MPLX
MPLX
About: MPLX is a partnership that owns pipelines and gathering and processing assets with extensive holdings in the Appalachian and Permian regions. The asset base is made up of crude oil and refined products assets dropped down from Marathon Petroleum, its sponsor, and natural gas and natural gas liquids gathering and processing assets that were purchased or built.
Employees: 5,560
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
125% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $167M | Put options by funds: $74.1M
57% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 209 | Existing positions reduced: 133
36% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 64 | Existing positions closed: 47
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 561 [Q1] → 568 (+7) [Q2]
0.05% less ownership
Funds ownership: 21.31% [Q1] → 21.26% (-0.05%) [Q2]
4% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $11.6B [Q1] → $11.2B (-$479M) [Q2]
3% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 31 [Q1] → 30 (-1) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
3 analyst ratings
Morgan Stanley
Robert Kad
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$60
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Equal-Weight
Maintained
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26 Aug 2025 |
Stifel
Selman Akyol
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$60
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Buy
Maintained
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14 Aug 2025 |
Barclays
Theresa Chen
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$53
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Overweight
Maintained
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11 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 37 articles about MPLX published over the past 30 days