Marathon Oil Stock Fundamentals

MRODelisted Stock  USD 28.55  0.56  1.92%   
Marathon Oil fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Marathon Oil's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Marathon Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Marathon Oil's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Marathon Oil stock.
  
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Marathon Oil Company Return On Asset Analysis

Marathon Oil's Return on Asset or ROA shows how effective is the management of the company in generating income from utilizing all of the assets at their disposal. It is a useful ratio to evaluate the performance of different departments of a company as well as to understand management performance over time.

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Current Marathon Oil Return On Asset

    
  0.0596  
Most of Marathon Oil's fundamental indicators, such as Return On Asset, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Marathon Oil is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
Return on Asset measures overall efficiency of a company in generating profits from its total assets. It is expressed as the percentage of profits earned per dollar of Asset. A low ROA typically means that a company is asset-intensive and therefore will needs more money to continue generating revenue in the future.
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Based on the latest financial disclosure, Marathon Oil has a Return On Asset of 0.0596. This is 49.0% higher than that of the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels sector and 100.82% lower than that of the Energy industry. The return on asset for all United States stocks is 142.57% lower than that of the firm.

Marathon Oil Fundamental Drivers Relationships

Comparative valuation techniques use various fundamental indicators to help in determining Marathon Oil's current stock value. Our valuation model uses many indicators to compare Marathon Oil value to that of its competitors to determine the firm's financial worth. You can analyze the relationship between different fundamental ratios across Marathon Oil competition to find correlations between indicators driving Marathon Oil's intrinsic value. More Info.
Marathon Oil is rated below average in return on equity category among its peers. It is rated below average in return on asset category among its peers reporting about  0.51  of Return On Asset per Return On Equity. The ratio of Return On Equity to Return On Asset for Marathon Oil is roughly  1.97 . The reason why the comparable model can be used in almost all circumstances is due to the vast number of multiples that can be utilized, such as the price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-book (P/B), price-to-sales (P/S), price-to-cash flow (P/CF), and many others. The P/E ratio is the most commonly used of these ratios because it focuses on the Marathon Oil's earnings, one of the primary drivers of an investment's value.

Marathon Return On Asset Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Marathon Oil's direct or indirect competition against its Return On Asset to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Marathon Oil could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Marathon Oil by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Marathon Oil is currently under evaluation in return on asset category among its peers.

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About Marathon Oil Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Marathon Oil's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Marathon Oil using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Marathon Oil based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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Marathon Oil Corporation operates as an independent exploration and production company in the United States and internationally. Marathon Oil Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Marathon Oil operates under Oil Gas EP classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 1531 people.

Pair Trading with Marathon Oil

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Marathon Oil position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Marathon Oil will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.
The ability to find closely correlated positions to Marathon Oil could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Marathon Oil when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Marathon Oil - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Marathon Oil to buy it.
The correlation of Marathon Oil 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 perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Marathon Oil moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Marathon Oil moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Marathon Oil can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in metropolitan statistical area.
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Other Consideration for investing in Marathon Stock

If you are still planning to invest in Marathon Oil check if it may still be traded through OTC markets such as Pink Sheets or OTC Bulletin Board. You may also purchase it directly from the company, but this is not always possible and may require contacting the company directly. Please note that delisted stocks are often considered to be more risky investments, as they are no longer subject to the same regulatory and reporting requirements as listed stocks. Therefore, it is essential to carefully research the Marathon Oil's history and understand the potential risks before investing.
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