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$176.44 +0.39 (+0.22%)
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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

HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) and Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and media sentiment.

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

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
HF Sinclair-0.51% 0.05% 0.03%
Marathon Petroleum 1.75%8.89%2.75%

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

In the previous week, Marathon Petroleum had 19 more articles in the media than HF Sinclair. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Marathon Petroleum and 9 mentions for HF Sinclair. HF Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Marathon Petroleum's score of 1.21 indicating that HF Sinclair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HF Sinclair
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Marathon Petroleum
21 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. HF Sinclair pays out -259.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marathon Petroleum pays out 51.2% 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. HF Sinclair has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Marathon Petroleum has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. HF Sinclair is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

HF Sinclair presently has a consensus target price of $43.70, indicating a potential downside of 1.38%. Marathon Petroleum has a consensus target price of $176.13, indicating a potential downside of 0.17%. Given Marathon Petroleum's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Marathon Petroleum is more favorable than HF Sinclair.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HF Sinclair
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
Marathon Petroleum
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

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
HF Sinclair$28.58B0.29$177M-$0.77-57.55
Marathon Petroleum$137.68B0.39$3.45B$7.1124.82

Summary

Marathon Petroleum beats HF Sinclair on 12 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$54.09B$31.20B$7.62B$20.71B
Dividend Yield2.07%3.63%10.89%3.72%
P/E Ratio24.8230.2462.4327.80
Price / Sales0.390.5322,019.0347.12
Price / Cash8.5411.2735.0918.22
Price / Book2.331.763.374.59
Net Income$3.45B$2.57B$4.21B$982.91M
7 Day Performance3.93%4.10%0.97%0.65%
1 Month Performance10.15%16.06%5.84%4.26%
1 Year Performance5.33%-0.97%101.87%13.93%

Marathon Petroleum Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.4714 of 5 stars
$176.44
+0.2%
$176.13
-0.2%
+3.3%$54.09B$137.68B24.8218,300Positive News
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DINO
HF Sinclair
3.4973 of 5 stars
$41.14
0.0%
$43.70
+6.2%
-12.5%$7.75B$28.58B-53.435,297Positive News
MPLX
Mplx
1.6749 of 5 stars
$51.48
-0.3%
$55.50
+7.8%
+19.4%$52.55B$11.93B11.895,810Positive News
PARR
Par Pacific
1.9367 of 5 stars
$26.78
+0.7%
$21.96
-18.0%
+26.8%$1.38B$7.97B-23.701,787
PBF
PBF Energy
2.3375 of 5 stars
$21.66
-0.8%
$23.18
+7.0%
-43.9%$2.50B$31.54B-2.383,855Positive News
PSX
Phillips 66
4.6466 of 5 stars
$119.55
+0.3%
$133.93
+12.0%
-8.6%$48.71B$145.50B27.2313,000Positive News
RNGR
Ranger Energy Services
2.0722 of 5 stars
$11.99
-1.9%
$12.50
+4.3%
+17.9%$269.78M$571.10M13.631,950
VLO
Valero Energy
4.3289 of 5 stars
$134.90
+0.2%
$150.88
+11.8%
-5.8%$42.25B$129.88B47.679,740Positive News
CVI
CVR Energy
1.2361 of 5 stars
$26.97
-0.8%
$23.00
-14.7%
+18.8%$2.71B$7.61B-13.691,595Positive News
DK
Delek US
1.6564 of 5 stars
$21.18
0.0%
$17.60
-16.9%
+0.6%$1.29B$11.85B-1.911,987Positive News
REX
REX American Resources
1.5635 of 5 stars
$48.90
-0.8%
$50.00
+2.2%
+23.4%$805.33M$639.60M15.19120

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