NYSE:MPC - Marathon Petroleum Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Marathon Petroleum announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 16th will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share on Monday, September 10th. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.34%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 15th. View Marathon Petroleum's Dividend History.

Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The oil and gas company reported $2.27 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.98 by $0.29. The oil and gas company earned $22.45 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.14 billion. Marathon Petroleum had a return on equity of 12.83% and a net margin of 4.89%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 22.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.93 EPS. View Marathon Petroleum's Earnings History.

Marathon Petroleum is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Marathon Petroleum.

18 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Marathon Petroleum's stock. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect Marathon Petroleum's stock price to reach $85.4375 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Marathon Petroleum.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marathon Petroleum in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Marathon Petroleum.

Marathon Petroleum saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 13th, there was short interest totalling 28,317,507 shares, an increase of 13.2% from the June 29th total of 25,006,375 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,264,562 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.4 days. Currently, 6.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Marathon Petroleum's Current Options Chain.

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Media stories about MPC stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Marathon Petroleum earned a news impact score of 0.21 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the oil and gas company an impact score of 45.53 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Marathon Petroleum.

Marathon Petroleum's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.07%), Boston Partners (1.65%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.63%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.32%), Morgan Stanley (1.29%) and PointState Capital LP (1.20%). Company insiders that own Marathon Petroleum stock include Anthony R Kenney, C Michael Palmer, Charles E Bunch, Raymond L Brooks, Rodney P Nichols 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 BlackRock Inc., FMR LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Zacks Investment Management, Millennium Management LLC, American International Group Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Putnam Investments LLC. Company insiders that have sold Marathon Petroleum company stock in the last year include Anthony R Kenney, C Michael Palmer, Raymond L Brooks, Rodney P Nichols and Thomas M Kelley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Marathon Petroleum.

MPC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PointState Capital LP, Bank of Montreal Can, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Morgan Stanley, Third Point LLC, Luminus Management LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $78.76.

Marathon Petroleum has a market capitalization of $34.78 billion and generates $75.37 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $3.43 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.80 on an earnings per share basis. Marathon Petroleum employs 43,800 workers across the globe.

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]