Marathon Petroleum vs Valero Energy MPC vs VLO
Marathon Petroleum and Valero Energy on one sheet: valuation multiples, growth, margins, debt, dividends and returns, each section labelled with the period it covers, from the companies' filings. Add or remove a stock above the sheet; the link holds the set.
MPCVLO
What differs most
- Debt / equity: Marathon Petroleum 1.7×, Valero Energy 0.5×.
- One-year price return: Valero Energy +184.4%, Marathon Petroleum +163.9%.
- Return on equity: Marathon Petroleum 44.8%, Valero Energy 28.8%.
- Operating margin: Marathon Petroleum 9.2%, Valero Energy 7.2%.
Price return
2025-10-16 → 2026-10-16
MPC+163.9%
VLO+184.4%
Profile
latestSector
Energy
Energy
Industry
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
Market value
$134.25B
$128.04B
Enterprise value
$159.30B
$131.52B
Employees
18,500
9,785
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$8.3M
$14.2M
Our models
nightlythe valuation on each stock's pagePrice vs model
8% overvalued vs model
273% overvalued vs model
Model range
$253–1293
$74.80–279
Models in the headline
1
1
FCF growth priced in, at a 10% return
19.5%
14.7%
Every model, its assumptions and its range: MPC valuation · VLO valuation. The growth priced in, at any return: MPC reverse DCF · VLO reverse DCF.
Trading
close 2026-10-16Last close
$478.07
$444.71
52-week high
$484.92
$459.78
52-week low
$162.63
$157.69
Price vs 52-week high
−1.4%
−3.3%
Price vs 52-week low
+194.0%
+182.0%
Average daily volume / shares
0.8%
1.0%
Beta
0.54
0.59
Returns
to 2026-10-161 month
+15.5%
+10.3%
3 months
+56.3%
+48.1%
6 months
+111.3%
+84.0%
Year to date
+194.0%
+173.2%
1 year
+163.9%
+184.4%
1 year, dividends added
+166.1%
+187.4%
2 years
+202.8%
+228.2%
Valuation
price × TTM to Jun 2026P/E (TTM)
16.5×
18.5×
P/E on consensus EPS (next FY)
7.5×
8.4×
Price / sales
0.9×
0.9×
EV / sales
1.0×
0.9×
EV / EBITDA
9.1×
9.9×
Price / book
7.0×
5.1×
Price / free cash flow (FY)
28.2×
—
Free-cash-flow yield (FY)
3.6%
—
Growth
TTM and FY2025Revenue growth (TTM)
—
—
Revenue growth, consensus next FY
+36.0%
+32.3%
Revenue, 3-year CAGR
−9.2%
−11.4%
Revenue, 5-year CAGR
13.7%
13.6%
EPS growth (TTM)
—
—
EPS growth, consensus next FY
+385.4%
+596.6%
EPS, 3-year CAGR
−22.2%
−36.1%
Free cash flow, 3-year CAGR
−30.1%
−20.0%
Diluted shares, 3-year change
−40.7%
−22.0%
Profitability
TTM to Jun 2026Gross margin (FY)†
7.5%
4.4%
Operating margin
9.2%
7.2%
EBITDA margin
11.4%
9.5%
Net margin
5.6%
5.2%
Free-cash-flow margin (FY)
3.6%
—
Return on equity
44.8%
28.8%
Return on assets
9.1%
11.2%
Asset turnover
1.63
2.16
† Gross margin (FY): As filed. Companies draw the cost-of-revenue line in different places, so gross margins of two companies in one industry can differ for that reason alone; operating margin does not depend on where the line is drawn.
Balance sheet
MRQ Jun 2026Cash
$7.77B
$7.87B
Total debt
$32.82B
$11.35B
Net debt
$25.05B
$3.48B
Debt / equity
1.7×
0.5×
Net debt / EBITDA (TTM)
1.4×
0.3×
Interest coverage (FY)
4.1×
7.8×
Current ratio (FY)
1.26
1.65
Dividends
trailing 12 monthsDividend yield
0.8%
1.1%
Dividends per share
$4.00
$4.73
Payout ratio (of TTM EPS)
13.8%
19.7%
Dividend per share, 5-year CAGR
11.5%
3.8%
Frequency
Quarterly
Quarterly
Ownership and activity
last 90 days · latest 13FTracked superinvestors holding (13F)
4
2
Insider open-market buys (Form 4)
$0
$0
Insider sales (Form 4)
$9.8M
$0
Analyst upgrades
0
0
Analyst downgrades
1
1
Statements
income TTM to Jun 2026 · cash flow FY2025Revenue
$153.58B
$139.40B
EBITDA
$17.45B
$13.30B
Operating income
$14.13B
$10.01B
Net income
$8.55B
$7.21B
EPS (diluted)
$28.96
$24.03
Operating cash flow
$8.25B
$5.83B
Capital expenditure
−$3.49B
—
Free cash flow
$4.77B
—
Dividends paid
$1.14B
$1.41B
Keep comparing
Statements from the companies' SEC filings; prices, dividends and consensus estimates from Financial Modeling Prep; insider trades from Form 4 and holdings from 13F. Refreshed nightly. A comparison of filed numbers, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.