Marathon Petroleum Corp. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors

Dow Jones
Jan 17

DJ Marathon Petroleum Corp. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors

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Shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp. $(MPC)$ slipped 1.10% to $175.63 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.06% to 6,940.01 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.17% to 49,359.33.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.

Marathon Petroleum Corp. closed 13.18% below its 52-week high of $202.30, which the company reached on November 14th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) rose 0.59% to $129.89, Chevron Corp. $(CVX)$ rose 0.06% to $166.26, and Valero Energy Corp. $(VLO)$ fell 0.61% to $183.46.

Trading volume (1.6 M) remained 721,214 below its 50-day average volume of 2.3 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 16, 2026.

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