Despite Marathon Oil Corporation [MRO]’s great opportunity, the stock is a bit overvalued

The price of Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) shares last traded on Wall Street fell -0.45% to $28.58.

MRO stock price is now 4.31% away from the 50-day moving average and 10.13% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $16.12B.

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With the price target of $35, Barclays recently initiated with Overweight rating for Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO). On March 14, 2024, Argus Upgraded its previous ‘Hold’ rating to ‘Buy’ on the stock keeping its target price maintained at $31, while ‘Morgan Stanley’ rates the stock as ‘Equal-Weight’

In other news, WAGNER PATRICK, insider sold 36,094 shares of the company’s stock on Mar 27 ’24. The stock was sold for $997,887 at an average price of $27.65. Upon completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 140,829 shares in the company, valued at $4.02 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Mar 25 ’24, Executive VP, Operations Henderson Michael A sold 51,389 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $1,418,051 was realized by selling the stock at an average price of $27.59. This leaves the insider owning 114,828 shares of the company worth $3.28 million. A total of 0.38% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.

During the past 12 months, Marathon Oil Corporation has had a low of $21.81 and a high of $30.06. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 0.55, and a quick ratio of 0.48. According to the stock market information, the enterprise value for the company is $21490135040, which is based on a 11.85 price-to-earnings ratio, a 0.94 price-to-earnings-growth ratio, and a beta of 2.19. The fifty day moving average price for MRO is $27.4204 and a two-hundred day moving average price translates $25.9568 for the stock.

The latest earnings results from Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) was released for 2024-03-31. The net profit margin was 22.48% and return on equity was 12.73% for MRO. The company reported revenue of $1.54 billion for the quarter, compared to $1.57 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue fell -1.85 percent.

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