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Consider This Before Taking a Position in Marathon Petroleum (MPC)

Large-cap energy company Marathon Petroleum has moved -0.5% this afternoon, reaching $142.45 per share. In contrast, the average analyst target price for the stock is $154.71.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated downstream energy company primarily in the United States. The company is based in the United States. Marathon Petroleum currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.1%.

Make Sure to Consider the Following Before Buying Marathon Petroleum:

  • Marathon Petroleum has moved 49.0% over the last year.

  • MPC has a forward P/E ratio of 9.7 based on its EPS guidance of 14.65.

  • Over the last 6 years, earnings per share (EPS) have been growing at a compounded average rate of 26.4%.

  • The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of -0.36.

  • Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.24

Marathon Petroleum Has Irregular Cash Flows

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023-02-23 16,361,000 -2,330,000 18,691,000 229.59
2022-02-24 4,360,000 -1,311,000 5,671,000 12.16
2021-02-26 2,419,000 -2,637,000 5,056,000 -64.4
2020-02-28 9,441,000 -4,763,000 14,204,000 52.13
2019-02-28 6,158,000 -3,179,000 9,337,000 -0.07
2018-02-28 6,612,000 -2,732,000 9,344,000

Marathon Petroleum's free cash flows have a decent average of $10.38 Billion over the last 6 years, but they are highly variable since their coefficient of variability is 13659145509.1%. The compounded average growth rate over this period is 0.0%.

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