This is What Makes Marathon Petroleum Corp Stocks A Gamechanger?

Kevin Freeman

Marathon Petroleum Corp [MPC] stock is trading at $181.09, up 2.98%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The MPC shares have gain 4.97% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.52%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Marathon Petroleum Corp [NYSE: MPC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 17, 2025, when Wells Fargo initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $214. Previously, TD Cowen reaffirmed its Buy rating on August 06, 2025, and dropped its price target to $182. On July 15, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $200 on the stock. Wolfe Research downgraded its rating to a Peer Perform. Evercore ISI initiated its recommendation with a In-line and recommended $170 as its price target on June 18, 2025. TD Cowen reiterated a Buy rating for this stock on June 10, 2025, and upped its price target to $163. In a note dated May 07, 2025, TD Cowen reiterated a Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $142 to $152.

Marathon Petroleum Corp [MPC] stock has fluctuated between $115.10 and $202.29 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $198.86 within the next 12 months. Marathon Petroleum Corp [NYSE: MPC] shares were valued at $181.09 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 9.81% based on the average MPC price forecast.

Analyzing the MPC fundamentals

Marathon Petroleum Corp [NYSE:MPC] reported sales of 132.76B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -0.84%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.07% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.04%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.17 and Total Capital is 0.08. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.0.

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Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Marathon Petroleum Corp’s Current Ratio is 1.32. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.79, while the Cash Ratio is 0.14. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.41, the price to book ratio is 3.19 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.31.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Benson Molly R, Chief Legal Ofc & Corp Sec, that happened on Aug 15 ’25 when 10879.0 shares were sold. Officer, Benson Molly R completed a deal on Aug 15 ’25 to buy 10879.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Rucker Kim K.W. sold 7392.0 shares on Jul 03 ’25.

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