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Company snapshot — Murphy USA Inc

MUSA in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Murphy USA runs retail fuel stations and convenience stores under the Murphy USA, Murphy Express and QuickChek names, concentrated in the Southeast, Southwest and Midwest of the United States. It sells motor fuel alongside snacks, drinks and other convenience merchandise, and also runs stand-alone convenience sites without fuel bays. The company is headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas.
Where it sits in the stack
Murphy USA holds no seat in our index; it sits in the Consumer Cyclical sector, in the Specialty Retail sleeve, as a fuel-and-convenience retailer rather than a build-out name.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group compares it with other scored Consumer Cyclical names in the United States, including Maplebear, Lululemon and SharkNinja; the market's own closer comparison is Casey's General Stores.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score across the diary's usual modules; valuation reads as the strongest module and quality as the weakest. It holds no index seat and has not yet drawn a mention in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
Whether the weak quality reading narrows as fuel margins and convenience-store traffic move, and whether that shift changes the gap against the stronger valuation reading.

Murphy USA Inc (MUSA) trades on US exchanges, classified under Consumer Cyclical.

The Closelook company score reads 53/100 composite (momentum 54, quality 41, valuation 62) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for MUSA, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Specialty Retail · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Retail

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against MUSA on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.49%, quarterly · buybacks 650 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What MUSA pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.55 USD per share · a 0.49% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +67.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.52 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.65 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-24
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.15 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.92 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-24
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 42 m USD 8% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 650 m USD 6.8% of today's market value
  • Share count −6.3% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 691 m USD · 185% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in US: −2.0% week · −5.6% month · −6.8% quarter · −4.2% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLY.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Murphy USA Inc (MUSA)?

Murphy USA Inc trades as MUSA on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Consumer Cyclical in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is MUSA in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Murphy USA Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

What is Murphy USA Inc's Closelook composite score?

53 out of 100, with momentum 54, quality 41 and valuation 62 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does MUSA trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -7.4% vs the 50-day and +5.1% vs the 200-day average, 17.7% below the 52-week high and +50.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Murphy USA Inc do?

Murphy USA runs retail fuel stations and convenience stores under the Murphy USA, Murphy Express and QuickChek names, concentrated in the Southeast, Southwest and Midwest of the United States. It sells motor fuel alongside snacks, drinks and other convenience merchandise, and also runs stand-alone convenience sites without fuel bays. The company is headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas. Closelook's peer group compares it with other scored Consumer Cyclical names in the United States, including Maplebear, Lululemon and SharkNinja; the market's own closer comparison is Casey's General Stores.

Where does Murphy USA Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Murphy USA holds no seat in our index; it sits in the Consumer Cyclical sector, in the Specialty Retail sleeve, as a fuel-and-convenience retailer rather than a build-out name. It carries a Closelook score across the diary's usual modules; valuation reads as the strongest module and quality as the weakest. It holds no index seat and has not yet drawn a mention in the diary's editions.

Does Murphy USA Inc pay a dividend?

Murphy USA Inc has paid 2.55 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.49% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.65 USD on 2026-08-24. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 42 m USD in dividends and bought back 650 m USD of its own shares, 185% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 6.3% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for MUSA, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Specialty Retail. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.