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Essential Factors to Consider Before Investing in Marathon Petroleum (MPC)

Shares of Energy sector company Marathon Petroleum moved -1.4% today, and are now trading at a price of $180.38. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 355,060 compared to its average volume of 2,612,772. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.0% performance.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated downstream energy company primarily in the United States. The company is based in Findlay and has 18,200 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $63,554,723,840. Marathon Petroleum currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.8% per year.

14 analysts are following Marathon Petroleum and have set target prices ranging from $195.0 to $244.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, MPC is trading -16.98% away from its average analyst target price of $217.29 per share.

Over the last year, MPC's share price has increased by 66.5%, which represents a difference of 40.1% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $221.11 per share whereas its 52 week low is $104.32. With average free cash flows of $6.05 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 26.3% over the last 5 years, Marathon Petroleum is in a position to continue its strong stock performance trend.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 14,117,000 1,890,000 12,227,000 -12.29
2022 16,361,000 2,420,000 13,941,000 381.39
2021 4,360,000 1,464,000 2,896,000 886.96
2020 2,419,000 2,787,000 -368,000 -107.95
2019 9,441,000 4,810,000 4,631,000 55.45
2018 6,158,000 3,179,000 2,979,000
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