Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Midstream

MPLX Lp MPLX

$56.38 +0.05% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $57.21B

Low risk

Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Net debt is 3.4× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  2. The shares trade at 12.1× trailing earnings, higher than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  3. Revenue over the last four quarters was $12.89B, up 14.2% from a year earlier, accelerating from 10.5% a quarter earlier.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth55Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 43%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 42%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 44%
Quality54Neutral

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 19%
  • Gross marginTop 26%
  • Operating marginTop 12%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 26%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 23%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 21%
  • Interest coverTop 46%
Value33Weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 26%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 40%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 33%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 15%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 17%
Momentum59Neutral

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 45%
  • 6-month returnTop 32%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 49%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 10%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Revisions34Weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 46%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 30%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 27%
Stability84Strong

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 3%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 2%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 41%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 21%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)10.5%14.2%↑
EPS growth (YoY)6.9%10.5%↑
Gross margin44.0%52.2%↑
Operating margin46.7%42.9%↓
FCF margin43.5%34.4%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)14.2%10.5%↑Top 42%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)10.5%6.9%↑Top 43%
Gross margin52.2%44.0%↑Top 26%
Operating margin42.9%46.7%↓Top 12%
Net margin36.7%38.2%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin34.4%43.5%↓—
Return on invested capital13.4%—Top 19%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR3.9%—Top 42%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.26×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-2.9%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-11.7 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
3.39×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
4.9×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
9.15%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
9.15%
Share count change, 1 year
-0.5%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+0.5%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
3 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+9.5%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.0%
Positive 20 days after report
6 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$63.80
Target vs current price
+13.2%
Analysts with a rating
28
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
68%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 4, 2026+0.0%+2.7%-0.4%+0.4%—
May 5, 2026-14.3%-2.6%-5.5%-2.6%+0.8%
Feb 3, 2026+10.4%-0.1%-0.6%+6.7%+0.4%
Nov 4, 2025+42.1%+0.7%+1.8%+6.0%+9.9%
Aug 5, 2025-2.8%-3.5%-4.8%-3.3%-3.7%
May 6, 2025+0.0%-1.7%-3.3%+2.3%+3.7%
Feb 4, 2025+2.9%+2.4%+4.2%+3.2%-0.9%
Nov 5, 2024-3.8%+2.4%+4.4%+14.1%+16.0%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 4, 2026$1.06$1.06+0.0%$3.08B
May 5, 2026$0.90$1.05-14.3%$2.81B
Feb 3, 2026$1.17$1.06+10.4%$3.25B
Nov 4, 2025$1.52$1.07+42.1%$3.62B
Aug 5, 2025$1.03$1.06-2.8%$2.79B
May 6, 2025$1.10$1.10+0.0%$2.89B
Feb 4, 2025$1.07$1.04+2.9%$2.84B
Nov 5, 2024$1.01$1.05-3.8%$2.78B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)12.1×10.8×86thTop 26%
P/E (forward)13.2×———
EV / EBITDA11.2×——Bottom 33%
EV / Sales6.37×——Bottom 15%
Free-cash-flow yield7.74%——Top 40%
Earnings yield8.25%——Top 26%

P/E over the past five years

Range 8.9× – 13.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+13.4%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+10.5%
Change in P/E multiple
+7.7%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
+1.1%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+0.7%
Distance from 50-day average
-4.1%
Distance from 200-day average
-0.7%
RSI (14)
36.2
Relative volume
0.76×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
18.2%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
56th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.35
Correlation with S&P 500
0.29
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-6.8%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-14.6%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Apr 20, 2022Jun 23, 2022-20.2%44 days164 days (Feb 16, 2023)
Jun 15, 2021Jul 19, 2021-15.9%23 days66 days (Oct 20, 2021)
Mar 17, 2025Apr 8, 2025-14.6%16 days163 days (Dec 1, 2025)
Nov 9, 2021Dec 20, 2021-12.1%28 days26 days (Jan 27, 2022)
Jan 13, 2021Jan 27, 2021-11.8%9 days13 days (Feb 16, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$57.21B
P/E (TTM)
12.1
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$4.65
Revenue (TTM)
$12.89B
Dividend yield
7.64%
52-week range
$47.80 – $60.95
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$9.57B$10.54B$10.43B$10.90B$11.82B
Gross profit$4.05B$4.29B$4.56B$4.82B$5.34B
Operating income$3.99B$4.91B$4.90B$5.29B$4.76B
Net income$3.08B$3.94B$3.93B$4.32B$4.91B
EPS (diluted)$2.86$3.75$3.82$4.21$4.82
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$2.78B$2.84B$2.89B$2.79B$3.62B$3.10B$2.86B$3.31B
Net income$1.04B$1.10B$1.13B$1.05B$1.54B$1.19B$912.0M$1.09B
EPS (diluted)$1.01$1.07$1.10$1.03$1.52$1.17$0.90$1.06
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$4.91B$5.02B$5.40B$5.95B$5.91B
Capital expenditure-$529.0M-$806.0M-$937.0M-$1.06B-$1.81B
Free cash flow$4.38B$4.21B$4.46B$4.89B$4.10B
Dividends paid-$3.43B-$2.92B-$3.18B-$3.56B-$4.02B
Net share buybacks-$630.0M-$491.0M$0-$326.0M-$400.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$1.03B
Total assets
$42.97B
Total liabilities
$28.72B
Total debt
$25.89B
Net debt
$24.86B
Shareholders’ equity
$14.03B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 7, 2026$1.08Aug 14, 2026
May 8, 2026$1.08May 15, 2026
Feb 9, 2026$1.08Feb 17, 2026
Nov 7, 2025$1.08Nov 14, 2025
Aug 8, 2025$0.96Aug 15, 2025
May 9, 2025$0.96May 16, 2025
Feb 3, 2025$0.96Feb 14, 2025
Nov 8, 2024$0.96Nov 15, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
6,632,787
Days to cover
5.39
Change vs previous report
-9.7%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.