On Friday, Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC) opened lower -2.83% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $149.96. Price fluctuations for MPC have ranged from $130.54 to $221.11 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Energy sector was 16.90%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -63.25% at the time writing. With a float of $320.54 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $325.00 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 18200 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. 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) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Marathon Petroleum Corp is 0.27%, while institutional ownership is 74.82%. 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) Recent Fiscal highlights
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.72 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -63.25% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -20.19% 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
Check out the current performance indicators for Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC). In the past 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 0.33. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.79.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 12.63, a number that is poised to hit 0.02 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.26 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 2.78 million, its volume of 2.22 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 27.67%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.22.
During the past 100 days, Marathon Petroleum Corp’s (MPC) raw stochastic average was set at 32.21%, which indicates a significant increase from 22.64% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 31.79% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 30.14% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $147.66, while its 200-day Moving Average is $164.64. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $148.85 in the near term. At $151.99, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $153.80. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $143.90, it is likely to go to the next support level at $142.09. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $138.95.
Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC) Key Stats
There are currently 321,389K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 46.83 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 148,379 M according to its annual income of 9,681 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 35,107 M and its income totaled 622,000 K.
