Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC) is 14.89% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $115.10 and a high of $183.31 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 $160.12 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.15%.
Currently trading at $160.27, the stock is -0.15% and 10.48% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.89 million and changing 0.09% at the moment leaves the stock 5.86% off its SMA200. MPC registered -7.85% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of 6.56%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $145.0622 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $151.4032.
The stock witnessed a 6.87% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 17.62%, and is 0.96% 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 1.98% over the week and 1.94% over the month.
Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) has around 18300 employees, a market worth around $49.24B and $137.15B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.51 and Fwd P/E is 13.71. Profit margin for the company is 1.77%. Distance from 52-week low is 39.24% and -12.57% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.52%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -16.50% this year.
Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) Top Institutional Holders
1984.0 institutions hold shares in Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC), with institutional investors hold 77.05% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 309.00M, and float is at 306.35M with Short Float at 3.06%. Institutions hold 76.84% 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 9.5529% 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 8.0737 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 23.75 million shares representing 6.8047% and valued at over $4.12 billion, while ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L.P. holds 2.1103 of the shares totaling 7.37 million with a market value of $1.28 billion.
Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) Insider Activity
Marathon Petroleum Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 11 ’25 that Hessling Ricky D. (Chief Commercial Officer) bought a total of 2,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 11 ’25 and was made at $134.72 per share for $0.27 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 12162.0 shares of the MPC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 05 ’25, Bayh Evan (Director) acquired 1,000 shares at an average price of $133.70 for $0.13 million. The insider now directly holds 69,305 shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC).
