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MPLX
About: MPLX is a partnership that owns both pipelines and gathering and processing assets with extensive holdings in the Appalachian region. The asset base is made up of pipeline assets dropped down from Marathon Petroleum, its sponsor, and gathering and processing assets from MarkWest, which it acquired in 2015. MPLX also acquired Andeavor Logistics in 2019.
Employees: 5,560
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Funds holding %
of 7,296 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
265% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $280M | Put options by funds: $76.8M
145% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 76 | Existing positions closed: 31
54% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 197 | Existing positions reduced: 128
11% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $10.4B [Q4 2024] → $11.6B (+$1.2B) [Q1 2025]
7% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 29 [Q4 2024] → 31 (+2) [Q1 2025]
6% more funds holding
Funds holding: 526 [Q4 2024] → 558 (+32) [Q1 2025]
0.1% less ownership
Funds ownership: 21.4% [Q4 2024] → 21.31% (-0.1%) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$52
0%
upside
Avg. target
$55
6%
upside
High target
$58
12%
upside
2 analyst ratings
2 positive
100%
0 neutral
0%
0 negative
0%
Barclays Theresa Chen | 0%upside $52 | Overweight Maintained | 12 May 2025 |
RBC Capital Elvira Scotto | 12%upside $58 | Outperform Maintained | 17 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 25 articles about MPLX published over the past 30 days
Positive
The Motley Fool
22 hours ago
1 Energy Stock With a Dividend Yield Over 7% Right Now
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Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 day ago
Two Alternatives For A Potential $5000 Monthly Income
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Neutral
Seeking Alpha
3 days ago
Retirement Yield Trap Or Treasure? 1 Stock To Sell, 1 To Buy
Retirement income investing and high-yields are not mutually exclusive. In fact, I could see a case for building a prudent portfolio that consists of 7%+ yielding securities. Yet, there is a merit of including lower yielding securities as well.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
3 days ago
Why the Market Dipped But MPLX LP (MPLX) Gained Today
MPLX LP (MPLX) closed the most recent trading day at $51.65, moving +1.41% from the previous trading session.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
5 days ago
Rapidly Growing 7%+ Yield: My Favorite High-Yield Fund Today
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Positive
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6 days ago
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Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
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Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
5 Relatively Secure And Cheap Dividend Stocks, Yields Up To 10% (June 2025)
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Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
Your Retirement Starts Here: 2 Dividend Gems I'd Trust With My Future
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Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
The More It Drops, The More I Buy
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