Marathon Petroleum Corporation vs SUNOCO LP, two Oil & Gas Refining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MPC and SUN diverge most: on return on invested capital, MPC reads 40.3% and SUN reads 24819.2%; on p/s, MPC reads 0.75 and SUN reads 0.10. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What MPC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SUN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | MPC | SUN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $395.96 | $77.59 |
| Market cap | $114.8B | $4.0B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas Refining | Oil & Gas Refining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/E | 13.7 | — |
| P/B | 4.46 | — |
| P/S | 0.75 | 0.10 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.3 | 2.1 |
| Revenue growth | +14.9% | +84.8% |
| Operating margin | 14.1% | 4.1% |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 2.9% |
| Return on equity | 33.3% | — |
| Return on assets | 9.1% | 3.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 40.3% | 24819.2% |
| FCF yield | 11.2% | 45.5% |
| Dividend yield | 0.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.08 | — |
| Current ratio | 1.25 | 1.29 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.64 | 1.56 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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