Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
Marathon Petroleum (MPC) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 22.14% for Q2 2026, up 13.30 percentage points from 8.84% a year earlier and up 7.53 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Marathon Petroleum's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 13.43%, up 2.40 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +29.50 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Marathon Petroleum's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 11.03% in FY2024 (-10.38 pp), 21.41% in FY2023 (-10.34 pp), 31.75% in FY2022 (+25.37 pp) and 6.38% in FY2021 (+22.46 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q3 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.00 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q4 2022, with a gain of 24.57 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2024, with a drop of 14.22 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was 14.61% (Q1 2026), 12.97% (Q4 2025) and 10.84% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marathon Petroleum | 118.02 Bn | 108.42 Bn | 9.27 Bn | 22.14% |
| 2 | Valero Energy | 117.56 Bn | 97.77 Bn | 5.47 Bn | 22.42% |
| 3 | HF Sinclair | 20.03 Bn | 14.26 Bn | 1.57 Bn | 17.43% |
| 4 | Sunoco | 10.22 Bn | 4.60 Bn | 1.46 Bn | 7.59% |
| 5 | PBF Energy | 9.82 Bn | 7.51 Bn | 1.15 Bn | 19.21% |
| 6 | Ultrapar Holdings | 7.84 Bn | 1.62 Bn | 912.61 Mn | 16.20% |
| 7 | Cvr Energy | 5.46 Bn | 3.25 Bn | 117.00 Mn | 12.69% |
| 8 | Icahn Enterprises | 4.81 Bn | -944.10 Mn | - | - |
| 9 | Delek US Holdings | 4.56 Bn | 2.28 Bn | 365.10 Mn | 14.06% |
| 10 | Par Pacific Holdings | 4.32 Bn | 3.67 Bn | 852.68 Mn | 38.10% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 22.14% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 14.61% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 12.97% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.84% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.84% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 9.91% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.61% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.10% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 18.66% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 19.13% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 21.40% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 25.36% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 27.13% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 33.35% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 30.77% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 25.74% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 20.12% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.20% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.19% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.89% |
API Access
Marathon Petroleum Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=MPC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "MPC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=MPC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();