Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) At $158.89 Offering A Unique Opportunity

Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.89M but it saw 2364579 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 48.81B USD, the company’s current market price of $158.89 came rising about 1.40 while comparing to the previous closing price of $156.70. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $183.31 and as low as $115.10.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the TD Cowen which reiterated the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on May 07, 2025, recommending a price target of between $142 and $152 for it. TD Cowen also issued its recommendations for the stock as it reiterated the price target for the stock in the range of between $174 and $170.

Over the week, MPC’s stock price is moving -3.87% down while it is 18.31% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 13.90% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -9.76%.

Currently, Marathon Petroleum Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 309.00M with 0.26% of that held by the insiders while 76.86% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 5.52% and return on equity (ROE) at 12.37%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 22.32 while having a 13.60 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.85. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.99 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.36. Its return on asset (ROA) is 2.91% on average.