A look at Marathon Petroleum Corp’s (MPC) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

On Monday, Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC) was -0.05% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $135.67. A 52-week range for MPC has been $130.54 – $221.11.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Energy Sector giant was 16.50%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -61.05%. With a float of $320.57 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $325.00 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 18200 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 8.05%, operating margin of 5.22%, and the pretax margin is 5.17%.

Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) Insider Activity

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Marathon Petroleum Corp stocks. The insider ownership of Marathon Petroleum Corp is 0.25%, while institutional ownership is 74.85%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 04 ’24, was worth 897,644. In this transaction Director of this company bought 6,000 shares at a rate of $149.61, taking the stock ownership to the 6,090 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 01 ’24, when Company’s Director sold 1,000 for $170.35, making the entire transaction worth $170,350. This insider now owns 23,446 shares in total.

Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.26 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -61.05% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 2.00% during the next five years compared to 34.95% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.76. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.31. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.18.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 12.63, a number that is poised to hit 0.62 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 9.02 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC)

Looking closely at Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC), its last 5-days average volume was 2.06 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 2.66 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 39.61%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.61.

During the past 100 days, Marathon Petroleum Corp’s (MPC) raw stochastic average was set at 9.76%, which indicates a significant decrease from 21.76% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 28.73% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 29.73% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $149.82, while its 200-day Moving Average is $170.70. However, in the short run, Marathon Petroleum Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $137.00. Second resistance stands at $138.40. The third major resistance level sits at $139.64. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $134.36, it is likely to go to the next support level at $133.12. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $131.72.

Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC) Key Stats

There are 321,389K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 43.58 billion. As of now, sales total 148,379 M while income totals 9,681 M. Its latest quarter income was 35,107 M while its last quarter net income were 622,000 K.