MPC Stock — Marathon Petroleum Corp.

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

MPC is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.84%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.84%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 100/100 (Safe). Total return is 3658.5% over the past 15.3 years, 2982.0 points ahead of SPY at 676.5%.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation is an integrated downstream energy company that refines crude oil into transportation fuels, heating oil, asphalt, and petrochemicals at refineries across the United States, and operates midstream logistics assets including pipelines, terminals, and barges that transport crude oil and refined products. The company also processes renewable feedstocks into renewable diesel. It distributes dividends on a quarterly basis at a modest current rate.

MPC performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 3658.5% over the past 15.3 years, 2982.0 points ahead of SPY at 676.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 168.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 18.3%.

MPC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

100 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.84%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

06/23/2011

Distribution rate

0.84%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.84%

5-year average yield

2.01

Last close

$478.07 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$134,253,894,447

Average volume

1800900.0

Dividend

$1.00

Ex-dividend date

08/19/2026

Payment date

09/10/2026

Beta

0.541

Payout ratio

15.1%

P/E ratio

16.55

Forward P/E

5.4645

EPS

$28.88

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.84%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.84%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

MPC risks and drawbacks

MPC's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 18.3%.

Who may consider MPC — and who may not

MPC may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (MPC pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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