Murphy USA Inc. $MUSA Shares Purchased by Texas Permanent School Fund Corp

16 Dec 2025, 11:43 by Sarita Garza · The Markets Daily

Texas Permanent School Fund Corp boosted its position in Murphy USA Inc. (NYSE:MUSA – Free Report) by 48.6% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 22,443 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock after buying an additional 7,339 shares during the period. Texas Permanent School Fund Corp owned approximately 0.12% of Murphy USA worth $9,130,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of MUSA. Vista Finance LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Murphy USA by 4.0% in the 2nd quarter. Vista Finance LLC now owns 646 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $263,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Fortune Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in Murphy USA by 1.6% during the second quarter. Fortune Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,821 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $741,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in Murphy USA by 0.3% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 12,902 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $4,810,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Resonant Capital Advisors LLC grew its position in Murphy USA by 4.5% during the 2nd quarter. Resonant Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,001 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $407,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the period. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its position in Murphy USA by 7.7% during the 2nd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 599 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $244,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the period. 80.81% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MUSA has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Zacks Research upgraded Murphy USA from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. KeyCorp decreased their price target on Murphy USA from $480.00 to $460.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company began coverage on Murphy USA in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $405.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Murphy USA in a research note on Monday, December 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Murphy USA has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $474.00.

Check Out Our Latest Analysis on Murphy USA

Murphy USA Stock Performance

NYSE MUSA opened at $406.11 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.13 and a beta of 0.39. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $377.89 and a 200 day moving average of $392.09. The company has a current ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 0.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.07. Murphy USA Inc. has a twelve month low of $345.23 and a twelve month high of $556.60.

Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The specialty retailer reported $7.25 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $6.60 by $0.65. The company had revenue of $5.11 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.11 billion. Murphy USA had a return on equity of 69.87% and a net margin of 2.43%.Murphy USA’s quarterly revenue was down 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $7.20 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Murphy USA Inc. will post 26.45 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Murphy USA Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 1st. Investors of record on Monday, November 10th were issued a $0.63 dividend. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 10th. This is a boost from Murphy USA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. Murphy USA’s payout ratio is presently 10.63%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Murphy USA news, CEO R Andrew Clyde sold 16,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $381.33, for a total transaction of $6,196,612.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 59,172 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,564,058.76. This represents a 21.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 10.12% of the company’s stock.

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