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Unpacking Marathon Petroleum's Stock Momentum.

Marathon Petroleum stock is trading -21.32% below its average target price of $169.53 after marking a 1.3% 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 $141.0 to $195.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 2.5%, and a short ratio of 3.7. The company's insiders own 0.25% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 75.3% of Marathon Petroleum's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Marathon Petroleum

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 32,136,742 $4,286,398,804
2024-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 8% 25,366,264 $3,383,352,416
2024-09-30 State Street Corporation 7% 22,443,724 $2,993,544,016
2024-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 7,038,192 $938,754,083
2024-09-30 Morgan Stanley 2% 6,901,155 $920,476,087
2024-09-30 FMR, LLC 2% 5,671,053 $756,405,076
2024-09-30 Wellington Management Group, LLP 2% 5,593,729 $746,091,601
2024-09-30 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 1% 4,779,762 $637,524,678
2024-09-30 Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation 1% 4,488,165 $598,631,469
2024-09-30 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 1% 3,947,934 $526,575,456

Besides an analyst consensus of strong upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Marathon Petroleum.

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