Marathon Petroleum Corp Stock Price Prediction
| MPC Stock | USD 172.51 2.09 1.23% |
Momentum 23
Sell Stretched
Oversold | Overbought |
Quarterly Earnings Growth 1.412 | EPS Estimate Next Quarter 3.0147 | EPS Estimate Current Year 10.1536 | EPS Estimate Next Year 14.1281 | Wall Street Target Price 200.1111 |
Using Marathon Petroleum hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Marathon Petroleum Corp from the perspective of Marathon Petroleum response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Marathon Petroleum using Marathon Petroleum's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Marathon using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Marathon Petroleum's stock price.
Marathon Petroleum Short Interest
A significant increase or decrease in Marathon Petroleum's short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Marathon. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Marathon Petroleum stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall.
200 Day MA 170.1957 | Short Percent 0.0366 | Short Ratio 4.79 | Shares Short Prior Month 7.2 M | 50 Day MA 186.196 |
Marathon Petroleum Corp Hype to Price Pattern
Investor biases related to Marathon Petroleum's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Marathon. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Marathon can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Marathon Petroleum Corp. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of Marathon Petroleum's market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Marathon Petroleum.
Marathon Petroleum Implied Volatility | 0.31 |
Marathon Petroleum's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Marathon Petroleum Corp stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Marathon Petroleum's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Marathon Petroleum stock will not fluctuate a lot when Marathon Petroleum's options are near their expiration.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Marathon Petroleum to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Marathon because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.
Marathon Petroleum after-hype prediction price | USD 171.8 |
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.
Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Marathon contract
Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Marathon Petroleum Corp will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0194% per day over the life of the 2026-04-17 option contract. With Marathon Petroleum trading at USD 172.51, that is roughly USD 0.0334 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Marathon Petroleum's daily price movement you should consider acquiring Marathon Petroleum Corp options at the current volatility level of 0.31%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Check out Marathon Petroleum Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections. Marathon Petroleum After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis
As far as predicting the price of Marathon Petroleum at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in Marathon Petroleum or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of Marathon Petroleum, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
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Marathon Petroleum Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility
In the context of predicting Marathon Petroleum's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Marathon Petroleum's historical news coverage. Marathon Petroleum's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 169.73 and 173.87, respectively. We have considered Marathon Petroleum's daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
Marathon Petroleum is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Marathon Petroleum Corp is based on 3 months time horizon.
Marathon Petroleum Stock Price Prediction Analysis
Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Marathon Petroleum is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Marathon Petroleum backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with Marathon Petroleum, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
| Expected Return | Period Volatility | Hype Elasticity | Related Elasticity | News Density | Related Density | Expected Hype |
0.11 | 2.06 | 0.56 | 0.01 | 9 Events / Month | 7 Events / Month | In about 9 days |
| Latest traded price | Expected after-news price | Potential return on next major news | Average after-hype volatility | ||
172.51 | 171.80 | 0.39 |
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Marathon Petroleum Hype Timeline
On the 7th of January Marathon Petroleum Corp is traded for 172.51. The entity has historical hype elasticity of -0.56, and average elasticity to hype of competition of -0.01. Marathon is projected to decline in value after the next headline, with the price expected to drop to 171.8. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company price is about 40.16%. The price depreciation on the next news is expected to be -0.39%, whereas the daily expected return is now at -0.11%. The volatility of related hype on Marathon Petroleum is about 4120.0%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 172.50. About 76.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The book value of Marathon Petroleum was now reported as 56.8. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 0.98. Marathon Petroleum Corp recorded earning per share (EPS) of 9.41. The entity last dividend was issued on the 19th of November 2025. The firm had 2:1 split on the 11th of June 2015. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next projected press release will be in about 9 days. Check out Marathon Petroleum Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.Marathon Petroleum Related Hype Analysis
Having access to credible news sources related to Marathon Petroleum's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Marathon Petroleum's future price movements. Getting to know how Marathon Petroleum's peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how Marathon Petroleum may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
| HypeElasticity | NewsDensity | SemiDeviation | InformationRatio | PotentialUpside | ValueAt Risk | MaximumDrawdown | |||
| PSX | Phillips 66 | (0.71) | 8 per month | 1.80 | (0.02) | 2.81 | (2.83) | 10.23 | |
| VLO | Valero Energy | 0.61 | 8 per month | 1.62 | 0.03 | 3.45 | (2.85) | 11.63 | |
| KMI | Kinder Morgan | 0.29 | 8 per month | 0.00 | (0.11) | 1.65 | (2.23) | 5.81 | |
| E | Eni SpA ADR | 0.35 | 9 per month | 1.10 | 0.05 | 1.81 | (2.26) | 5.17 | |
| EQNR | Equinor ASA ADR | 0.03 | 7 per month | 0.00 | (0.08) | 2.68 | (3.01) | 8.31 | |
| ET | Energy Transfer LP | 0.18 | 6 per month | 0.00 | (0.12) | 1.92 | (1.43) | 3.98 | |
| EOG | EOG Resources | (1.60) | 9 per month | 0.00 | (0.11) | 2.15 | (2.03) | 6.52 | |
| MPLX | MPLX LP | (0.50) | 6 per month | 0.95 | 0.02 | 1.71 | (1.66) | 4.74 | |
| EPD | Enterprise Products Partners | 0.15 | 7 per month | 0.78 | (0.06) | 1.50 | (1.50) | 3.38 | |
| SLB | Schlumberger NV | 0.70 | 8 per month | 1.51 | 0.14 | 4.12 | (3.08) | 8.22 |
Marathon Petroleum Additional Predictive Modules
Most predictive techniques to examine Marathon price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Marathon using various technical indicators. When you analyze Marathon charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.| Cycle Indicators | ||
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About Marathon Petroleum Predictive Indicators
The successful prediction of Marathon Petroleum stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as Marathon Petroleum Corp, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of Marathon Petroleum based on analysis of Marathon Petroleum hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Marathon Petroleum's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Marathon Petroleum's related companies. | 2023 | 2025 (projected) | Dividend Yield | 0.0209 | 0.0279 | Price To Sales Ratio | 0.41 | 0.31 |
Story Coverage note for Marathon Petroleum
The number of cover stories for Marathon Petroleum depends on current market conditions and Marathon Petroleum's risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that Marathon Petroleum is classified under. However, while its typical story may have numerous social followers, the rapid visibility can also attract short-sellers, who usually are skeptical about Marathon Petroleum's long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.
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Marathon Petroleum Short Properties
Marathon Petroleum's future price predictability will typically decrease when Marathon Petroleum's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Marathon Petroleum Corp often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Marathon Petroleum's investors but also on the ongoing dynamics between investors with different trading styles. Because the market risk indicators may have small false signals, it is better to identify suitable times to hedge a portfolio using different long/short signals. Marathon Petroleum's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
| Common Stock Shares Outstanding | 341 M | |
| Cash And Short Term Investments | 3.2 B |
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