Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026)
Marathon Petroleum's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 18.50% for Q3 2026, up 10.93 percentage points from 7.57% a year earlier and up 4.51 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Marathon Petroleum reported Return on Sales [ROS] of 12.37%, up 7.39 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 6.13%, up 1.29 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] carries a five-year change of +23.68 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Sales [ROS] was 4.84% in FY2024 (-4.82 pp), 9.66% in FY2023 (-2.27 pp), 11.93% in FY2022 (+8.37 pp) and 3.56% in FY2021 (+21.11 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] in data going back to Q2 2010.
- Year-over-year, Return on Sales [ROS] has increased for five consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.79 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Sales [ROS] over five years came in Q2 2022 (a gain of 12.12 percentage points), and the weakest in Q3 2024 (a drop of 7.62 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows MPC's Return on Sales [ROS] at 13.99% (Q2 2026), 4.06% (Q1 2026) and 8.06% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marathon Petroleum | 103.92 Bn | 76.72 Bn | 12.69 Bn | 18.50% |
| 2 | Valero Energy | 98.70 Bn | 70.56 Bn | 9.41 Bn | 19.68% |
| 3 | HF Sinclair | 17.12 Bn | 9.40 Bn | 3.15 Bn | 24.61% |
| 4 | Sunoco | 8.45 Bn | 5.30 Bn | 1.56 Bn | 4.10% |
| 5 | PBF Energy | 7.96 Bn | 3.45 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 17.32% |
| 6 | Ultrapar Holdings | 5.80 Bn | -1.43 Bn | 912.61 Mn | 7.25% |
| 7 | Delek US Holdings | 3.90 Bn | 1.39 Bn | 365.10 Mn | 7.40% |
| 8 | Cvr Energy | 3.81 Bn | 775.98 Mn | 783.00 Mn | 22.07% |
| 9 | Icahn Enterprises | 3.40 Bn | -2.86 Bn | - | 0.06% |
| 10 | Bw Lpg | 3.31 Bn | 2.29 Bn | - | 489.99% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 18.50% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 13.99% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.06% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.06% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.57% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.44% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.16% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.41% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.81% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.57% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.37% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.50% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 11.43% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.98% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.58% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.82% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 14.15% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.35% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.47% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.99% |
API Access
Marathon Petroleum Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=MPC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=MPC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();