43 | $50,959 | +29.2% | SEC |
| 2018-11-19 | DEMING CLAIBORNE P | Director | 10,000 | $31.60 | $316,000 | +1.2% | SEC |
| 2016-08-10 | MURPHY ROBERT MADISON | Director | 36,803 | $24.16 | $889,227 | +1.8% | SEC |
| 2016-02-11 | Schmale Neal E | Director | 15,000 | $15.50 | $232,500 | +41.0% | SEC |
| 2016-02-11 | COSSE STEVEN A | Director | 10,000 | $15.50 | $155,000 | +11.8% | SEC |
Insider sales
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Type | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | Hanchera Daniel R | CEO | 47,320 | $33.79 | $1.6M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-03-04 | Martinez Maria A | CEO | 8,608 | $34.93 | $300,677 | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-02-25 | Utsch Louis W | CEO | 9,584 | $28.10 | $269,310 | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-03-14 | Martinez Maria A | CEO | 10,000 | $43.36 | $433,600 | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-03-07 | GARDNER JOHN B | CEO | 40,000 | $40.82 | $1.6M | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-03-06 | Vaughan Paul D. | CEO | 6,000 | $39.61 | $237,660 | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-03-01 | MIRELES THOMAS J | CEO | 34,928 | $40.33 | $1.4M | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-03-01 | Jenkins Roger W. | CEO | 110,000 | $40.39 | $4.4M | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-03-01 | Hanchera Daniel R | CEO | 30,000 | $40.32 | $1.2M | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-02-27 | Utsch Louis W | CEO | 30,260 | $39.94 | $1.2M | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-09-20 | Keller Elisabeth W | Director | 1,116 | $45.50 | $50,778 | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-08-09 | MURPHY ROBERT MADISON | Director | 100,000 | $43.30 | $4.3M | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-08-09 | GARDNER JOHN B | CEO | 10,000 | $42.95 | $429,500 | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-05-18 | MIRELES THOMAS J | CEO | 14,500 | $35.14 | $509,530 | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-02-16 | Utsch Louis W | CEO | 10,902 | $43.50 | $474,237 | Sale | SEC |
Showing the latest 15 of 82 sales of $50,000+ since 2016.
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