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

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

Marathon Petroleum announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.53 per share on Tuesday, December 10th. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.73%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 19th. View Marathon Petroleum's Dividend History.

Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 31st. The oil and gas company reported $1.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.33. The oil and gas company earned $31.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $32.89 billion. Marathon Petroleum had a net margin of 2.50% and a return on equity of 8.94%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 34.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.70 earnings per share. View Marathon Petroleum's Earnings History.

Marathon Petroleum is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Marathon Petroleum.

Marathon Petroleum will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

12 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Marathon Petroleum's shares. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate Marathon Petroleum's share price to reach $73.47 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Marathon Petroleum.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marathon Petroleum in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 8 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Marathon Petroleum.

Media coverage about MPC stock has trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Marathon Petroleum earned a coverage optimism score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Marathon Petroleum.

Marathon Petroleum saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,460,000 shares, an increase of 5.7% from the December 15th total of 14,630,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,590,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 2.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View Marathon Petroleum's Current Options Chain.

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Marathon Petroleum's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Calamos Advisors LLC (0.09%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.08%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Raymond James Trust N.A. (0.02%) and Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Marathon Petroleum stock include Charles E Bunch, Donald C Templin, Gary R Heminger, James E Rohr, 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Private Capital Advisors Inc., Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Sciencast Management LP and Viking Fund Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Marathon Petroleum.

MPC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Alpine Global Management LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. and 180 Wealth 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 $56.89.

Marathon Petroleum has a market capitalization of $36.94 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]