Marathon Petroleum Corp. Reports Second-Quarter 2026 Results

2026-08-04

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FINDLAY, Ohio, Aug. 4, 2026/PRNewswire/ --

Second-quarter net income attributable to MPC of $5.1 billion, or $17.73 per diluted share $8.5 billion of adjusted EBITDA, with strong commercial and operational performance across the system Executing value-enhancing capital strategy; El Paso and Robinson yield-enhancing investments online in 2Q26, extending the competitive position of these refining assets Advancing MPLX Natural Gas and NGL value chain growth strategy, expected to support 12.5% annual distribution growth in 2026 and 2027 $2.8 billion of capital returned, reflecting strong cash generation and disciplined execution of our capital allocation priorities

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) today reported net income attributable to MPC of $5.1 billion, or $17.73 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2026. This compares with a net income attributable to MPC of $1.2 billion, or $3.96 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2025.

The second quarter of 2026 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (adjusted EBITDA) was $8.5 billion, compared with $3.3 billion for the second quarter of 2025.

"Strong planning, commercial, and operational execution enabled safe and reliable operations to meet resilient consumer demand. Our results reflect the differentiated capabilities of our value chains and the execution of our optimization strategies," said Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Maryann Mannen. "The completion of two high-return, yield-enhancing refining investments further position us to deliver incremental value. MPLX's execution of its Natural Gas and NGL strategy supports durable growth and increasing distributions that differentiate MPC, allowing us to lead in capital return."

Results from Operations

Adjusted EBITDA (unaudited)

| | | Three Months Ended

June 30, | | | Six Months Ended

June 30, | | | | | | | | (In millions) | | 2026 | | | 2025 | | | 2026 | | | 2025 | | Refining & Marketing segment adjusted EBITDA | $ | 6,655 | | $ | 1,890 | | $ | 8,032 | | $ | 2,379 | | Midstream segment adjusted EBITDA | | 1,778 | | | 1,641 | | | 3,376 | | | 3,361 | | Renewable Diesel segment adjusted EBITDA | | 258 | | | (19) | | | 296 | | | (61) | | Subtotal | | 8,691 | | | 3,512 | | | 11,704 | | | 5,679 | | Corporate | | (256) | | | (243) | | | (530) | | | (453) | | Add: Depreciation and amortization | | 25 | | | 17 | | | 49 | | | 35 | | Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 8,460 | | $ | 3,286 | | $ | 11,223 | | $ | 5,261 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Refining & Marketing (R&M)

Segment adjusted EBITDA was $6.7 billion in the second quarter of 2026, versus $1.9 billion for the second quarter of 2025. R&M segment adjusted EBITDA was $24.84 per barrel for the second quarter of 2026, versus $6.79 per barrel for the second quarter of 2025. Segment adjusted EBITDA excludes refining planned turnaround costs, which totaled $275 million in the second quarter of 2026 and $250 million in the second quarter of 2025.

R&M margin was $36.33 per barrel for the second quarter of 2026, versus $17.58 per barrel for the second quarter of 2025. Crude capacity utilization was 94%, resulting in total throughput of 2.9 million barrels per day (bpd) for the second quarter of 2026. Results were driven primarily by higher crack spreads in all regions.

Refining operating costs were $5.72 per barrel for the second quarter of 2026, versus $5.34 per barrel for the second quarter of 2025, primarily driven by decreased utilization due to planned downtime in the Mid-Con, compared to the prior year quarter.

Midstream

Segment adjusted EBITDA was $1.8 billion in the second quarter of 2026, versus $1.6 billion for the second quarter of 2025. The increase was primarily driven by increased rates and throughputs, including growth from equity affiliates and acquisitions, partially offset by the divestiture of non-core gathering and processing assets.

Renewable Diesel

Segment adjusted EBITDA was $258 million in the second quarter of 2026, versus $(19) million for the second quarter of 2025. The results reflect a stronger margin environment, higher throughputs, and improved regulatory credit values.

Corporate and Items Not Allocated

Corporate expenses totaled $256 million in the second quarter of 2026, compared with $243 million in the second quarter of 2025.

Financial Position, Liquidity, and Return of Capital

As of June 30, 2026, MPC had $7.8 billion of cash and cash equivalents, including $1.0 billion of cash at MPLX, and no borrowings outstanding under its $5 billion five-year bank revolving credit facility.

In the second quarter, the company returned over $2.8 billion of capital to shareholders. As of June 30, 2026, the company had $6.1 billion remaining under its share repurchase authorizations.

Strategic Update

MPC Strategic Update

MPC's 2026 capital spending outlook (excluding MPLX) is $1.5 billion. Approximately 65% of its overall capital spending is focused on value-enhancing investments and 35% on sustaining operations. MPC's outlook includes high-return investments at its Galveston Bay, Robinson, El Paso, and Garyville refineries. In the second quarter of 2026, the El Paso yield improvement and Robinson product flexibility investments were placed in service. The El Paso yield improvement investment enhances the refinery's ability to produce specialty gasolines for the El Paso, Phoenix, and Mexico markets, reinforcing its geographic advantage and competitive position. The Robinson product flexibility investment enables approximately 10 thousand barrels per day (mbpd) of incremental jet fuel production, supporting growing regional demand. In addition to these multi-year investments, the company is executing shorter-term projects that offer high returns through margin enhancement and cost reduction.

Jet Flexibility | Increases flexibility to maximize higher value

jet fuel production to meet growing demand | 1Q26 – Completed | | El Paso

Yield Improvement | Upgrades fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) and

alkylation units to drive volume expansion | 2Q26 – Completed | | Robinson

Product Flexibility | Increases flexibility to maximize higher value

jet fuel production to meet growing demand | 2Q26 – Completed | | Galveston Bay

Distillate Hydrotreater | 90 mbpd hydrotreater, increasing supply of

high-value ULSD to domestic and export markets | YE27 | | Garyville

Feedstock Optimization | Further optimizes feedstock slate and

increases crude throughput by 30 mbpd | YE27 | | Garyville

Product Export Flexibility | Increases yield flexibility to produce an incremental

10 mbpd of export premium gasoline and lowers costs | YE27 |

MPLX Strategic Update

MPLX is increasing its 2026 growth capital spending outlook by $500 million, to $2.9 billion, primarily reflecting the accelerated execution of the Gulf Coast fractionation project to meet global demand for U.S. energy. MPLX plans to invest over 90% of organic growth capital toward opportunities to meet growing natural gas and NGL infrastructure needs. With projects concentrated in the Permian and Marcellus, two of the most prolific and competitive basins in North America, investments in these value chains reflect MPLX's confidence in the long-term fundamentals of the energy market, offer some of the most compelling investments in the midstream sector, and are expected to generate mid-teens returns.

| Investment | Details | MPLX

Ownership | Expected In-Service | | Secretariat I | 200 million cubic feet per day

(MMcf/d) gas processing plant

in the Delaware Basin | 100 % | Placed in service in

April 2026 | | Harmon Creek III | 300 MMcf/d gas processing plant and

40 mbpd de-ethanizer in the Marcellus | 100 % | Beginning operations

in August 2026 | | Bay Runner and Bay

Runner Twin Pipelines | Up to 5.3 billion cubic feet per day

(Bcf/d) of natural gas transport capacity

between Agua Dulce, Texas, and

Brownsville, Texas | 30 % | Bay Runner: 3Q26

Bay Runner Twin: 2029 | | Titan Complex | Increasing sour gas treating capacity

from 150 MMcf/d to over 400 MMcf/d in

mbpd to 300 mbpd; provides

transportation from the Permian Basin

supply to Agua Dulce, Texas | 34 % | 4Q26;

Began commissioning

July 2026 | | Traverse Pipeline | 2.5 Bcf/d pipeline designed to

transport natural gas between Agua

Dulce, Texas, and Katy, Texas | 34 % | 2H27 | | Gulf Coast

Fractionators | Two 150 mbpd fractionation facilities

near MPC's Galveston Bay refinery | 100 % | Frac I: 2028

Frac II: 2029 | | Gulf Coast LPG Export

System Expansion | Supports producer activity near

the Delaware Basin | 100 % | 2H28 |

Third-Quarter 2026 Outlook

| Refining & Marketing Segment: | | | | Refining operating costs per barrel(a) | $ | 5.60 | | Distribution costs (in millions) | $ | 1,650 | | Refining planned turnaround costs (in millions) | $ | 290 | | Depreciation and amortization (in millions) | $ | 390 | | | | | | Refinery throughputs (mbpd): | | | | Crude oil refined | | 2,820 | | Other charge and blendstocks | | 185 | | Total | | 3,005 | | | | | | Corporate (includes $30 million of D&A) | $ | 260 | | | | |

| (a) | Excludes refining planned turnaround and depreciation and amortization expense. |

Conference Call

At 11:00 a.m. ET today, MPC will hold a conference call and webcast to discuss the reported results and provide an update on company operations. Interested parties may listen by visiting MPC's website atwww.marathonpetroleum.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on the company's website for two weeks. Financial information, including the earnings release and other investor-related materials, will also be available online prior to the conference call and webcast atwww.marathonpetroleum.com.

About Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) is a leading, integrated, downstream and midstream energy company headquartered in Findlay, Ohio. The company operates the nation's largest refining system. MPC's marketing system includes branded locations across the United States, including Marathon brand retail outlets. MPC also owns the general partner and majority limited partner interest in MPLX LP, a midstream company that owns and operates gathering, processing, and fractionation assets, as well as crude oil and light product transportation and logistics infrastructure. More information is available at www.marathonpetroleum.com.

Investor Relations Contacts: (419) 421-2071 Brian Worthington, Vice President, Investor Relations Alyx Teschel, Director, Investor Relations

Media Contact: (419) 421-3577 Jamal Kheiry, Communications Manager

_References to Earnings and Defined Terms References to earnings mean net income attributable to MPC from the statements of income. Unless otherwise indicated, references to earnings and earnings per share are MPC's share after excluding amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests._

_Market Data Certain relevant benchmark margin and market data, including pricing, regional and blended crack spreads and sweet and sour crude differentials, along with a hypothetical Refining and Marketing margin indicator based on such margin and market data and operational guidance provided for each quarter, is available on MPC's Investors website at www.marathonpetroleum.com/Investors/Investor-Market-Data.MPC intends to update this information each month no later than the close of business on the second business day following the end of each month unless otherwise noted and may also provide additional updates within each month. Interested parties may register to receive automatic email alerts when the information is updated by clicking on "Sign Up" at https://www.marathonpetroleum.com/Investors/and following the instructions provided._

_Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding MPC. These forward-looking statements may relate to, among other things, MPC's expectations, estimates and projections concerning its business and operations, financial priorities, strategic plans and initiatives, capital return plans, capital expenditure plans, operating cost reduction objectives, and environmental, social and governance ("ESG") plans and goals, including those related to greenhouse gas emissions and intensity reduction targets, freshwater withdrawal intensity reduction targets, inclusion and ESG reporting. Forward-looking and other statements regarding our ESG plans and goals are not an indication that these statements are material to investors or are required to be disclosed in our filings with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). 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MPC cautions that these statements are based on management's current knowledge and expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of the control of MPC, that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from the statements made herein. Factors that could cause MPC's actual results to differ materially from those implied in the forward-looking statements include but are not limited to: political or regulatory developments, changes in governmental policies relating to refined petroleum products, crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids ("NGLs"), or renewable diesel and other renewable fuels or taxation, including changes in tax regulations or guidance promulgated pursuant to the new legislation implemented in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act; volatility in and degradation of general economic, market, industry or business conditions, including as a result of pandemics, other infectious disease outbreaks, natural hazards, extreme weather events, regional conflicts such as hostilities in the Middle East and in Ukraine, tariffs, inflation rising interest rates or government shutdowns; the regional, national and worldwide demand for refined products and renewable diesel and other renewable fuels and related margins; the regional, national or worldwide availability and pricing of crude oil, natural gas, NGLs and other feedstocks and related pricing differentials, including increased pricing volatility or supply disruptions due to the U.S.-Iran conflict and market reactions thereto; the adequacy of capital resources and liquidity and timing and amounts of free cash flow necessary to execute our business plans, effect future share repurchases and to maintain or grow our dividend; the success or timing of completion of ongoing or anticipated projects; changes to the expected construction costs and in service dates of planned and ongoing projects and investments, including pipeline projects and new processing units, and the ability to obtain regulatory and other approvals with respect thereto; the ability to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals and satisfy the other conditions necessary to consummate planned transactions within the expected timeframes if at all; the ability to realize expected returns or other benefits on anticipated or ongoing projects or planned transactions, including the recently completed acquisitions of Northwind Delaware Holdings LLC and BANGL, LLC; the availability of desirable strategic alternatives to optimize portfolio assets and the ability to obtain regulatory and other approvals with respect thereto; the inability or failure of our joint venture partners to fund their share of operations and development activities; the financing and distribution decisions of joint ventures we do not control; our ability to successfully implement our sustainable energy strategy and principles and to achieve our ESG plans and goals within the expected timeframes if at all; changes in government incentives for emission-reduction products and technologies; the outcome of research and development efforts to create future technologies necessary to achieve our ESG plans and goals; our ability to scale projects and technologies on a commercially competitive basis; changes in regional and global economic growth rates and consumer preferences, including consumer support for emission-reduction products and technology; industrial incidents or other unscheduled shutdowns affecting our refineries, machinery, pipelines, processing, fractionation and treating facilities or equipment, means of transportation, or those of our suppliers or customers; the imposition of windfall profit taxes, maximum refining margin penalties, minimum inventory requirements or refinery maintenance and turnaround supply plans on companies operating within the energy industry in California or other jurisdictions; the establishment or increase of tariffs on goods, including crude oil and other feedstocks imported into the United States, other trade protection measures or restrictions or retaliatory actions from foreign governments; the impact of adverse market conditions or other similar risks to those identified herein affecting MPLX; compliance costs and uncertainty associated with cap and invest programs or similar arrangements or programs in California or other jurisdictions; and the factors set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" and "Disclosures Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in MPC's and MPLX's Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2025, and in other filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of the applicable communication and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement except to the extent required by applicable law._

Copies of MPC's Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other SEC filings are available on the SEC's website, MPC's website at https://www.marathonpetroleum.com/Investors/or by contacting MPC's Investor Relations office. Copies of MPLX's Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other SEC filings are available on the SEC's website, MPLX's website at http://ir.mplx.comor by contacting MPLX's Investor Relations office.

June 30, | | | Six Months Ended

June 30, | | | | | | | | (In millions, except per-share data) | | 2026 | | | 2025 | | | 2026 | | | 2025 | | Revenues and other income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sales and other operating revenues | $ | 51,994 | | $ | 33,799 | | $ | 86,194 | | $ | 65,316 | | Income from equity method investments | | 256 | | | 212 | | | 432 | | | 442 | | Net gain (loss) on disposal of assets | | (2) | | | 6 | | | (2) | | | 6 | | Other income | | 89 | | | 84 | | | 281 | | | 187 | | Total revenues and other income | | 52,337 | | | 34,101 | | | 86,905 | | | 65,951 | | Costs and expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cost of revenues (excludes items below) | | 43,064 | | | 30,025 | | | 74,325 | | | 59,385 | | Depreciation and amortization | | 838 | | | 789 | | | 1,647 | | | 1,582 | | Selling, general and administrative expenses | | 894 | | | 867 | | | 1,761 | | | 1,650 | | Other taxes | | 219 | | | 223 | | | 446 | | | 450 | | Total costs and expenses | | 45,015 | | | 31,904 | | | 78,179 | | | 63,067 | | Income from operations | | 7,322 | | | 2,197 | | | 8,726 | | | 2,884 | | Net interest and other financial costs | | 340 | | | 319 | | | 710 | | | 623 | | Income before income taxes | | 6,982 | | | 1,878 | | | 8,016 | | | 2,261 | | Provision for income taxes | | 1,444 | | | 268 | | | 1,627 | | | 305 | | Net income | | 5,538 | | | 1,610 | | | 6,389 | | | 1,956 | | Less net income attributable to: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Noncontrolling interests | | 400 | | | 394 | | | 740 | | | 814 | | Net income attributable to MPC | $ | 5,138 | | $ | 1,216 | | $ | 5,649 | | $ | 1,142 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Per share data | | | | | | | | | | | | | Basic: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Net income attributable to MPC per share | $ | 17.76 | | $ | 3.96 | | $ | 19.34 | | $ | 3.69 | | Weighted average shares outstanding (in millions) | | 289 | | | 307 | | | 291 | | | 309 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Diluted: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Net income attributable to MPC per share | $ | 17.73 | | $ | 3.96 | | $ | 19.30 | | $ | 3.68 | | Weighted average shares outstanding (in millions) | | 290 | | | 307 | | | 292 | | | 310 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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