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Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Competitors

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$159.38 +1.48 (+0.94%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

MPC vs. PSX, VLO, PBF, CVI, DK, REX, GPRE, CLNE, GEVO, and COP

Should you be buying Marathon Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Petroleum include Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), REX American Resources (REX), Green Plains (GPRE), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Gevo (GEVO), and ConocoPhillips (COP).

Marathon Petroleum vs.

Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) and Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Marathon Petroleum has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Phillips 66. Marathon Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips 66, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Marathon Petroleum$141.98B0.36$9.68B$12.6212.63
Phillips 66$147.74B0.37$7.02B$7.7916.87

Marathon Petroleum has a net margin of 3.15% compared to Phillips 66's net margin of 2.24%. Marathon Petroleum's return on equity of 16.19% beat Phillips 66's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Marathon Petroleum3.15% 16.19% 5.44%
Phillips 66 2.24%13.12%5.32%

In the previous week, Marathon Petroleum and Marathon Petroleum both had 22 articles in the media. Marathon Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Phillips 66's score of 1.15 indicating that Marathon Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Marathon Petroleum
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Phillips 66
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips 66 has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Marathon Petroleum received 221 more outperform votes than Phillips 66 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.14% of users gave Marathon Petroleum an outperform vote while only 60.88% of users gave Phillips 66 an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Marathon PetroleumOutperform Votes
1024
73.14%
Underperform Votes
376
26.86%
Phillips 66Outperform Votes
803
60.88%
Underperform Votes
516
39.12%

Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Phillips 66 pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Marathon Petroleum pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips 66 pays out 59.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Phillips 66 has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Phillips 66 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Marathon Petroleum presently has a consensus target price of $185.07, suggesting a potential upside of 16.12%. Phillips 66 has a consensus target price of $149.69, suggesting a potential upside of 13.91%. Given Marathon Petroleum's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Marathon Petroleum is more favorable than Phillips 66.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Marathon Petroleum
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Phillips 66
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.9% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Marathon Petroleum beats Phillips 66 on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MPC vs. The Competition

MetricMarathon PetroleumPetroleum refining IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$51.04B$79.03B$8.54B$19.89B
Dividend Yield2.06%4.28%11.58%3.54%
P/E Ratio12.6314.7617.1942.83
Price / Sales0.360.93123.6618.13
Price / Cash4.636.069.6017.86
Price / Book1.982.273.785.52
Net Income$9.68B$7.46B$949.80M$986.45M
7 Day Performance0.17%2.74%1.13%-0.22%
1 Month Performance0.68%2.65%2.36%0.12%
1 Year Performance6.97%2.90%411.25%23.71%

Marathon Petroleum Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.6963 of 5 stars
$159.38
+0.9%
$185.07
+16.1%
+7.0%$51.04B$150.31B12.6318,200Positive News
PSX
Phillips 66
4.9481 of 5 stars
$131.41
+0.4%
$149.69
+13.9%
+11.3%$54.08B$149.89B16.8714,000Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
Positive News
VLO
Valero Energy
4.5319 of 5 stars
$141.20
+0.2%
$155.86
+10.4%
+13.2%$44.96B$144.77B12.669,908Analyst Revision
Positive News
PBF
PBF Energy
2.1011 of 5 stars
$31.61
+0.2%
$34.18
+8.1%
-30.4%$3.63B$38.32B0.003,776Positive News
CVI
CVR Energy
4.291 of 5 stars
$18.70
-0.5%
$24.75
+32.4%
-41.3%$1.89B$9.25B27.101,566
DK
Delek US
1.9429 of 5 stars
$18.04
+0.3%
$21.00
+16.4%
-34.3%$1.14B$16.92B0.003,591
REX
REX American Resources
3.4771 of 5 stars
$44.80
+1.9%
$60.00
+33.9%
+19.5%$787.14M$833.38M11.40117Positive News
GPRE
Green Plains
2.6137 of 5 stars
$10.88
+3.1%
$25.50
+134.4%
-58.1%$682.07M$3.30B0.00921Analyst Downgrade
CLNE
Clean Energy Fuels
3.8429 of 5 stars
$2.62
-0.8%
$5.38
+105.2%
-28.4%$589.92M$425.16M0.00500Positive News
GEVO
Gevo
2.39 of 5 stars
$1.38
-3.5%
$6.48
+369.8%
+11.3%$342.35M$17.20M0.00101
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.7948 of 5 stars
$113.43
+0.3%
$137.63
+21.3%
-1.7%$130.16B$58.57B13.499,900Positive News

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