Marathon Petroleum Market Sentiment

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Marathon Petroleum Corp

MPCNYSE

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$459.28

-8.70-1.86%

Last update: Oct 22, 5:21 PM

$454.92

-13.06-2.79%

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Earnings: Q3 2026 Earnings in 12 days from now on Tue Nov 3rd, before the market open

Marathon Petroleum Market Sentiment - Benzinga

Marathon Petroleum Market Sentiment

Market sentiment signals for Marathon Petroleum (MPC): analyst consensus, short interest, options flow and insider activity.

Key Signals

Analyst Consensus— Overweight

Short Interest▲ 2.8% short float

Options Flow▼ 1.53 P/C ratio

Insider Activity— N/A

Analyst Consensus

Overweight

20 analysts

Options Flow (P/C)

1.53

More puts — Bearish

1,624 calls · 2,485 puts

Avg Consensus PT

$384

-15.6%

Highest Price Target

$560

+23.1%

Wells Fargo

Lowest Price Target

$189

-58.5%

Scotiabank

Short Interest

2.8%

Declining — Bullish

Insider Activity (30d)

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Short Interest — % of Float

Recent Analyst Actions

Date	Firm	Analyst & Accuracy	Upside / Downside	PT Change	Action	Rating
Oct 22, 2026	TD Cowen	Jason Gabelman—	+5.1%	$450 → $478	Maintained	Buy
Oct 14, 2026	Wells Fargo	Sam Margolin—	+23.1%	$400 → $560	Maintained	Overweight
Oct 13, 2026	Citigroup	Vikram Bagri—	+13.9%	$318 → $518	Maintained	Neutral
Oct 12, 2026	Barclays	Theresa Chen—	+7.3%	$321 → $488	Maintained	Overweight
Oct 12, 2026	Evercore ISI Group	Stephen Richardson—	-7.7%	$330 → $420	Maintained	In-Line
Oct 8, 2026	Mizuho	Nitin Kumar—	+0.5%	$304 → $457	Maintained	Neutral
Oct 2, 2026	B of A Securities	Doug Leggate—	-6.4%	$410 → $426	Maintained	Neutral
Sep 22, 2026	Jefferies	Lloyd Byrne—	-9.2%	$413	Downgrade	Buy→Hold
Sep 21, 2026	Goldman Sachs	Neil Mehta—	+3.8%	$376 → $472	Maintained	Buy
Sep 14, 2026	Raymond James	Justin Jenkins—	-2.2%	$350 → $445	Maintained	Outperform
Sep 14, 2026	Morgan Stanley	Joe Laetsch—	-0.4%	$265 → $453	Maintained	Overweight
Sep 8, 2026	UBS	Manav Gupta—	-1.1%	$321 → $450	Maintained	Buy
Sep 3, 2026	Piper Sandler	John Royall—	+1.6%	$344 → $462	Maintained	Overweight
Sep 1, 2026	Wells Fargo	Sam Margolin—	-12.1%	$359 → $400	Maintained	Overweight
Aug 11, 2026	Mizuho	Nitin Kumar—	-33.2%	$284 → $304	Maintained	Neutral
Aug 6, 2026	Piper Sandler	John Royall—	-24.4%	$343 → $344	Maintained	Overweight
Aug 6, 2026	Barclays	Theresa Chen—	-29.4%	$289 → $321	Maintained	Overweight
Aug 5, 2026	TD Cowen	Jason Gabelman—	-17.6%	$357 → $375	Maintained	Buy
Aug 5, 2026	Citigroup	Vikram Bagri—	-30.1%	$303 → $318	Maintained	Neutral
Aug 5, 2026	Wells Fargo	Sam Margolin—	-21.1%	$344 → $359	Maintained	Overweight
Aug 5, 2026	Evercore ISI Group	Stephen Richardson—	-27.5%	$300 → $330	Maintained	In-Line
Jul 23, 2026	Piper Sandler	John Royall—	-24.6%	$343	Assumes	Neutral→Overweight
Jul 22, 2026	Goldman Sachs	Neil Mehta—	-17.3%	$291 → $376	Maintained	Buy
Jul 21, 2026	TD Cowen	Jason Gabelman—	-21.5%	$315 → $357	Maintained	Buy
Jul 14, 2026	Citigroup	Vikram Bagri—	-33.4%	$257 → $303	Maintained	Neutral