Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Marathon Petroleum has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 14.61% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 14.61%, up 470.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.61% (up 470.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 13.43%, up 240.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 14.61% for Q1 2026 at Marathon Petroleum, up from 12.97% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 33.35% in Q1 2023 to a low of 8.84% in Q2 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 18.66% (2024), against an average of 18.4%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 2457 bps in 2022 and tumbled 1422 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Marathon Petroleum's Return on Capital Employed stood at 30.77% in 2022, then tumbled by 30 bps to 21.4% in 2023, then tumbled by 46 bps to 11.61% in 2024, then rose by 12 bps to 12.97% in 2025, then rose by 13 bps to 14.61% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 14.61% (Q1 2026), 12.97% (Q4 2025), and 10.84% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.