Murphy Oil
MUR · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
$44.34
4.6%SM Energy
SM · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
$40.11
4.4%The short version
- SM Energy is the larger business, with $3.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.7B for Murphy Oil.
- SM Energy grew revenue faster (17.3%, against −10.2%).
- SM Energy kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (31.7% operating margin, against 11.1% operating margin).
- SM Energy earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (11.1%, against 3.7%).
| Latest fiscal year | MUR · FY25 | SM · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $6.5B | $9.6B |
| Revenue | $2.7B | $3.2B |
| Free cash flow | $227M | — |
| Net income | $104M | $648M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −10.2% | 17.3% |
| 5-year growth | 6.7% | 22.9% |
| Share count change | −4.6% | −0.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 31.7% |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 20.6% |
| FCF margin | 8.4% | — |
| Return on capital | 3.7% | 11.1% |
| Return on equity | 2.0% | 14.3% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $908M | $2.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.7x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $289M | $105M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 22.0x | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 |
FY16
MUR $1.8B
SM $1.2B
FY17
MUR $1.4B
SM $1.1B
FY18
MUR $1.8B
SM $2.1B
FY19
MUR $2.8B
SM $1.6B
FY20
MUR $2.0B
SM $1.1B
FY21
MUR $2.3B
SM $2.6B
FY22
MUR $3.9B
SM $3.4B
FY23
MUR $3.5B
SM $2.4B
FY24
MUR $3.0B
SM $2.7B
FY25
MUR $2.7B
SM $3.2B
MUR
SM
FY16
MUR −21.5%
SM −86.8%
FY17
MUR −1.8%
SM −14.5%
FY18
MUR 12.0%
SM 40.5%
FY19
MUR 15.7%
SM −4.4%
FY20
MUR −69.3%
SM −94.9%
FY21
MUR 12.2%
SM 8.0%
FY22
MUR 40.4%
SM 47.0%
FY23
MUR 30.1%
SM 41.6%
FY24
MUR 19.9%
SM 40.0%
FY25
MUR 11.1%
SM 31.7%
MUR
SM
FY16
MUR −$326M
SM —
FY17
MUR −$297M
SM —
FY18
MUR −$262M
SM —
FY19
MUR $145M
SM —
FY20
MUR $42.9M
SM —
FY21
MUR $772M
SM —
FY22
MUR $1.2B
SM —
FY23
MUR $683M
SM —
FY24
MUR $829M
SM —
FY25
MUR $227M
SM —
MUR
SM
FY16
MUR −4.2%
SM −37.4%
FY17
MUR −0.3%
SM −5.4%
FY18
MUR 3.1%
SM 25.0%
FY19
MUR 5.2%
SM −1.9%
FY20
MUR −14.2%
SM −23.7%
FY21
MUR 4.3%
SM 4.1%
FY22
MUR 19.6%
SM 31.4%
FY23
MUR 12.6%
SM 20.1%
FY24
MUR 8.2%
SM 14.9%
FY25
MUR 3.7%
SM 11.1%
MUR
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