Marathon Petroleum Corp’s recently made public that its Director Rucker Kim K.W. unloaded Company’s shares for reported $1.29 million on Jul 03 ’25. In the deal valued at $175.00 per share,7,392 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Rucker Kim K.W. now holds 18,944 shares worth roughly $3.2 million.
Then, Rucker Kim K.W. bought 7,392 shares, generating $1,293,600 in total proceeds.
Before that, Wright Kelly D bought 1,146 shares. Marathon Petroleum Corp shares valued at $186,765 were divested by the Officer at a price of $162.97 per share.
Raymond James downgraded its Marathon Petroleum Corp [MPC] rating to an Outperform from a a Strong buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Wolfe Research’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in mid July from “an Outperform” to “a Peer perform”. Evercore ISI began covering MPC with “an In-line” recommendation on June 18, 2025. TD Cowen maintained its rating on June 10, 2025. It rated MPC as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of MPC
On Tuesday, Marathon Petroleum Corp [NYSE:MPC] saw its stock jump 0.57% to $168.92. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.71%. Marathon Petroleum Corp shares have fallen nearly -2.46% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 21.09% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Marathon Petroleum Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Marathon Petroleum Corp stocks on 2025-07-15, growing by 0.56 million shares to a total of 9.78 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 9.22 million shares. There was a rise of 5.71%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on May 07, 2025 when TD Cowen resumed its ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $152.
