After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
MPC belongs to the Energy sector of the NYSE while operating in the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry. The current market capitalization of Marathon Petroleum Corp is $47.44B. A total of 2.29 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.70M 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
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Marathon Petroleum Corp pays an annual dividend of $3.38, resulting in a dividend yield of 2.25%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.10. MPC’s most recent ex-dividend date was 2.4% when it declared a $0.91 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 2/19/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 11/20/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 2.51%. The MPC stock dividend was $0.91 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, MPC has a high of $221.11 and a low of $130.54.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. 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 $76.91, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $33.58B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after 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.
