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Is Overall Sentiment on Marathon Petroleum Bearish?

Marathon Petroleum stock is trading -20.63% below its average target price of $213.2 after dropping -3.0% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Oil & Gas Integrated company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $190.0 to $244.0 per share.

Marathon Petroleum's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 2.1%. The stock's short ratio is 3.23. The company's insiders own 0.3% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 75.9%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding Marathon Petroleum.

Institutions Invested in Marathon Petroleum

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-03-31 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 35,084,578 $5,936,924,534
2024-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 9% 30,005,474 $5,077,451,259
2024-03-31 State Street Corporation 7% 24,019,540 $4,064,526,480
2024-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 7,425,047 $1,256,447,881
2024-03-31 Elliott Investment Management L.p. 2% 7,365,000 $1,246,286,878
2024-03-31 Morgan Stanley 2% 7,191,127 $1,216,864,524
2024-03-31 FMR, LLC 2% 5,722,261 $968,306,693
2024-03-31 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 1% 4,870,983 $824,255,559
2024-03-31 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 1% 4,834,048 $818,005,511
2024-03-31 Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation 1% 4,788,306 $810,265,164
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