How to buy Marathon Oil Corporation stock | $4.07

Marathon Oil Corporation is an oil & gas e&p business based in the US. Marathon Oil Corporation shares (MRO) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Marathon Oil Corporation employs 2,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$4 billion.

How to buy shares in Marathon Oil Corporation

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Marathon Oil Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: MRO. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Marathon Oil Corporation reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$4.07, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Marathon Oil Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Marathon Oil Corporation. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Marathon Oil Corporation share price

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Marathon Oil Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$4.07
52-week range	USD$3.02 - USD$14.07
50-day moving average	USD$4.4197
200-day moving average	USD$5.3193
Wall St. target price	USD$6.89
PE ratio	17.2813
Dividend yield	USD$0.2 (3.63%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.321

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Marathon Oil Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $4.07 from 2020-10-16

1 week (2021-01-13)	N/A
1 month (2020-12-24)	-38.61%
3 months (2020-10-23)	-8.33%
6 months (2020-07-24)	-28.85%

1 year (2020-01-20)	N/A
2 years (2019-01-20)	N/A
3 years (2018-01-20)	N/A
5 years (2016-01-20)	N/A

Is Marathon Oil Corporation under- or over-valued?

Valuing Marathon Oil Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Marathon Oil Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Marathon Oil Corporation's P/E ratio

Marathon Oil Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 17x. In other words, Marathon Oil Corporation shares trade at around 17x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Marathon Oil Corporation's PEG ratio

Marathon Oil Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.24. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Marathon Oil Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Marathon Oil Corporation's EBITDA

Marathon Oil Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$2.4 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Marathon Oil Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Marathon Oil Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$4 billion
Gross profit TTM	USD$3.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	-0.54%
Return on equity TTM	-5.59%
Profit margin	-16.18%
Book value	$14.146
Market capitalisation	USD$3.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Marathon Oil Corporation shares

There are currently 39.3 million Marathon Oil Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Marathon Oil Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 1.8% down from 40.0 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Marathon Oil Corporation shares can be evaluated.

Marathon Oil Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Marathon Oil Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Marathon Oil Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Marathon Oil Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 26.9 million). Marathon Oil Corporation's SIR currently stands at 1.46. In other words for every 100,000 Marathon Oil Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1460 shares are currently held short.

However Marathon Oil Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Marathon Oil Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Marathon Oil Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Marathon Oil Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.05% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Marathon Oil Corporation shares in existence, roughly 50 shares are currently held short) or 0.0645% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Marathon Oil Corporation shares, roughly 65 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Marathon Oil Corporation.

Find out more about how you can short Marathon Oil Corporation stock.

Marathon Oil Corporation's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Marathon Oil Corporation.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Marathon Oil Corporation's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 50.41

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Marathon Oil Corporation's overall score of 50.41 (as at 10/01/2020) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 95th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Marathon Oil Corporation is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Marathon Oil Corporation's environmental score

Environmental score: 28.84/100

Marathon Oil Corporation's environmental score of 28.84 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Marathon Oil Corporation is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Marathon Oil Corporation's social score

Social score: 18.81/100

Marathon Oil Corporation's social score of 18.81 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Marathon Oil Corporation is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Marathon Oil Corporation's governance score

Governance score: 13.27/100

Marathon Oil Corporation's governance score puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Marathon Oil Corporation is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Marathon Oil Corporation's controversy score

Controversy score: 2/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Marathon Oil Corporation scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Marathon Oil Corporation has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Marathon Oil Corporation was last rated for ESG on: 2020-10-01.

Total ESG score	50.41
Total ESG percentile	95.16
Environmental score	28.84
Environmental score percentile	8
Social score	18.81
Social score percentile	8
Governance score	13.27
Governance score percentile	8
Level of controversy	2

Marathon Oil Corporation share dividends

We're not expecting Marathon Oil Corporation to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Marathon Oil Corporation's shares ever split?

Marathon Oil Corporation's shares were split on a 10000:5965 basis on 1 July 2011. So if you had owned 5965 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 10000 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Marathon Oil Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 40.4% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Marathon Oil Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Marathon Oil Corporation's share price.

Marathon Oil Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Marathon Oil Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $3.02 up to $14.07. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Marathon Oil Corporation's is 3.2598. This would suggest that Marathon Oil Corporation's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Marathon Oil Corporation overview

Marathon Oil Corporation operates as an independent exploration and production company in the United States and Equatorial Guinea. The company engages in the exploration, production, and marketing of crude oil and condensate, natural gas liquids, and natural gas; and the production and marketing of products manufactured from natural gas, such as liquefied natural gas and methanol, as well as owns and operates 32 central gathering and treating facilities and the Sugarloaf gathering system, a 42-mile natural gas pipeline through Karnes and Atascosa Counties. As of December 31, 2019, it had estimated proved developed reserves totaling 721 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe); and estimated proved undeveloped reserves totaling 484 mmboe. The company was formerly known as USX Corporation and changed its name to Marathon Oil Corporation in July 2001. Marathon Oil Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Marathon Oil Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.326% of Marathon Oil Corporation shares are held by insiders and 87.777% by institutions.

• How many people work for Marathon Oil Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 2,000 work at Marathon Oil Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Marathon Oil Corporation?

  Marathon Oil Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Marathon Oil Corporation based?

  Marathon Oil Corporation's address is: 5555 San Felipe Street, Houston, TX, United States, 77056-2723

• What is Marathon Oil Corporation's ISIN number?

  Marathon Oil Corporation's international securities identification number is: US5658491064

• What is Marathon Oil Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Marathon Oil Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 565849106