Insights into Marathon Petroleum’s Upcoming Earnings – Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC)

Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) will release its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, 2026-02-03. Here’s a brief overview for investors ahead of the announcement.

Analysts anticipate Marathon Petroleum to report an earnings per share (EPS) of $2.72.

Marathon Petroleum bulls will hope to hear the company announce they’ve not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

In the previous earnings release, the company missed EPS by $0.13, leading to a 1.31% increase in the share price the following trading session.

Here’s a look at Marathon Petroleum’s past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter
Q3 2025
Q2 2025
Q1 2025
Q4 2024

EPS Estimate
3.14
3.23
-0.54
0.02

EPS Actual
3.01
3.96
-0.24
0.77

Price Change %
1.00
-4.00
0.00
0.00

Performance of Marathon Petroleum Shares

Shares of Marathon Petroleum were trading at $176.19 as of January 30. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 12.29%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be satisfied going into this earnings release.

To track all earnings releases for Marathon Petroleum visit their earnings calendar on our site.

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