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What Wall St. Knows About Marathon Petroleum Today.

Shares of Marathon Petroleum have moved 1.3% today, and are now trading at a price of $144.39. In contrast, the S&P 500 index saw a -0.0% change. Today's trading volume is 2,035,218 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,519,422.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated downstream energy company primarily in the United States. Based in Findlay, United States the company has 17,800 full time employees and a market cap of $62,087,700,480. Marathon Petroleum currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 2.1% per year.

The company is now trading -6.24% away from its average analyst target price of $154.0 per share. The 15 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $141.0 to $165.0, and on average give Marathon Petroleum a rating of buy.

Over the last 52 weeks, MPC stock has risen 45.0%, which amounts to a 40.0% difference compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $149.76 whereas its 52 week low is $89.4 per share. Based on Marathon Petroleum's average net margin growth of 40.0% over the last 4 years, its core business is on track for profitability and its strong stock performance may continue in the long term.

Date Reported Total Revenue ($ k) Net Profit ($ k) Net Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2022-12-31 177,453,000 14,516,000 8.18 0.74
2021-12-31 119,983,000 9,738,000 8.12 157.14
2020-12-31 69,779,000 -9,919,000 -14.21 -767.14
2019-12-31 124,016,000 2,637,000 2.13 n/a
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