Marathon Petroleum Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:MPC)

Marathon Petroleum trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MPC."

Marathon Petroleum declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 21st will be given a dividend of $0.53 per share on Tuesday, September 10th. This represents a $2.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 20th. View Marathon Petroleum's Dividend History.

Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) issued its earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The oil and gas company reported $1.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.40. The oil and gas company had revenue of $33.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $33.26 billion. Marathon Petroleum had a return on equity of 9.55% and a net margin of 2.36%. The firm's revenue was up 50.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.27 EPS. View Marathon Petroleum's Earnings History.

Marathon Petroleum is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Marathon Petroleum.

Marathon Petroleum will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

13 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Marathon Petroleum's shares. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Marathon Petroleum's stock price to reach $73.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Marathon Petroleum.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marathon Petroleum in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Marathon Petroleum.

News coverage about MPC stock has been trending neutral on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Marathon Petroleum earned a coverage optimism score of 0.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Marathon Petroleum.

Marathon Petroleum saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 15,040,000 shares, an increase of 10.1% from the August 30th total of 13,660,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,130,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's stock are short sold. View Marathon Petroleum's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Marathon Petroleum include Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), HollyFrontier (HFC), CVR Energy (CVI), PBF Energy (PBF), Delek US (DK), World Fuel Services (INT), Renewable Energy Group (REGI), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Green Plains (GPRE), Amyris (AMRS), Adams Resources & Energy (AE) and Gevo (GEVO).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Marathon Petroleum investors own include AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE), Micron Technology (MU), Valero Energy (VLO), Alibaba Group (BABA), Chevron (CVX) and Marathon Oil (MRO).

Marathon Petroleum's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Strs Ohio (0.11%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.09%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.07%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.07%), Locust Wood Capital Advisers LLC (0.07%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%). Company insiders that own Marathon Petroleum stock include Anthony R Kenney, C Michael Palmer, Charles E Bunch, Donald C Templin, Gary R Heminger, James E Rohr, Raymond L Brooks, Rodney P Nichols, Steven A Davis and Thomas M Kelley. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Marathon Petroleum.

MPC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Viking Fund Management LLC, CMH Wealth Management LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Regentatlantic Capital LLC, Oakbrook Investments LLC and Camelot Portfolios LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Marathon Petroleum.

MPC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Locust Wood Capital Advisers LLC, Valicenti Advisory Services Inc., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Meeder Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Zeke Capital Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Marathon Petroleum stock in the last two years include Charles E Bunch, Donald C Templin, James E Rohr and Steven A Davis. View Insider Buying and Selling for Marathon Petroleum.

Shares of MPC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $65.18.

Marathon Petroleum has a market capitalization of $42.91 billion and generates $97.10 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $2.78 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.78 on an earnings per share basis. Marathon Petroleum employs 60,350 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Marathon Petroleum.

The official website for Marathon Petroleum is http://www.marathonpetroleum.com/.

Marathon Petroleum's mailing address is 539 SOUTH MAIN STREET, FINDLAY OH, 45840. The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at 419-422-2121 or via email at [email protected]