Marathon Oil Stock Forecast, Price & News

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marathon Oil in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 Co. (NYSE:MRO) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 4th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.10. The oil and gas producer earned $1.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.09 billion. Marathon Oil had a negative net margin of 44.69% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.80%.
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Marathon Oil's stock was trading at $4.09 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MRO shares have increased by 238.6% and is now trading at $13.85.
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Marathon Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 29th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 19th will be given a dividend of $0.04 per share on Thursday, June 10th. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 1.18%.
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20 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Marathon Oil's shares. Their forecasts range from $5.40 to $18.00. On average, they expect Marathon Oil's stock price to reach $11.02 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 20.4%.
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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.

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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.47%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.83%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.83%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.17%), Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (0.97%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.94%). 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 Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Encompass Capital Advisors LLC, Nomura Holdings Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Alliancebernstein L.P., South Dakota Investment Council, CoreCommodity Management LLC, and Barclays PLC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Holocene Advisors LP, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Morgan Stanley, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Weiss Multi Strategy Advisers LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. 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 $13.85.

Marathon Oil has a market capitalization of $10.92 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]