NYSE:MPC - Marathon Petroleum Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Marathon Petroleum declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 25th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 16th will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share on Monday, June 11th. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 15th. View Marathon Petroleum's Dividend History.

Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The oil and gas company reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.07. The oil and gas company had revenue of $18.98 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $21.78 billion. Marathon Petroleum had a net margin of 4.45% and a return on equity of 10.05%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 15.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.06 earnings per share. View Marathon Petroleum's Earnings History.

Marathon Petroleum is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Marathon Petroleum.

17 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Marathon Petroleum's stock. Their predictions range from $63.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate Marathon Petroleum's stock price to reach $83.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Marathon Petroleum.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marathon Petroleum in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Marathon Petroleum saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 21,197,606 shares, an increase of 18.7% from the May 15th total of 17,850,844 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,000,578 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 4.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View Marathon Petroleum's Current Options Chain.

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News articles about MPC stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Marathon Petroleum earned a news impact score of -0.04 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the oil and gas company an impact score of 43.63 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Marathon Petroleum's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.57%), CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.08%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.08%), Stillwater Capital Advisors LLC (0.04%), Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.03%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.02%). 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 Scout Investments Inc., Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Bremer Trust National Association, Ironsides Asset Advisors LLC, Acropolis Investment Management LLC, Capital One National Association, Stillwater Capital Advisors LLC and Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH. 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 Bank of Montreal Can, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Osborn Williams & Donohoe LLC, Wendell David Associates Inc., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Chesley Taft & Associates LLC and Dorsey Wright & Associates. 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 $71.42.

Marathon Petroleum has a market capitalization of $33.14 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]