“The $4.5 million decrease in cash required by investing activities in the current year period was primarily due to other investing activities providing $9.8 million, which was partially offset by an 38 increase of $4.2 million in capital expenditures due to t…”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
Murphy USA Inc.
MUSA
Market read
Murphy USA Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 17 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 36.0% versus the comparable filing period.
- Fuel pricing was the largest disclosed contributor to the three-month revenue increase, with average retail fuel sales prices up 37.4% year over year.
- Retail fuel volumes rose 3.9% in the three months ended June 30, alongside a 4.0% improvement in merchandise contribution.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if MUSA's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 17 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 36.0% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net income increased 43.6% versus the comparable filing period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Fuel pricing was the largest disclosed contributor to the three-month revenue increase, with average retail fuel sales prices up 37.4% year over year.
- Retail fuel volumes rose 3.9% in the three months ended June 30, alongside a 4.0% improvement in merchandise contribution.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.73x in the latest annual period.
- Latest annual revenue changed -4.2% year over year.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- EV/sales is 57% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
523.83Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
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“The $29.0 million increase from the previous year was mainly due to a $14.2 million increase in net interest expense, a $12.6 million restructuring charge, $7.8 million more in depreciation and amortization expense and a $6.2 million reduction in investment i…”10-K · Feb 18, 2026 ↗
“Store and other operating expenses increased $33.4 million in Q2 2026 compared to Q2 2025, primarily due to increases in payment fees driven by increased retail fuel prices, higher employee related expenses at existing stores combined with increases from net…”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 0.5× · EV/sales 0.5×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for MUSA. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-08-06 against the comparable filing from 2025-07-31.
Capital and cash conversion
Cash conversion improved
Capital-spending intensity declined while free-cash-flow margin improved.
- Capital spending YoY
- +2.0%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +1.8%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +3.0%
- FCF margin change
- +1.1 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 36.0% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net income increased 43.6% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“The increase was primarily due to higher total fuel contribution, higher fuel sales volumes and higher overall merchandise contributions, which were partially offset by higher payment fees, increased store operating expenses, higher income tax expense, increased SG&A expenses and greater depreciation and amortization.”
“Year-to-date 2026 total merchandise contribution increased 5.5% compared to the same period of 2025, primarily due to favorable sales mix, higher retail prices and promotional activity, combined with increased store count compared to the prior year period.”
“Total merchandise contribution in Q2 2026 improved 4.0% compared to Q2 2025, primarily due to favorable sales mix and unit growth, combined with increased store count compared to the prior year period.”
Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind MUSA
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
WMTWalmart Inc.partnerFeb 18, 2026 ▾
“These strengths support our Company vision which is to “Deliver every day the quickest, most friendly service and a low-price value proposition to our growing customer base for the products and markets we serve.” Strategic proximity to and complementary relat…”
WMTWalmart Inc.competitorFeb 18, 2026 ▾
“The term “competitor” is generally defined in the ECRs as an entity that owns, operates or controls grocery stores or supermarkets, wholesale club operations similar to that of a Sam’s Club, discount department stores or other discount retailers similar to an…”
Depended on by
ARKOArko Corp.competitorFeb 25, 2026 ▾
“We face significant competition from other large chain operators, such as 7-Eleven/Speedway; Circle K; Casey’s; Murphy USA; Quik Trip; Royal Farms; Sheetz; and Wawa, many of which are building NTI sites in our markets.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
MUSA is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Real Asset Exposure. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for MUSA; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.