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What Is the Outlook for Marathon Petroleum Shares?

Marathon Petroleum stock is trading -9.08% below its average target price of $166.26 after marking a 1.1% 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 $192.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 2.6%, and a short ratio of 2.91. The company's insiders own 0.26% 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 76.0% of Marathon Petroleum's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Marathon Petroleum

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-12-31 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 31,106,890 $4,702,428,504
2024-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 8% 24,752,416 $3,741,822,681
2024-12-31 State Street Corporation 7% 20,694,448 $3,128,379,666
2024-12-31 Wellington Management Group, LLP 3% 9,961,503 $1,505,880,390
2024-12-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 6,914,427 $1,045,253,916
2024-12-31 Morgan Stanley 2% 6,853,053 $1,035,976,009
2024-12-31 Raymond James Financial, Inc. 2% 5,684,017 $859,252,839
2024-12-31 Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation 2% 4,803,951 $726,213,263
2024-12-31 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 2% 4,662,136 $704,775,090
2024-12-31 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 1% 4,399,977 $665,144,515

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

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