Why Marathon Petroleum Is Poised to Outperform
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, petroleum refiner Marathon Petroleum has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Marathon and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Marathon facts
Headquarters | Findlay, Ohio |
Market Cap | $26.8 billion |
Industry | Oil and gas refining and marketing |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $76.6 billion |
Management | CEO Gary Heminger (since 2011) |
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 22.2% |
Cash/Debt | $3.4 billion / $3.4 billion |
Dividend Yield | 1.8% |
Competitors | Chevron \ |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 98% of the 168 members who have rated Marathon believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just this past week, one of those Fools, All-Star 3Fairfield, kindly updated our community on the Marathon opportunity:
I just listened to the recent Credit Suisse presentation (Feb. 6 2013) by Gary Heminger, CEO. He asserted that although [Marathon] had quite a good year last year and the stock experienced a significant run up, he believes there is more value and growth in store for 2013. ... Heminger also projects continued share repurchases thru 2013 and a growing dividend.
Heminger mentioned that [Marathon] will be well positioned for the expected Utica Shale drilling, projected to ramp up in mid 2013. ... I am cautiously optimistic that we will see an increase in the stock price while the US energy sector enjoys its prosperity in the next several years.
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