Marathon Petroleum Correlations

MPC Stock  USD 149.96  1.43  0.94%   
The current 90-days correlation between Marathon Petroleum Corp and Phillips 66 is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Marathon Petroleum is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.

Marathon Petroleum Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Marathon Petroleum Corp and DJI is 0.22 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Marathon Petroleum Corp and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Marathon Stock

  0.86DINO HF Sinclair CorpPairCorr
  0.65IEP Icahn EnterprisesPairCorr
  0.96PBF PBF EnergyPairCorr
  0.9PSX Phillips 66PairCorr
  0.76SGU Star Gas Partners Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.96VLO Valero EnergyPairCorr
  0.64PARR Par Pacific HoldingsPairCorr
  0.73E Eni SpA ADRPairCorr
  0.75HP Helmerich and PaynePairCorr
  0.82NE Noble plcPairCorr
  0.84SM SM EnergyPairCorr
  0.89SU Suncor EnergyPairCorr

Moving against Marathon Stock

  0.6PTLE PTL LTD OrdinaryPairCorr
  0.45CAPL Crossamerica PartnersPairCorr
  0.47EP Empire Petroleum CorpPairCorr
  0.39DLNG Dynagas LNG PartnersPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
VLOPBF
DINOPSX
PBFPSX
PBFDINO
VLOPSX
VLODINO
  
High negative correlations   
DKLDINO
DKLPSX
DKLPBF
CVIDINO

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Marathon Stock performing well and Marathon Petroleum Company doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Marathon Petroleum's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.