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How Marathon Petroleum Corporation stacks up
MPC · against 400 other Energy companies
Profitability
78/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #88 of 401 · scores higher than 78% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score40 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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 383 reported | 25.1% | 9.3% | 87% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 398 reported | 9.2% | 11.7% | 43% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 391 reported | 9.1% | 4.4% | 84% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 384 reported | 42.1% | 10.5% | 96% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 405 reported | 12.8% | 33.2% | 16% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MPC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.9B EUR (≈$7.6B) | 100 | 76 | |
| 1 | 22.9B USD | 100 | 72 | |
| 3 | 6.33T SAR (≈$1.71T) | 99 | 66 | |
| 3 | 400M EUR (≈$440M) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 1.6B USD | 99 | 61 | |
| 84 | 34.2B MYR (≈$7.5B) | 79 | 58 | |
| 84 |
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