Energy
Marathon Petroleum Corporation(MPC)
Live Price
Offline$242.91
-0.69% today
1Y Change
+48.78%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $72.49B
- Revenue Growth
- -4.4%
- EPS Growth
- +31.1%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.6%
Coverage: 251 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) is a Energy stock with a market cap of $72.49B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $242.91 and up 48.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -4.4%, EPS growth of +31.1%, a dividend yield of 1.6%. What stands out right now is revenue -4.4%, EPS +31.1%, free cash flow -22.3% with operating margin 4.3% and ROIC 7.0%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.6%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 18.2 and price/sales 0.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MPC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Energy peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-4.4% vs +11.2% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+4.3% vs +8.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
18.2 vs 7.9 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -4.4% and EPS is at +31.1%, with operating margin around 4.3%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.6%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +4.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 5, 2026 | โ | -5.7% | -3.3% | +2.6% |
2026 Feb 3, 2026 | +49.6% | +4.4% | +8.8% | +17.7% |
2025 Nov 4, 2025 | -4.4% | +1.3% | +8.9% | +3.1% |
Benchmark Edge
MPC vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
MPC Max Drawdown
-18.74%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for MPC and SPY.
Company Overview
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Marathon Petroleum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated downstream energy company primarily in the United States. It operates in two segments, Refining & Marketing, and Midstream. The Refining & Marketing segment refines crude oil and other feedstocks at its refineries in the Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, and West Coast regions of the United States; and purchases refined products and ethanol for resale. Its refined products include transportation fuels, such as reformulated gasolines and blend-grade gasolines; heavy fuel oil; and asphalt. This segment also manufactures aromatics, propane, propylene, and sulfur. It sells refined products to wholesale marketing customers in the United States and internationally, buyers on the spot market, and independent entrepreneurs who operate primarily Marathon branded outlets, as well as through long-term fuel supply contracts to direct dealer locations primarily under the ARCO brand. The Midstream segment transports, stores, distributes, and markets crude oil and refined products through refining logistics assets, pipelines, terminals, towboats, and barges; gathers, processes, and transports natural gas; and gathers, transports, fractionates, stores, and markets natural gas liquids. As of December 31, 2021, the company operated 7,159 brand jobber outlets in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and Mexico through independent entrepreneurs. Marathon Petroleum Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Findlay, Ohio.
- Leadership
- Maryann T. Mannen
- IPO Date
- Jun 24, 2011
- Employees
- 18.3k
- Street Address
- 539 South Main Street
- Mailing
- Findlay, OH, 45840-3229
- Region
- Findlay, OH, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 419 422 2121
- Last Updated
- May 2, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 18.2
- EV/EBITDA
- 8.8
- Price/Sales
- 0.5
- Price/Book
- 4.3
Growth
- Revenue
- -4.4%
- EPS
- +31.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- -22.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 7.5%
- Operating Margin
- 4.3%
- Net Margin
- 3.0%
- ROE
- 24.0%
- ROIC
- 7.0%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.98
- Current Ratio
- 1.26
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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