How Marathon Petroleum Corporation stacks up

MPC · against 27 other Energy companies of similar size

Profitability

78/ 100

Above the middle of the pack.

Ranked #12 of 28 · scores higher than 59% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

4 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including MPC · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 78?

Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are stronger than most Energy peers.

Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.2% vs peer median 11.7%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 84% of peers. Return on assets: 9.1% vs peer median 4.4%
a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 87% of peers. Return on invested capital: 25.1% vs peer median 9.3%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = MPC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	MPC	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 27 reported	25.1%	14.1%	77%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 29 reported	9.2%	15.3%	18%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 27 reported	9.1%	6.6%	77%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 27 reported	42.1%	16.8%	96%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 29 reported	12.8%	36.9%	0%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around MPC

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Reliance Industries LimitedRLI.VI · Europe	163.7B EUR (≈$180.1B)	95	70
2	CNOOC Limited0883.HK · Hong Kong	1.14T HKD (≈$146.3B)	93	79
3	China Shenhua Energy Company Limited1088.HK · Hong Kong	934.4B HKD (≈$119.6B)	92	58
4	Canadian Natural Resources LimitedCNQ · US-listed	110.5B USD	90	61
4	EOG Resources, Inc.EOG · US-listed	81.4B USD	90	78
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8	Cheniere Energy, Inc.LNG · US-listed	64.3B USD	84	43
9	Valero Energy CorporationVLO · US-listed	111.6B USD	83	70
10	Equinor ASAEQNR · US-listed	108.0B USD	81	55
10	Suncor Energy Inc.SU · US-listed	89.1B USD	81	59
12	Marathon Petroleum CorporationMPC · US-listed	120.0B USD	78	62
13	ConocoPhillipsCOP · US-listed	173.5B USD	71	65
13	Targa Resources Corp.TRGP · US-listed	64.0B USD	71	37
15	The Williams Companies, Inc.WMB · US-listed	88.6B USD	70	40
16	Occidental Petroleum CorporationOXY · US-listed	60.4B USD	67	77

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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