Marathon Oil Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marathon Oil in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Marathon Oil stock.
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Marathon Oil is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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Marathon Oil will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, August 5th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Marathon Oil Co. (NYSE:MRO) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 4th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.10. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $1.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.09 billion. Marathon Oil had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.80% and a negative net margin of 44.69%.
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Marathon Oil's stock was trading at $4.09 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MRO stock has increased by 181.2% and is now trading at $11.50.
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Marathon Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 29th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.04 per share on Thursday, June 10th. This represents a $0.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 18th. This is a boost from Marathon Oil's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03.
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Marathon Oil pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.37%.
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18 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Marathon Oil's shares. Their forecasts range from $5.40 to $20.00. On average, they expect Marathon Oil's share price to reach $13.16 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.4% from the stock's current price.
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132 employees have rated Marathon Oil CEO Lee Tillman on Glassdoor.com. Lee Tillman has an approval rating of 56% among Marathon Oil's employees. This puts Lee Tillman in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Marathon Oil include ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Devon Energy (DVN), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Continental Resources (CLR), Cimarex Energy (XEC), Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), EQT (EQT), Range Resources (RRC), PDC Energy (PDCE), Matador Resources (MTDR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), SM Energy (SM) and Callon Petroleum (CPE).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Marathon Oil investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Intel (INTC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Ford Motor (F), General Electric (GE), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), AT&T (T), Micron Technology (MU) and Chevron (CVX).

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

Marathon Oil's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Brookstone Capital Management (0.10%), Adams Natural Resources Fund Inc. (0.02%), Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (0.01%) and Johnson Midwest Financial LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Marathon Oil stock include Lee M Tillman, Michael A Henderson and Patrick Wagner.
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MRO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Adams Natural Resources Fund Inc., Raymond James Trust N.A., and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Marathon Oil company stock in the last year include Lee M Tillman, Michael A Henderson, and Patrick Wagner.
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MRO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brookstone Capital Management, Stratos Wealth Partners LTD., Johnson Midwest Financial LLC, and New Mexico Educational Retirement Board. Company insiders that have bought Marathon Oil stock in the last two years include Lee M Tillman, and Patrick Wagner.
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Shares of MRO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MRO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.50.

Marathon Oil has a market capitalization of $9.06 billion and generates $3.09 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $-1,451,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.16) on an earnings per share basis.

Marathon Oil employs 1,672 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Marathon Oil: AMPCO Marketing L.L.C., AMPCO Services L.L.C., Alba Associates LLC, Alba Equatorial Guinea Partnership L.P., Alba Plant LLC, Atlantic Methanol Associates LLC, Atlantic Methanol Production Company LLC, E.G. Global LNG Services Ltd., Equatorial Guinea LNG Company S.A., Equatorial Guinea LNG Holdings Limited, Equatorial Guinea LNG Operations S.A., Equatorial Guinea LNG Train 1 S.A., Globex Energy Inc, Marathon E.G. Alba Limited, Marathon E.G. Holding Limited, Marathon E.G. International Limited, Marathon E.G. LNG Holding Limited, Marathon E.G. LPG Limited, Marathon E.G. Production Limited, Marathon Eagle Ford Midstream LLC, Marathon East Texas Holdings LLC, Marathon International Investment LLC, Marathon International Oil Angola Block 31 Limited, Marathon International Oil Company, Marathon International Oil Holdings LLC, Marathon Oil (East Texas) L.P., Marathon Oil (West Texas) L.P., Marathon Oil Company, Marathon Oil Corporation, Marathon Oil Dutch Holdings B.V., Marathon Oil EF II LLC, Marathon Oil EF LLC, Marathon Oil Holdings Limited, Marathon Oil Investment LLC, Marathon Oil KDV B.V., Marathon Oil Permian LLC, Marathon West Texas Holdings LLC, PayRock Energy, Pennaco Energy, and Pennaco Energy Inc..

Marathon Oil was founded in 1887.

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

Marathon Oil is headquartered at 5555 SAN FELIPE STREET, HOUSTON TX, 77056.

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]