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Murphy USA Inc (MUSA) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

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.

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Signals for this name

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

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 45/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-03
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 76th percentile of the window, -20.6% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-02
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in US: +1.6% week · +6.3% month · −0.9% quarter · −2.1% 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 → 2026-11-03
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.63 · down 2.22 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-02
How it trades on rate days beta −0.73 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How MUSA has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −0.73 — moves strongly against bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Murphy USA Inc moved −0.73% on average · correlation −0.18 · higher than 2% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.21 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.30% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +2.58% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

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

Peer group

Specialty Retail · US

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

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

Company snapshot — Murphy USA Inc

MUSA in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet 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
Closelooknet'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 Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet company score reads 52/100 composite (momentum 41, quality 43, valuation 60) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’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.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by RBC Capital, 2026-10-29

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for MUSA from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target RBC Capital — target 621 from 612 Target raised to $621 from $612 (+15.8% to spot) 2026-10-29

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.50%, 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 0.50% yield on the 2026-11-03 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-03
  • 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 6.9% 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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-04

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 Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-04.

Is MUSA in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Murphy USA Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-04.

What is Murphy USA Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

52 out of 100, with momentum 41, quality 43 and valuation 60 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-04. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does MUSA trade against its moving averages?

Murphy USA Inc trades 2.6% below its 50-day and 1.4% below its 200-day moving average (3.9% below its 20-day). As of 2026-11-03 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Murphy USA Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Specialty Retail · US), Murphy USA Inc (MUSA) sits 19.8% below its 52-week high, 2.6% below its 50-day average; 1-800 FLOWERS.COM Inc (FLWS) is 48.4% below, Arhaus Inc (ARHS) is 7.2% below, Academy Sports Outdoors Inc (ASO) is 2.7% below, as of 2026-11-03. Put any of them next to MUSA in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Murphy USA Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Murphy USA Inc had a beta of −0.73 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly against bonds, higher than 2% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.30% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-03; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

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. Closelooknet'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. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

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 Closelooknet 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. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

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 0.50% on the 2026-11-03 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. As of 2026-11-03; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Murphy USA Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Murphy USA Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by RBC Capital on 2026-10-29 (target 621 from 612). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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