Murphy Oil (MUR) Q4 Earnings Miss, Revenues Beat Estimates

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Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR - Free Report) delivered fourth-quarter 2023 adjusted net earnings of 90 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.03 by 12.6%. The bottom line also declined 18.2% from the year-ago quarter’s earnings of $1.10.

Murphy Oil’s 2023 earnings were $4.52 compared with $5.59 in 2022. This reflected year-over-year decline of 19.1%.

Revenues

In the quarter under review, Murphy Oil’s revenues of $844 million surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $837 million by 0.8%. The top line declined 13.4% from the prior-year quarter’s $975.2 million.

Murphy Oil’s 2023 revenues were $3.46 billion compared with $3.93 in 2022. This marked year-over-year fall of 11.9%.

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