Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC) is 6.17% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $140.98 and a high of $221.11 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The MPC stock was last observed hovering at around $158.14 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.62%.
Currently trading at $157.52, the stock is 3.38% and -0.97% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.25 million and changing -0.39% at the moment leaves the stock -9.63% off its SMA200. MPC registered 4.78% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -12.33%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $159.0704 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $174.31325.
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The stock witnessed a -0.50% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -11.95%, and is 2.45% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.32% over the week and 2.34% over the month.
Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) has around 18200 employees, a market worth around $50.43B and $141.79B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 12.47 and Fwd P/E is 15.81. Profit margin for the company is 3.19%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.74% and -28.76% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.35%).
with sales reaching $32.63B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -59.74% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -6.91% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -11.39% in year-over-year returns.
Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) Top Institutional Holders
2019.0 institutions hold shares in Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC), with institutional investors hold 75.45% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 368.00M, and float is at 320.61M with Short Float at 2.51%. Institutions hold 75.26% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 33.34 million shares valued at $5.78 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.1898% of the MPC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 28.18 million shares valued at $4.89 billion to account for 7.7668 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 23.75 million shares representing 6.546% and valued at over $4.12 billion, while ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L.P. holds 2.0301 of the shares totaling 7.37 million with a market value of $1.28 billion.
Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Rucker Kim K.W., the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Rucker Kim K.W. sold 1,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 01 ’24 at a price of $170.35 per share for a total of $0.17 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 23446.0 shares.
Marathon Petroleum Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 26 ’24 that Aydt Timothy J (Ex VP, Refining) sold a total of 7,955 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 26 ’24 and was made at $172.88 per share for $1.38 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 9801.0 shares of the MPC stock.
