Marathon Petroleum vs Valero Energy
MPC and VLO side by side, both in petroleum refining. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MPC and VLO compare
Marathon Petroleum and Valero Energy are about the same size, with market caps of $125B and $115B.
On earnings, Marathon Petroleum is cheaper: it trades at 15.3× trailing earnings, against 16.6× for Valero Energy.
Marathon Petroleum grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (15.0% versus 12.6% for Valero Energy).
Marathon Petroleum keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.6% compared with 5.2% at Valero Energy.
Both pay dividends: Marathon Petroleum yields 0.90% and Valero Energy 1.2%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | MPC | VLO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $125B | $115B |
| Share price | $444.73 | $399.66 |
| Change, 1 year | 127% | 134% |
| Change, 5 years | 576% | 413% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.51 | 0.55 |
| Employees | 19K | 9,811 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 | 16 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 15.3× (better) | 16.6× |
| P/S | 0.8× (better) | 0.8× |
| P/B | 6.5× | 4.6× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.0× (better) | 10.4× |
| P/FCF | 9.7× | – |
| FCF yield | 10.3% | – |
| Fair value | $413.58 | $347.24 |
| Margin of safety | −7.5% (better) | −15.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 15.0% (better) | 12.6% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 13.7% (better) | 13.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 301% | 844% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 331% | 902% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 12.5% (better) | 8.0% |
| Operating margin | 9.2% (better) | 7.2% |
| Net margin | 5.6% (better) | 5.2% |
| FCF margin | 8.4% | – |
| Return on equity | 47.9% (better) | 29.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 26.0% | 26.5% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.72 | 0.45 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.44 | 0.30 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 8.7× | 17.8× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.25 | 1.64 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.97 | 5.92 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.90% | 1.2% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 13.6% | 19.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 10.0% (better) | 2.9% |
| Buyback yield | 3.9% | 4.2% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 4.8% | 5.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 78.0% | 85.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.30% | 0.58% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$13.9M | −$9.4M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.5% | 3.1% |
Go deeper
- MPC stock overview
- MPC income statement
- MPC valuation and score
- VLO stock overview
- VLO income statement
- VLO valuation and score
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