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 paid 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 2.46%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 15th. View Marathon Petroleum's Dividend History.

Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The oil and gas company reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.07. The oil and gas company earned $18.98 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $21.78 billion. Marathon Petroleum had a return on equity of 10.05% and a net margin of 4.45%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 15.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.06 EPS. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Marathon Petroleum's shares. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate Marathon Petroleum's share price to reach $83.80 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Marathon Petroleum.

Marathon Petroleum saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume of 6,000,578 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days. Approximately 4.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

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News coverage about MPC stock has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, Accern reports. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Marathon Petroleum earned a media sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the oil and gas company an impact score of 46.19 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Marathon Petroleum's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.65%), Boston Partners (1.62%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.29%), Northern Trust Corp (1.18%), LSV Asset Management (0.91%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (0.77%). 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., Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, Millennium Management LLC, Boston Partners, Swiss National Bank, Prudential Financial Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund and Legal & General Group Plc. 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, LSV Asset Management, American Century Companies Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Mackay Shields LLC, O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc. and MUFG Securities EMEA plc. 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 $74.79.

Marathon Petroleum has a market capitalization of $33.98 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]