Marathon Petroleum Corp [NYSE: MPC] traded at a high on 2025-07-10, posting a 1.67 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $182.26.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 3765747 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Marathon Petroleum Corp stands at 2.19% while the volatility over the past one month is 2.24%.
The market cap for MPC stock reached $55.99 billion, with 309.00 million shares outstanding and 306.36 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 2.57M shares, MPC reached a trading volume of 3765747 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Marathon Petroleum Corp [MPC]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for MPC shares is $174.89 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on MPC stock is a recommendation set at 1.95. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Evercore ISI have made an estimate for Marathon Petroleum Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as In-line, with their previous recommendation back on June 18, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, TD Cowen raised their target price from $152 to $163. The new note on the price target was released on June 10, 2025, representing the official price target for Marathon Petroleum Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $142 to $152, while TD Cowen kept a Buy rating on MPC stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.43, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 12.41. Price to Free Cash Flow for MPC in the course of the last twelve months was 12.56 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.73.
How has MPC stock performed recently?
Marathon Petroleum Corp [MPC] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 4.47. With this latest performance, MPC shares gained by 13.72% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 29.69% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 30.65% in the past year of trading.
Marathon Petroleum Corp [MPC]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Marathon Petroleum Corp [MPC] shares currently have an operating margin of 3.43% and a Gross Margin at 5.78%. Marathon Petroleum Corp’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 1.77%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 2.91%, with Return on Assets sitting at 2.91%.
Earnings analysis for Marathon Petroleum Corp [MPC]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for MPC. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Marathon Petroleum Corp go to 15.43%.
Insider trade positions for Marathon Petroleum Corp [MPC]
There are presently around $76.71%, or 76.92% of MPC stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of MPC stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 33.34 million shares, which is approximately 9.5529%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 28.18 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$4.89 billion in MPC stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$4.12 billion in MPC stock with ownership which is approximately 6.8047%.
