Valued at a market cap of $40.9 billion, Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) is an integrated downstream energy company that refines, transports and markets petroleum products. The Findlay, Ohio-based company distributes its products through an extensive logistics system managed by its majority-owned subsidiary, MPLX LP, which includes pipelines, terminals, and marine operations. It is scheduled to announce its fiscal Q1 earnings for 2025 before the market opens on Tuesday, May 6.
Ahead of this event, analysts expect this energy company to report a loss of $0.62 per share, down 122.3% from a profit of $2.78 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has a promising trajectory of consistently beating Wall Street’s earnings estimates in each of the last four quarters. In Q4 2024, MPC’s EPS of $0.77 outpaced the forecasted figure significantly.
