Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate Marathon Petroleum Corporation before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s stock price such as:

• Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s current stock price and volume
• Why Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for MPC from analysts
• MPC’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC)

Before we jump into Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated downstream energy company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Refining & Marketing; Midstream; and Renewable Diesel. The Refining & Marketing segment refines crude oil and other feedstocks at its refineries in the Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, and West Coast regions of the United States; and purchases refined products and ethanol for resale and distributes refined products through transportation, storage, distribution, and marketing services. Its refined products include transportation fuels, such as reformulated gasolines and blend-grade gasolines; heavy fuel oil; and asphalt. This segment also manufactures propane and petrochemicals. The company sells refined products to wholesale marketing customers in the United States and internationally, buyers on the spot market, and independent entrepreneurs who operate primarily Marathon branded outlets, as well as through long-term fuel supply contracts to direct dealer locations primarily under the ARCO brand. The Midstream segment gathers, transports, stores, distributes, and markets crude oil and refined products, including renewable diesel and other hydrocarbon-based products through refining logistics assets, pipelines, terminals, towboats, and barges; gathers, processes, and transports natural gas; and transports, fractionates, stores, and markets natural gas liquids. The Renewable Diesel segment processes renewable feedstocks into renewable diesel, markets, and distributes renewable diesel through its Midstream segment and third parties. It sells renewable diesel to wholesale marketing customers, buyers on the spot market, and through long-term supply contracts to direct dealers under the ARCO brand. Marathon Petroleum Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Findlay, Ohio.

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Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of October 13, 2026, 4:00 PM, CST, Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s stock price was $476.980.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation is up 3.96% from its previous closing price of $458.810.

During the last market session, Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s stock traded between $462.410 and $477.730. Currently, there are approximately 289.00 million shares outstanding for Marathon Petroleum Corporation.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 16.0, which is high compared to the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry median of 12.4. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation Stock Price History

Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s (MPC) price is currently up 20.63% so far this month.

During the month of October, Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s stock price has reached a high of $477.730 and a low of $392.830.

Over the last year, Marathon Petroleum Corporation has hit prices as high as $470.000 and as low as $161.930. Year to date, Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s stock is up 193.29%.

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What Caused Marathon Petroleum Corporation Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of October 12, 2026, there were 0 analysts who downgraded Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s stock and 1 analyst who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a B, which means it is considered to be Value.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of October 12, 2026, Marathon Petroleum Corporation has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of 27.89%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 97 and is considered to be Very Strong.

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Marathon Petroleum Corporation Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of October 13, 2026, Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s stock price is $476.980, which is up 3.96% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Marathon Petroleum Corporation stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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