MPC vs. DINO, MPLX, PARR, PBF, PSX, RNGR, VLO, CVI, DK, and REX
Should you be buying Marathon Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Petroleum include HF Sinclair (DINO), Mplx (MPLX), Par Pacific (PARR), PBF Energy (PBF), Phillips 66 (PSX), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), Valero Energy (VLO), CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), and REX American Resources (REX). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Marathon Petroleum vs. Its Competitors
Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) and HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Marathon Petroleum pays out 54.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HF Sinclair pays out -434.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Marathon Petroleum has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and HF Sinclair has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. HF Sinclair is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Marathon Petroleum presently has a consensus target price of $185.29, indicating a potential upside of 8.65%. HF Sinclair has a consensus target price of $49.91, indicating a potential upside of 3.14%. Given Marathon Petroleum's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Marathon Petroleum is more favorable than HF Sinclair.
76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Sinclair has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Marathon Petroleum had 10 more articles in the media than HF Sinclair. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Marathon Petroleum and 17 mentions for HF Sinclair. Marathon Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat HF Sinclair's score of 1.36 indicating that Marathon Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marathon Petroleum has a net margin of 1.58% compared to HF Sinclair's net margin of -0.32%. Marathon Petroleum's return on equity of 8.38% beat HF Sinclair's return on equity.
Marathon Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than HF Sinclair. HF Sinclair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Marathon Petroleum beats HF Sinclair on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MPC) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff