Short interest in Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE:MUR) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 12.93M to 16.30M. This put 16.36% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Short interest in Murphy Oil Corp (XNYS:MUR) decreased during the last reporting period, falling from 280.30M to 275.20M. This put 1.17% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 3.05M shares traded per day, it would take 5.34 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.