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MPC vs VLO vs PSX

161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
MPC72.5
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
$478.07 +0.25%$134.3B mkt cap
Score DNA
VLO74.5
Valero Energy Corporation
Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
$444.71 +0.17%$128.0B mkt cap
Score DNA
PSX70.9
Phillips 66
Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
$293.17 +1.37%$117.5B mkt cap
Score DNA

Price, rebased to 100 three years ago

MPC   VLO   PSX   · weekly adjusted closes
100150200250300350400Jan 24Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26VLO 378MPC 338PSX 287
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry. n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.

Smart money

8 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
Insider open-market buys, 180d 0 0 1
Insider $ bought, 180d — — $0.03M
Congress purchases, 180d 0 0 0
Last Congress purchase — — —
13F net change in holders +59 — −18
ETFs adding shares, 30d 1,152 1,177 1,229
ETFs trimming, 30d 1,088 1,179 970
Net ETF funds, 30d +64 −2 +259

Valuation

16 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
P/E (TTM) 15.7x
44th
17.8x
78th
16.6x
67th
PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) — — —
Price / sales 0.9x
85th
1.0x
92nd
0.8x
77th
Price / book 7.0x
75th
5.1x
67th
3.7x
58th
Price / tangible book 10.4x
90th
3.1x
50th
2.3x
40th
Price / free cash flow 10.4x
40th
12.7x
60th
18.4x
100th
Price / operating cash flow 7.8x
46th
11.7x
69th
13.2x
77th
Enterprise value $160.8B
100th
$131.5B
85th
$134.0B
92nd
EV / sales 1.0x
85th
1.0x
77th
0.9x
62nd
EV / EBITDA 9.2x
46th
9.9x
62nd
10.4x
69th
EV / EBIT 11.4x
40th
12.9x
60th
13.4x
70th
EV / free cash flow 12.5x
40th
13.0x
50th
21.0x
90th
Earnings yield 6.4%
69th
5.6%
46th
6.0%
54th
FCF yield 9.6%
69th
7.9%
54th
5.4%
23rd
Operating cash flow yield 12.8%
54th
8.5%
31st
7.6%
23rd
Graham number (per share) $208.23
89th
$216.65
100th
$176.12
78th

Profitability (TTM)

12 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
Gross margin 11.6%
69th
11.3%
62nd
9.8%
46th
EBITDA margin 11.3%
85th
10.0%
77th
8.4%
46th
Operating margin 8.0%
85th
7.5%
77th
6.7%
69th
EBIT margin 9.2%
92nd
7.7%
77th
6.5%
62nd
Net margin 5.6%
85th
5.4%
77th
4.6%
69th
NOPAT margin 6.4%
85th
5.8%
77th
5.4%
69th
FCF margin 8.4%
100th
7.6%
92nd
4.2%
54th
Operating cash flow margin 11.1%
100th
8.2%
69th
5.8%
46th
R&D / revenue 0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
SG&A / revenue 2.2%
69th
0.8%
8th
1.6%
38th
Stock comp / revenue 0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
Effective tax rate 19.3%
15th
22.7%
62nd
19.0%
8th

Returns on capital

11 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
ROE (on average equity) 47.9%
83rd
29.4%
75th
24.0%
67th
ROA 9.9%
77th
11.6%
92nd
9.0%
62nd
ROIC 21.7%
85th
27.2%
92nd
17.3%
54th
ROCE 21.1%
85th
22.2%
92nd
15.8%
62nd
Return on tangible assets 16.4%
85th
16.4%
92nd
12.7%
62nd
Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) 37.6%
85th
38.3%
92nd
18.6%
46th
Gross profitability (GP / assets) 19.0%
62nd
23.3%
77th
18.4%
54th
ROIC, 3-yr average 13.2%
83rd
14.5%
92nd
10.2%
75th
ROIC, 5-yr average 17.5%
82nd
21.5%
100th
15.1%
73rd
ROE, 5-yr average 34.4%
91st
26.3%
82nd
21.0%
55th
Incremental ROIC 121.7%
45th
439.9%
91st
189.4%
64th

Growth

17 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
Revenue growth (TTM YoY) 15.3%
75th
7.4%
17th
15.6%
83rd
Revenue growth (QoQ) 50.4%
85th
13.2%
23rd
49.7%
77th
Revenue CAGR, 3 yr -0.6%
83rd
-5.4%
33rd
-0.1%
92nd
Revenue CAGR, 5 yr 11.9%
50th
10.4%
42nd
13.6%
75th
Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr -3.9%
33rd
-1.9%
42nd
8.2%
67th
Operating income CAGR, 3 yr -13.3%
20th
-12.4%
30th
4.9%
60th
Net income growth (TTM YoY) 300.7%
50th
844.0%
100th
312.9%
75th
Net income CAGR, 3 yr -12.5%
57th
-13.0%
43rd
-13.4%
29th
EPS growth (TTM YoY) 325.4%
75th
901.8%
100th
318.3%
50th
EPS CAGR, 3 yr -1.1%
86th
-7.1%
43rd
-9.8%
29th
EPS CAGR, 5 yr 20.5% — —
FCF growth (TTM YoY) 253.7%
71st
169.8%
57th
329.7%
86th
FCF CAGR, 3 yr 0.9%
88th
2.0%
100th
-5.9%
62nd
Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr 4.7%
83rd
0.3%
67th
-3.9%
58th
Book value CAGR, 3 yr 2.2%
45th
5.6%
73rd
6.1%
82nd
Dividend CAGR, 3 yr 14.0%
90th
7.2%
70th
5.7%
60th
Sustainable growth rate 41.4%
78th
23.6%
67th
17.3%
44th

Margin history & stability

7 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
Gross margin, 3-yr average 8.9%
58th
6.8%
42nd
6.3%
33rd
Operating margin, 3-yr average 6.3%
92nd
4.7%
75th
3.8%
58th
Net margin, 3-yr average 4.0%
92nd
3.4%
83rd
3.1%
67th
FCF margin, 3-yr average 5.7%
100th
5.2%
83rd
2.7%
58th
Revenue stability (0-1) 0.52
67th
0.28
42nd
0.54
75th
Earnings stability (0-1) 0.09
58th
0.05
42nd
0.11
75th
Margin stability (0-1) 0.60
67th
0.17
33rd
0.38
58th

Liquidity (latest quarter)

7 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
Cash & short-term investments $7.8B
92nd
$7.9B
100th
$4.1B
85th
Net cash (− = net debt) −$26.5B
0th
−$3.5B
23rd
−$16.5B
8th
Working capital $6.9B
92nd
$11.9B
100th
$5.9B
85th
Current ratio 1.25
38th
1.64
85th
1.32
46th
Quick ratio 0.89
38th
1.23
92nd
1.00
69th
Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) 0.28
62nd
0.42
69th
0.22
54th
Defensive interval (days) 1,520 days
67th
1,576 days
75th
1,209 days
50th

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

13 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
Total debt $34.3B
100th
$11.3B
85th
$20.6B
92nd
Debt / equity 1.80
67th
0.45
17th
0.65
42nd
Net debt / equity 1.39
67th
0.14
8th
0.52
42nd
Debt / assets 36.4%
62nd
17.6%
23rd
25.1%
31st
Debt / capital 64.3%
67th
31.2%
17th
39.5%
42nd
Debt / EBITDA 1.97
46th
0.85
8th
1.60
38th
Net debt / EBITDA 1.52
54th
0.26
8th
1.28
31st
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) 9.1x
67th
18.3x
92nd
8.7x
58th
Cash interest coverage 11.0x
69th
19.5x
85th
7.7x
54th
Debt payback (years of OCF) 2.0 yrs
23rd
1.0 yrs
8th
2.3 yrs
38th
Liabilities / assets 72.7%
54th
56.3%
23rd
60.0%
38th
IS credit model rating A+ AA+ A+
Implied credit spread (bps) 125
23rd
65
0th
125
23rd

Efficiency

11 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
Asset turnover 1.78
31st
2.14
62nd
1.95
46th
Fixed asset turnover 3.90
38th
4.75
62nd
3.87
31st
Inventory turnover 13.6
38th
15.5
54th
24.1
69th
Receivables turnover 11.5
15th
10.6
8th
13.7
31st
Days sales outstanding 32 days
85th
34 days
92nd
27 days
69th
Days inventory outstanding 27 days
62nd
23 days
46th
15 days
31st
Days payables outstanding 44 days
92nd
39 days
85th
30 days
69th
Cash conversion cycle (days) 15 days
46th
18 days
62nd
12 days
38th
Capex / revenue 2.7%
77th
0.6%
8th
1.6%
38th
Capex / depreciation 1.27
85th
0.26
0th
0.90
69th
Operating expense ratio 3.1%
42nd
5.3%
58th
4.6%
50th

Cash flow & earnings quality

7 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
Operating cash flow / net income 2.00
60th
1.51
50th
1.26
30th
FCF / net income 1.51
70th
1.40
60th
0.90
40th
FCF / operating cash flow 75.3%
69th
92.5%
100th
71.6%
54th
Capex / operating cash flow 24.7%
31st
7.5%
0th
28.4%
46th
Accruals ratio -9.9%
23rd
-6.0%
38th
-2.3%
69th
Sloan accruals ratio -1.1%
54th
-0.5%
62nd
2.1%
85th
Earnings quality score (0-1) 0.75
10th
0.75
10th
1.00
70th

Dividends & buybacks

9 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
Dividend yield 0.8%
15th
1.1%
31st
1.7%
62nd
Dividend per share (TTM) $4.00
85th
$4.73
92nd
$5.01
100th
Payout ratio (dividends / net income) 13.6%
30th
19.5%
40th
28.0%
60th
Dividends / FCF 9.0%
30th
14.0%
50th
31.0%
80th
Dividend growth (YoY) 9.2%
80th
7.5%
60th
5.5%
50th
Buyback yield 3.7%
85th
3.8%
92nd
1.0%
46th
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) 4.5%
62nd
4.9%
69th
2.7%
46th
Share count change (YoY) -5.8%
8th
-5.8%
17th
-1.3%
58th
Buybacks, last 5 years $21.4B
100th
$13.7B
92nd
$7.3B
85th

Scores & forensic checks

15 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
IS score 72
85th
74
92nd
71
77th
IS profitability 51
85th
54
92nd
44
77th
IS growth 73
75th
65
8th
71
42nd
IS value 74
69th
74
62nd
76
77th
IS momentum 94
75th
89
50th
94
83rd
IS risk (safety) 90
46th
100
77th
90
46th
IS quality 72
62nd
83
100th
78
85th
IS balance sheet 49
46th
79
92nd
65
69th
IS earnings quality 70
38th
78
54th
88
85th
IS cash flow 67
85th
75
100th
60
69th
Piotroski F-score (0-9) 9
69th
9
69th
9
69th
Altman Z-score 3.5
46th
5.1
92nd
3.8
69th
Beneish M-score −2.67
42nd
−2.99
33rd
−2.66
50th
Ohlson O-score −8.25
38th
−9.51
8th
−8.83
15th
IS credit score 80
69th
94
100th
80
69th

Per share

7 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
EPS, diluted (TTM) $29.40
100th
$24.53
92nd
$17.62
85th
Book value per share $65.56
85th
$85.04
100th
$78.25
92nd
Tangible book per share $47.40
77th
$96.15
100th
$75.61
92nd
Revenue per share $529.02
92nd
$452.14
85th
$381.50
77th
FCF per share $44.33
100th
$34.32
92nd
$15.88
85th
Operating cash flow per share $58.85
100th
$37.10
92nd
$22.17
85th
Cash per share $26.69
92nd
$26.78
100th
$10.18
77th

Size (TTM)

8 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
Market cap $134.3B
100th
$128.0B
92nd
$117.5B
85th
Revenue $153.9B
100th
$132.9B
85th
$153.6B
92nd
EBITDA $17.4B
100th
$13.3B
92nd
$12.8B
85th
Net income $8.6B
100th
$7.2B
92nd
$7.1B
85th
Free cash flow $12.9B
100th
$10.1B
92nd
$6.4B
85th
Total assets $94.3B
100th
$64.7B
85th
$81.8B
92nd
Shareholders' equity $19.1B
85th
$25.0B
92nd
$31.5B
100th
Employees 18,500
100th
9,785
77th
12,600
85th

Price performance

9 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
1 day +0.2% +0.2% +1.4%
1 week +5.1% +2.5% +5.4%
1 month +13.3% +7.8% +6.9%
3 months +51.6% +42.5% +40.4%
6 months +123.8% +98.9% +87.5%
Year to date +191.0% +170.7% +126.4%
1 year +161.4% +178.1% +128.2%
3 years, cumulative +237.6% +267.3% +182.8%
5 years, cumulative +710.8% +551.0% +319.3%

Technicals

4 measures
MeasureMPCVLOPSX
RSI 14 74.7 66.4 70.7
From 52-week high −1.5% −3.6% −1.4%
From 52-week low +196.0% +188.2% +132.9%
Beta 0.54 0.59 0.70
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