Seasonality
MUR seasonality — Murphy Oil
Over the last 11 years, MUR's strongest month on average has been April (+6.2%) and its weakest August (-4.7%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.89% | -1.16% | 50% | +21.0% | -21.8% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.58% | +0.99% | 50% | +32.0% | -21.0% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.45% | +1.66% | 80% | +24.4% | -67.5% | 10 |
| Apr | +6.25% | -1.52% | 40% | +93.5% | -27.7% | 10 |
| May | +0.61% | -1.69% | 50% | +28.1% | -13.3% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.19% | +6.16% | 60% | +15.5% | -28.8% | 10 |
| Jul | +5.07% | +2.02% | 60% | +22.1% | -6.7% | 10 |
| Aug | -4.65% | -4.69% | 40% | +10.9% | -24.2% | 10 |
| Sep | +2.56% | +4.89% | 60% | +21.3% | -35.1% | 10 |
| Oct | +3.61% | -0.72% | 40% | +37.9% | -13.4% | 10 |
| Nov | +5.67% | +3.14% | 67% | +30.3% | -4.7% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.73% | -2.16% | 30% | +20.3% | -26.7% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — MUR
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -3.7 | 10.2 | 24.4 | 1.2 | -13.3 | -10.0 | 22.1 | -8.3 | 1.6 | 18.7 | -18.2 | +15.1% | |
| 2025 | -12.0 | -0.5 | 7.2 | -27.7 | 1.9 | 7.5 | 10.3 | 0.2 | 14.3 | -0.4 | 13.3 | -2.6 | +3.3% |
| 2024 | -9.3 | 2.5 | 15.2 | -2.3 | -4.1 | -3.6 | 0.3 | -9.9 | -9.5 | -6.7 | 3.1 | -6.8 | -29.1% |
| 2023 | 1.4 | -10.5 | -5.2 | -0.7 | -5.2 | 10.1 | 13.0 | 4.9 | -0.1 | -1.1 | -4.7 | -0.3 | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 21.0 | 9.7 | 16.5 | -5.7 | 11.4 | -28.8 | 16.4 | 10.9 | -9.8 | 37.9 | -2.7 | -8.9 | +64.7% |
| 2021 | 2.2 | 32.0 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 28.1 | 7.3 | -6.7 | -2.1 | 17.4 | 11.4 | -4.5 | -1.8 | +115.8% |
| 2020 | -21.8 | -10.1 | -67.5 | 93.5 | 0.8 | 15.5 | -4.3 | 4.0 | -35.1 | -13.4 | 30.3 | 20.3 | -54.9% |
| 2019 | 16.9 | 5.7 | 1.4 | -7.0 | -8.8 | -0.8 | -2.5 | -24.2 | 21.3 | -6.7 | 11.5 | 16.5 | +14.6% |
| 2018 | 3.4 | -21.0 | 1.9 | 16.5 | 2.1 | 9.8 | -1.5 | -7.3 | 8.1 | -4.4 | 0.1 | -26.7 | -24.7% |
| 2017 | -7.1 | -2.1 | 1.1 | -8.4 | -6.8 | 5.0 | 3.7 | -14.8 | 17.2 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 11.1 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | -8.2 |