The stock of Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) has gone up by 8.32% for the week, with a 13.73% rise in the past month and a 48.62% rise in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.48%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 2.18% for MPC. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 6.86% for MPC’s stock, with a simple moving average of 18.80% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC) Right Now?
Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 25.28x compared to its average ratio. MPC has 36-month beta value of 0.87. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 7 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 as “overweight,” 9 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for MPC is 306.35M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.01% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of MPC on July 09, 2025 was 2.66M shares.
MPC) stock’s latest price update
The stock price of Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC) has jumped by 1.97% compared to previous close of $176.45. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 8.32% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-07-08 that In the closing of the recent trading day, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) stood at $179.93, denoting a +1.97% move from the preceding trading day.
Analysts’ Opinion of MPC
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for MPC stocks, with Evercore ISI repeating the rating for MPC by listing it as a “In-line.” The predicted price for MPC in the upcoming period, according to Evercore ISI is $170 based on the research report published on June 18, 2025 of the current year 2025.
TD Cowen, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see MPC reach a price target of $163, previously predicting the price at $152. The rating they have provided for MPC stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on June 10th, 2025.
TD Cowen gave a rating of “Buy” to MPC, setting the target price at $152 in the report published on May 07th of the current year.
MPC Trading at 12.72% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought MPC to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -1.84% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at MPC starting from Rucker Kim K.W., who sale 7,392 shares at the price of $175.00 back on Jul 03 ’25. After this action, Rucker Kim K.W. now owns 18,944 shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp, valued at $1,293,600 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for MPC
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.04 for the present operating margin
- 0.06 for the gross margin
The net margin for Marathon Petroleum Corp stands at 0.02. The total capital return value is set at 0.09. Equity return is now at value 12.37, with 2.91 for asset returns.
Based on Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC), the company’s capital structure generated 0.66 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.22. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.96. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 4.02.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 10.6 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 3.13. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.61. The receivables turnover for the company is 11.39for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.69. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.19.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
