NYSE:MRO - Marathon Oil Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Marathon Oil declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 20th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Tuesday, December 10th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 19th. View Marathon Oil's Dividend History.

Marathon Oil Co. (NYSE:MRO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.10. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.26 billion. Marathon Oil had a net margin of 15.51% and a return on equity of 5.56%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 19.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.24 EPS. View Marathon Oil's Earnings History.

Marathon Oil is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Marathon Oil.

Marathon Oil will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 12th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

22 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Marathon Oil's stock. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect Marathon Oil's stock price to reach $17.07 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 46.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Marathon Oil.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marathon Oil in the last year. There are currently 14 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Marathon Oil.

Media coverage about MRO stock has trended somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing 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 positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Marathon Oil earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Marathon Oil.

Marathon Oil saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 22,720,000 shares, a decline of 14.1% from the December 31st total of 26,450,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,100,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Marathon Oil's Current Options Chain.

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Marathon Oil's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hexavest Inc. (0.18%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.17%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.16%), Stack Financial Management Inc (0.11%), Caymus Capital Partners L.P. (0.09%) and Strs Ohio (0.08%). Company insiders that own Marathon Oil stock include Lee M Tillman and Thomas Mitchell Little. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Marathon Oil.

MRO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Caymus Capital Partners L.P., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Spirit of America Management Corp NY, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH and Stack Financial Management Inc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Marathon Oil.

MRO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Eidelman Virant Capital, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Wealthfront Advisers LLC, F&V Capital Management LLC, Alpine Global Management LLC, Strs Ohio and Strategic Blueprint LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Marathon Oil.

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 $11.65.

Marathon Oil has a market capitalization of $9.27 billion and generates $6.58 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $1.10 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.71 on an earnings per share basis. Marathon Oil employs 2,400 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Marathon Oil.

The official website for Marathon Oil is http://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]