NYSE:MROMarathon Oil Stock Price, Forecast & News

Marathon Oil's stock was trading at $4.09 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MRO shares have increased by 49.6% and is now trading at $6.12. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marathon Oil in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 21 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Marathon Oil.

Marathon Oil is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Marathon Oil.

Marathon Oil Co. (NYSE:MRO) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.16) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.13) by $0.03. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.04 billion. Marathon Oil had a return on equity of 1.90% and a net margin of 4.98%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.31 earnings per share. View Marathon Oil's earnings history.

Marathon Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.27%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 18th. View Marathon Oil's dividend history.

27 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Marathon Oil's stock. Their forecasts range from $4.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect Marathon Oil's stock price to reach $10.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 76.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Marathon Oil.

News stories about MRO stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Marathon Oil earned a media sentiment score of -3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Marathon Oil.

Marathon Oil saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 50,070,000 shares, a decline of 23.4% from the May 31st total of 65,370,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 49,710,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days. Currently, 6.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View Marathon Oil's Current Options Chain.

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Marathon Oil trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MRO."

Shares of MRO 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 MRO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.12.

Marathon Oil has a market capitalization of $4.84 billion and generates $5.19 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $480 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.75 on an earnings per share basis. Marathon Oil employs 2,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Marathon Oil is www.marathonoil.com.

Marathon Oil's mailing address is 5555 SAN FELIPE STREET, HOUSTON TX, 77056. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at 713-629-6600 or via email at [email protected]