Marathon Oil Stock Forecast, Price & News

24 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marathon Oil in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Marathon Oil stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MRO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Marathon Oil is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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Marathon Oil Co. (NYSE:MRO) posted its earnings results on Sunday, February, 21st. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.12) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.20) by $0.08. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $830 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $846.86 million. Marathon Oil had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.64% and a negative net margin of 32.64%. The company's revenue was down 31.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.07 EPS.
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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 (WHO). Since then, MRO stock has increased by 171.4% and is now trading at $11.10.
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Marathon Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 27th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 17th will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Wednesday, March 10th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 16th.
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Marathon Oil pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.06%. Marathon Oil does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Marathon Oil is 16.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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24 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Marathon Oil's stock. Their forecasts range from $4.00 to $12.00. On average, they anticipate Marathon Oil's share price to reach $7.69 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 30.7%.
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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), Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), Cimarex Energy (XEC), EQT (EQT), PDC Energy (PDCE), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM) and Comstock Resources (CRK).
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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 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.67%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.09%), Northern Trust Corp (0.98%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.93%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.78%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.74%). Company insiders that own Marathon Oil stock include Lee M Tillman and Patrick Wagner.
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MRO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Northern Trust Corp, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, and Panagora Asset Management Inc..
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MRO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Foundry Partners LLC, Barclays PLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., and Fisher Asset Management LLC. 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 $11.10.

Marathon Oil has a market capitalization of $8.76 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 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]