After Hours
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Stocks Info
This NYSE-listed company operates within the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry segment, falling under the Energy sector. The current market capitalization of Marathon Petroleum Corp is $48.02B. A total of 2.51 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.59M shares.
In the most recent transaction, CAMPBELL JEFFREY C bought 6,000 shares of MPC for 149.61 per share on Dec 04 ’24. After the transaction, the Director now owns 6,090 company shares. In a previous transaction on Mar 01 ’24, Rucker Kim K.W. sold 1,000 shares at 170.35 per share. MPC shares that Director owns now total 23,446.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Aydt Timothy J disposed of 7,955 shares on Feb 26 ’24 at a per-share price of $172.88. This resulted in the Ex VP, Refining holding 9,801 shares of MPC after the transaction.
Dividend
The income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. Marathon Petroleum Corp pays an annual dividend of $3.38, resulting in a dividend yield of 2.27%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.83. MPC’s most recent ex-dividend date was 2.51% when it declared a $0.91 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 11/20/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 8/21/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 1.85%. The MPC stock dividend was $0.8250 per share in cash.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, MPC has a high of $221.11 and a low of $130.54.
As of this writing, MPC has an earnings estimate of $0.89 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 14.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.48 per share and a lower estimate of $0.2.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. MPC’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $10.84B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $26.90B in debt and $17.90B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $58.26, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $33.58B.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for MPC is Buy with a score of 4.33.
