Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Marathon Petroleum's (MPC) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 4.06% in Q1 2026, up 188.0% year-on-year from 1.41% in Q1 2025, and down 47.09% quarter-over-quarter from 7.68% in Q4 2025.

Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Marathon Petroleum has disclosed Operating Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 4.06% for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 4.06%, up 188.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.45% (up 228.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 6.13%, up 124.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 4.06% for Q1 2026 at Marathon Petroleum, down from 7.68% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 15.35% in Q2 2022 to a low of 2.18% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 6.65% (2024), against an average of 7.74%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin jumped 1210 bps in 2022 and tumbled 777 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Marathon Petroleum's Operating Margin stood at 11.2% in 2022, then slumped by 41 bps to 6.61% in 2023, then tumbled by 46 bps to 3.57% in 2024, then surged by 115 bps to 7.68% in 2025, then sank by 47 bps to 4.06% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 4.06% (Q1 2026), 7.68% (Q4 2025), and 7.57% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Marathon Petroleum 76.18 Bn 80.70 Bn 3.31 Bn 4.06%
2 Valero Energy 75.63 Bn 72.96 Bn 30.79 Bn 5.35%
3 Phillips 66 71.92 Bn 67.92 Bn 31.12 Bn -4.91%
4 HF Sinclair 12.56 Bn 11.48 Bn 1.19 Bn 11.89%
5 Sunoco 8.81 Bn 8.10 Bn 1.69 Bn 8.10%
6 Cosan 5.12 Bn 250.68 Mn 552.94 Mn 137.93%
7 Icahn Enterprises 4.72 Bn 3.42 Bn -134.00 Mn -133.82%
8 PBF Energy 4.49 Bn 4.08 Bn 278.50 Mn 3.79%
9 Cvr Energy 3.16 Bn 2.85 Bn -103.00 Mn -7.32%
10 Delek US Holdings 2.80 Bn 2.43 Bn -130.20 Mn -6.76%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 4.06%
Dec 31, 2025 7.68%
Sep 30, 2025 7.57%
Jun 30, 2025 6.44%
Mar 31, 2025 2.18%
Dec 31, 2024 3.57%
Sep 30, 2024 3.84%
Jun 30, 2024 6.65%
Mar 31, 2024 5.37%
Dec 31, 2023 6.61%
Sep 30, 2023 11.62%
Jun 30, 2023 9.09%
Mar 31, 2023 11.65%
Dec 31, 2022 11.20%
Sep 30, 2022 14.15%
Jun 30, 2022 15.35%
Mar 31, 2022 4.51%
Dec 31, 2021 5.13%
Sep 30, 2021 4.15%
Jun 30, 2021 3.26%