How to buy Marathon Petroleum stock (MPC)

Marathon Petroleum is an oil & gas refining & marketing business based in the US. Marathon Petroleum shares (MPC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $133.38 – a decrease of 12.23% over the previous week. Marathon Petroleum employs 18,200 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $142.7 billion.

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Marathon Petroleum stock price (NYSE: MPC)

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Marathon Petroleum shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$133.38
52-week range	$134.16 - $217.75
50-day moving average more info button	$154.05
200-day moving average more info button	$172.57
Wall St. target price	$169.89
PE ratio more info button	10.486
Dividend yield more info button	$3.385 (2.7%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$12.88

Is it a good time to buy Marathon Petroleum stock?

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Marathon Petroleum price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $138.19 from 2024-12-16

1 week (2024-12-13)	-5.06%
1 month (2024-11-21)	-13.25%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-15.94%
6 months (2024-06-20)	-20.42%

1 year (2023-12-20)	-10.05%
2 years (2022-12-20)	27.70%
3 years (2021-12-20)	143.10%
5 years (2019-12-20)	164.56%

Is Marathon Petroleum stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Marathon Petroleum stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Marathon Petroleum's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Marathon Petroleum's P/E ratio

Marathon Petroleum's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 10x. In other words, Marathon Petroleum shares trade at around 10x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Marathon Petroleum's PEG ratio

Marathon Petroleum's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 15.6503. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Marathon Petroleum's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Marathon Petroleum's EBITDA

Marathon Petroleum's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $10.3 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Marathon Petroleum's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Marathon Petroleum financials

Revenue TTM	$142.7 billion
Operating margin TTM	3.24%
Gross profit TTM	$26.6 billion
Return on assets TTM	5.16%
Return on equity TTM	21.05%
Profit margin	3.17%
Book value	$58.26
Market Capitalization more info button	$43.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Marathon Petroleum's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Marathon Petroleum.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Marathon Petroleum's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 26.2

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Marathon Petroleum's overall score of 26.2 (as at 12/31/2018) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 51st percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Marathon Petroleum is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Marathon Petroleum's environmental score

Environmental score: 13.08/100

Marathon Petroleum's environmental score of 13.08 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Marathon Petroleum is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Marathon Petroleum's social score

Social score: 7.62/100

Marathon Petroleum's social score of 7.62 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Marathon Petroleum is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Marathon Petroleum's governance score

Governance score: 5.51/100

Marathon Petroleum's governance score puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Marathon Petroleum is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Marathon Petroleum's controversy score

Controversy score: 3/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Marathon Petroleum scored a 3 out of 5 for controversy – a middle-of-the-table result reflecting that Marathon Petroleum hasn't always managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Marathon Petroleum Corp was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	26.2
Total ESG percentile	51.4
Environmental score	13.08
Environmental score percentile	1
Social score	7.62
Social score percentile	1
Governance score	5.51
Governance score percentile	1
Level of controversy	3

Marathon Petroleum share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 26.96% of net profits

Recently Marathon Petroleum has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Marathon Petroleum shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Marathon Petroleum's case, that would currently equate to about $3.385 per share.

While Marathon Petroleum's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Marathon Petroleum may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Marathon Petroleum's most recent dividend payout was on 9 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 19 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Marathon Petroleum's shares ever split?

Marathon Petroleum's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 10 June 2015 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Marathon Petroleum shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Marathon Petroleum shares which in turn could have impacted Marathon Petroleum's share price.

Marathon Petroleum share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Marathon Petroleum's shares have ranged in value from as little as $134.16 up to $217.7517. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Marathon Petroleum's is 1.371. This would suggest that Marathon Petroleum's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Marathon Petroleum overview

Marathon Petroleum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated downstream energy company primarily in the United States. The company operates through Refining & Marketing, and Midstream segments. The Refining & Marketing segment refines crude oil and other feedstocks at its refineries in the Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, and West Coast regions of the United States; and purchases refined products and ethanol for resale and distributes refined products, including renewable diesel, through transportation, storage, distribution, and marketing services. Its refined products include transportation fuels, such as reformulated gasolines and blend-grade gasolines; heavy fuel oil; and asphalt. This segment also manufactures propane and petrochemicals. It sells refined products to wholesale marketing customers in the United States and internationally, buyers on the spot market, and independent entrepreneurs who operate primarily Marathon branded outlets, as well as through long-term fuel supply contracts to direct dealer locations primarily under the ARCO brand. The Midstream segment transports, stores, distributes, and markets crude oil and refined products through refining logistics assets, pipelines, terminals, towboats, and barges; gathers, processes, and transports natural gas; and gathers, transports, fractionates, stores, and markets natural gas liquids.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Marathon Petroleum is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.254% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by insiders and 75.271% by institutions. How many people work for Marathon Petroleum?
Latest data suggests 18,200 work at Marathon Petroleum. When does the fiscal year end for Marathon Petroleum?
Marathon Petroleum's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Marathon Petroleum based?
Marathon Petroleum's address is: 539 South Main Street, Findlay, OH, United States, 45840-3229 What is Marathon Petroleum's ISIN number?
Marathon Petroleum's international securities identification number is: US56585A1025 What is Marathon Petroleum's CUSIP number?
Marathon Petroleum's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 56585A102