Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026)
Marathon Petroleum (MPC) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 19.88% in Q2 2026, up 10.99 percentage points from 8.90% a year earlier and up 6.63 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Marathon Petroleum reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 12.78%, up 2.23 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of +28.06 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 10.55% in FY2024 (-8.99 pp), 19.55% in FY2023 (-8.63 pp), 28.17% in FY2022 (+21.62 pp) and 6.55% in FY2021 (+21.83 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q3 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.53 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 22.93 percentage points in Q4 2021, against a drop of 13.55 percentage points in Q1 2024 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 13.25% (Q1 2026), 12.22% (Q4 2025) and 10.45% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marathon Petroleum | 128.39 Bn | 118.79 Bn | 9.27 Bn | 19.73% |
| 2 | Valero Energy | 120.69 Bn | 100.90 Bn | 5.47 Bn | 19.83% |
| 3 | HF Sinclair | 21.63 Bn | 15.86 Bn | 1.57 Bn | 15.52% |
| 4 | Sunoco | 10.10 Bn | 4.48 Bn | 1.46 Bn | 7.48% |
| 5 | PBF Energy | 9.09 Bn | 6.79 Bn | 1.15 Bn | 17.88% |
| 6 | Ultrapar Holdings | 8.29 Bn | 1.46 Bn | 912.61 Mn | 463.04% |
| 7 | Cvr Energy | 5.85 Bn | 3.64 Bn | 117.00 Mn | 10.23% |
| 8 | Delek US Holdings | 4.56 Bn | 2.28 Bn | 365.10 Mn | 14.97% |
| 9 | Icahn Enterprises | 4.09 Bn | -1.66 Bn | - | 0.56% |
| 10 | Bw Lpg | 3.87 Bn | 2.99 Bn | - | 12.97% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 19.73% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 13.15% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 12.13% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.37% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.84% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 9.27% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.89% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.14% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 16.25% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 17.13% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 19.72% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 22.47% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 24.79% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 30.58% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 27.67% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 24.19% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 18.06% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.83% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.43% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.58% |
API Access
Marathon Petroleum Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=MPC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=MPC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();