What changed
$MPC — HOLD 📊 | 6 MONTHS THESIS
🎯 Q1 2026 | Rev $34.6B | EPS $1.65 vs $0.75 🟢 | Margin 4.1%
💡 Consensus expected severe earnings decline in Q1, but MPC demonstrated resilience with adjusted EPS of $1.65. The market underestimated the bottom, but the post-earnings price likely reflects much of this surprise. The variant view is that recovery will be slower than implied by the current multiple, leaving limited near-term upside.
📉 Reward/risk: 2.0:1
🏢 Business Quality: 6/10 - Large-scale, integrated U.S. refiner with midstream stability via MPLX, but inherently cyclical, capital-intensive, and low-margin; earnings can swing sharply with refining spreads.
📊 Valuation: fair - Trailing P/E of 17.5x (50th percentile vs. history) seems fair but not cheap given peak cycle earnings roll-off.
📊 Our read: HOLD. Full analysis →
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