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$179.81 -2.45 (-1.35%)
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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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Marathon Petroleum pays out 51.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HF Sinclair pays out -259.7% 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.

In the previous week, Marathon Petroleum had 28 more articles in the media than HF Sinclair. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Marathon Petroleum and 16 mentions for HF Sinclair. Marathon Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat HF Sinclair's score of 1.09 indicating that Marathon Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Marathon Petroleum
27 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HF Sinclair
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Marathon Petroleum currently has a consensus target price of $184.38, suggesting a potential upside of 2.54%. HF Sinclair has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.88%. Given Marathon Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Marathon Petroleum is more favorable than HF Sinclair.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Marathon Petroleum
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
HF Sinclair
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Sinclair has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Marathon Petroleum$140.41B0.39$3.45B$7.1125.29
HF Sinclair$28.58B0.30$177M-$0.77-58.64

Marathon Petroleum has a net margin of 1.75% compared to HF Sinclair's net margin of -0.51%. Marathon Petroleum's return on equity of 8.89% beat HF Sinclair's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Marathon Petroleum1.75% 8.89% 2.75%
HF Sinclair -0.51%0.05%0.03%

Summary

Marathon Petroleum beats HF Sinclair on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MPC vs. The Competition

MetricMarathon PetroleumOIL REFING&MKTG IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$55.99B$32.12B$7.75B$20.73B
Dividend Yield2.00%3.46%10.94%3.71%
P/E Ratio25.2930.9064.1527.84
Price / Sales0.390.5521,195.6142.34
Price / Cash8.8412.2436.4022.63
Price / Book2.381.863.764.57
Net Income$3.45B$2.57B$4.23B$989.30M
7 Day Performance4.54%6.06%0.78%0.20%
1 Month Performance8.95%16.13%2.55%3.95%
1 Year Performance8.67%4.89%9.89%10.27%

Marathon Petroleum Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.3051 of 5 stars
$179.81
-1.3%
$184.38
+2.5%
+9.4%$55.99B$140.41B25.2918,300Trending News
Analyst Forecast
DINO
HF Sinclair
4.0522 of 5 stars
$44.11
-0.1%
$43.70
-0.9%
-6.1%$8.31B$28.58B-57.295,297News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
MPLX
Mplx
2.3407 of 5 stars
$50.72
-0.6%
$55.50
+9.4%
+21.3%$51.77B$11.93B11.715,560News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PARR
Par Pacific
2.6795 of 5 stars
$31.08
-1.2%
$21.96
-29.3%
+45.9%$1.60B$7.97B-27.501,787News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PBF
PBF Energy
1.9173 of 5 stars
$24.37
+1.1%
$23.18
-4.9%
-29.6%$2.82B$33.12B-2.683,855News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PSX
Phillips 66
4.5453 of 5 stars
$126.10
-0.9%
$133.93
+6.2%
-3.8%$51.38B$145.50B28.7213,200Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
RNGR
Ranger Energy Services
1.1771 of 5 stars
$12.05
-2.4%
$12.50
+3.7%
+13.3%$271.13M$571.10M13.691,950
VLO
Valero Energy
4.4316 of 5 stars
$143.93
-0.4%
$150.88
+4.8%
+4.4%$45.08B$129.88B50.869,922Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CVI
CVR Energy
1.927 of 5 stars
$30.19
+1.1%
$23.00
-23.8%
+30.5%$3.04B$7.39B-15.321,595Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DK
Delek US
2.2931 of 5 stars
$23.68
+2.4%
$17.60
-25.7%
+16.4%$1.44B$11.85B-2.131,987News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
REX
REX American Resources
2.0532 of 5 stars
$52.61
-0.3%
$50.00
-5.0%
+18.7%$866.49M$642.49M16.34120

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