Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC) announced that Donald C. Templin, currently MPC’s president of Refining, Marketing and Supply, has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective July 1. Templin replaces Timothy T. Griffith as chief financial officer, after Griffith was appointed president of MPC subsidiary Speedway LLC. Templin joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer in 2011, and also became chief financial officer of MPLX GP LLC in 2012.
Technical Stock Analysis
Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC), a Basic Materials sector firm, traded 11.47 Million shares in last trading session and stock elevated 1.37% with closing price of $52.66 per share. Company gross margins represents its total sales revenue minus its cost of goods sold (COGS), divided by the total sales revenue earned by the company, expressed as a percentage. And its good to know that the higher that percentage, the more the company retains on each dollar of sales, to service its other costs and the debt obligations, and Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC)’s gross margin stands at 11.40%.
Investment Worthy Stock or not?
For personal guess ROI is usually expressed as a percentage and is typically used for taking any financial decisions, for the purpose of comparing a Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC)’s profitability or to compare the efficiency of different investments, hence, MPC return on investment (ROI) is 7.20%.
52-Week Range
52-Week Range are valuable stats for watching Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC)’s past year fluctuation as that gives investors an idea of how much the security has moved in the last year and whether it is trading near the top, middle or bottom of the range. Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC)’s stock value has moved between $45.4 – 87.77 in last one year.
Analyst’s Views
Analysts mean target price for Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC) is $82.27 while analysts mean recommendation is 1.60.
Stock Performance
Its weekly performance is 9.80% while year to date (YTD) performance is -10.76%.
EPS Growth
Earnings per share growth is defined as the percentage change in normalised earnings per share over the previous 12 month period to the latest year end. It gives a good picture of the rate at which a company has grown its profitability. Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC)’s EPS growth this year is 40.20%. For best decision making investors should look at Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC)’s EPS growth for next year stands at 70.55%.
