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NASDAQ · MPC
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
$444.73
Up+$12.22 (+2.83%)
Updated Nov 2, 2026, 9:19 AM
SID Score
7.5/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 56.2B
- P/E ratio
- 37.46
- Dividend yield
- 0.84%
- 52-week range
- $168.69 – $493.98
- Volume
- 2.08M
- Avg. volume
- 1.93M
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MPC price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 30, 2026
MPC closed at $444.73 after 20 trading sessions, up 2.60% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $444.73
- Period change
- +2.60%
- Period low
- $432.36
- Period high
- $484.92
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $435.00 | $446.06 | $433.87 | $444.73 | 2.08M |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $446.20 | $447.00 | $419.2769 | $432.51 | 2.4M |
| Oct 28, 2026 | $438.97 | $444.445 | $433.575 | $440.77 | 2.54M |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $466.66 | $468.85 | $434.235 | $435.98 | 2.95M |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $457.43 | $478.365 | $457.175 | $470.64 | 1.46M |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $463.40 | $465.549 | $454.19 | $457.22 | 1.46M |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $473.00 | $473.06 | $448.38 | $459.28 | 2.6M |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $473.17 | $478.9394 | $458.6919 | $467.98 | 2.21M |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $471.95 | $476.98 | $464.00 | $475.04 | 1.92M |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $478.00 | $493.98 | $470.68 | $473.69 | 1.93M |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $480.61 | $484.25 | $470.5601 | $478.07 | 1.8M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $481.20 | $481.55 | $469.07 | $476.92 | 2.08M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $480.00 | $485.22 | $473.56 | $484.92 | 1.64M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $464.00 | $477.73 | $462.41 | $476.98 | 1.65M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $461.86 | $468.42 | $454.5141 | $458.81 | 1.52M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $461.04 | $469.9999 | $450.3801 | $455.03 | 1.97M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $449.45 | $467.85 | $447.59 | $463.34 | 2.75M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $435.58 | $444.99 | $435.00 | $442.26 | 1.92M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $428.45 | $435.6899 | $427.20 | $432.36 | 1.57M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $422.80 | $437.67 | $421.075 | $433.47 | 2.12M |
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Marathon Petroleum is an independent refiner with 13 refineries in the midcontinent, West Coast, and Gulf Coast of the United States with total throughput capacity of 3.0 million barrels per day. Its Dickinson, North Dakota, facility produces 184 million gallons a year of renewable diesel. Its Martinez, California, facility has the ability to produce 730 million gallons a year of renewable diesel. The firm also owns and operates midstream assets primarily through its listed master limited partnership, MPLX.
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- Buy
- Average target
- $195.50
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 15
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | TD Cowen | Buy | — |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Citigroup | Neutral | — |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Evercore ISI Group | In-Line | — |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Barclays | Overweight | — |
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Benzinga · Oct 29, 2026
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Yahoo · Oct 29, 2026
Countdown to Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Q3 Earnings: A Look at Estimates Beyond Revenue and EPS
Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Marathon Petroleum (MPC) for the quarter ended September 2026 by going beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.
Yahoo · Oct 29, 2026
How Upcoming Earnings Will Impact Marathon Petroleum Stock
Marathon Petroleum increased its quarterly dividend to $1.10 per share from $1.00, with the higher payout already declared and set for payment on December 10, 2026, to holders on record as of November 18. The richer cash return lands just as refining fundamentals and gasoline markets are under pressure, placing additional focus on how Marathon Petroleum converts its integrated refining and midstream system into durable cash flow. We will now assess how Marathon Petroleum's higher dividend...
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