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 given 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 of this dividend is Tuesday, November 19th. View Marathon Petroleum's Dividend History.

Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) announced 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 Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.33. The oil and gas company earned $31.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $32.89 billion. Marathon Petroleum had a net margin of 2.50% and a return on equity of 8.94%. Marathon Petroleum's quarterly revenue was up 34.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.70 EPS. 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 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Marathon Petroleum's stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate Marathon Petroleum's stock 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.

News headlines about MPC stock have trended positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Marathon Petroleum earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Marathon Petroleum.

Marathon Petroleum saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 daily volume of 5,590,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View Marathon Petroleum's Current Options Chain.

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Marathon Petroleum's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Calamos Advisors LLC (0.09%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.08%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%), Raymond James Trust N.A. (0.02%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.02%) and OLD National Bancorp IN (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 Private Capital Advisors Inc., Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Sciencast Management LP, Viking Fund Management LLC, Cypress Capital Group, Wedbush Securities Inc. and Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO. 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., Alpine Global Management LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., 180 Wealth Advisors LLC, OLD National Bancorp IN and Calamos Wealth Management 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 $56.91.

Marathon Petroleum has a market capitalization of $36.95 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]