Marathon Petroleum Corp : The bullish trend is not over
Marathon Petroleum Corp continues its bullish trend in order to test new highest level.
From a fundamental viewpoint, the company is strong. It has a reasonable valuation with an EV/Sales ratio of 0.24x. The Thomson Reuters consensus revised regularly upward EPS estimates of the company for the current year.
Technical patterns are in the green: prices are up for several months. The reversal should continue in the coming trading sessions. The 20-day moving average should help to reach new highs.
Thanks to these good indicators, it seems relevant to take a long position in Marathon Petroleum Corp at the current price. The target price is the USD 54.5. A stop loss will be fixed under the USD 48.75 short term because a breakdown of this level would damage technical pattern.
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Alexandre Nutte
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Valuation |
2013e |
2014e |
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PER (Price / EPS)
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8,09x |
8,28x |
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Capitalization / Revenue
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0,28x |
0,28x |
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EV / Revenue
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0,26x |
0,25x |
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EV / EBITDA
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3,71x |
3,70x |
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Yield (DPS / Price)
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1,85% |
2,13% |
| Profitability |
2013e |
2014e |
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Operating Margin (EBIT / Sales)
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5,62% |
5,33% |
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operating laverage (Delta EBIT / Delta Sales)
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0,05x |
- |
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Net Margin (Net Profit / Revenue)
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3,49% |
3,14% |
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ROA (Net Profit / Asset)
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14,6% |
12,3% |
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ROE (Net Profit / Equities)
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26,5% |
21,1% |
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Rate of Dividend
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15,0% |
17,6% |
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