secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Murphy USA Inc. (MUSA)
CIK:        0001573516
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001573516-23-000046
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Murphy USA Q3 net income falls 24% to $167.7M; cuts FY store openings
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- Net income $167.7M ($7.69 diluted EPS) vs $219.5M ($9.28) YoY, a 24% decline.
- Total fuel contribution 34.5 cpg vs 37.6 cpg; retail fuel margin fell to 28.7 cpg from 39.3 cpg.
- Merchandise contribution +3.0% to $211.8M on 20.1% unit margins.
- Quarterly dividend raised 5.1% to $0.41/share; $65.3M in share repurchases in Q3.
- 2023 new store opening guidance cut to 27-30 (from up to 45); capex lowered to $325-375M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1573516/000157351623000046/0001573516-23-000046-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1573516/000157351623000046/musa-20231101.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001573516-23-000046

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