NYSE:MROMarathon Oil Stock Price, Forecast & News

Marathon Oil's stock was trading at $4.09 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MRO stock has increased by 46.5% and is now trading at $5.99.
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26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marathon Oil in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 19 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Marathon Oil is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Marathon Oil Co. (NYSE:MRO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 5th. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.60) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.62) by $0.02. Marathon Oil had a negative return on equity of 3.67% and a negative net margin of 16.03%.
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Marathon Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 19th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.34%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 18th.
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26 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Marathon Oil's stock. Their forecasts range from $4.00 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate Marathon Oil's share price to reach $8.66 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 44.5% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about MRO stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Marathon Oil earned a coverage optimism score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.
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Marathon Oil saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 65,370,000 shares, a decline of 10.6% from the April 30th total of 73,100,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 45,800,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 8.3% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Marathon Oil trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MRO."

Marathon Oil's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.02%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.86%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.79%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.72%), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (0.48%) and Macquarie Group Ltd. (0.28%). Company insiders that own Marathon Oil stock include Lee M Tillman, Patrick Wagner and Thomas Mitchell Little.
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MRO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Macquarie Group Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Swiss National Bank, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., and Ensign Peak Advisors Inc.
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MRO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Natixis Advisors L.P., HighTower Advisors LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of MRO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.99.

Marathon Oil has a market capitalization of $4.73 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]