BP vs Marathon Petroleum
BP and MPC side by side, both in petroleum refining. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BP and MPC compare
Marathon Petroleum grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (15.0% versus −1.1% for BP).
Marathon Petroleum keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.6% compared with 0.03% at BP.
Marathon Petroleum pays a dividend yielding 0.90%; BP does not pay one.
Marathon Petroleum scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 3 for BP), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BP | MPC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $125B |
| Share price | $50.39 | $444.73 |
| Change, 1 year | 43.2% | 127% |
| Change, 5 years | 80.9% | 576% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.33 | 0.51 |
| Employees | 40K | 19K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 15.3× |
| P/S | – | 0.8× |
| P/B | – | 6.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 9.0× |
| P/FCF | – | 9.7× |
| FCF yield | – | 10.3% |
| Fair value | – | $413.58 |
| Margin of safety | – | −7.5% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.1% | 15.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 12.0% | 13.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −85.6% | 301% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 331% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 12.5% |
| Operating margin | 6.6% | 9.2% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.03% | 5.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 8.4% |
| Return on equity | 0.09% | 47.9% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 7.7% | 26.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.00 (better) | 1.72 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.69 (better) | 1.44 |
| Interest coverage | 2.5× | 8.7× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.27 (better) | 1.25 |
| Altman Z-score | – | 3.97 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.90% |
| Payout ratio | 10202% | 13.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 4 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 10.0% |
| Buyback yield | – | 3.9% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 4.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 2.2% | 78.0% |
| Held by insiders | 0.00% | 0.30% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$13.9M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 2.5% |
Go deeper
- BP stock overview
- BP income statement
- BP valuation and score
- MPC stock overview
- MPC income statement
- MPC valuation and score
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