Marathon Oil
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
5.094.967.156.00
Price/Sales ratio
2.001.992.122.11
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$3.30$3.38$2.35$2.8

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
6.31-3.86-6.62-2.5111.0622.91-3.6413.665.139.4312.0811.06
Price/Sales ratio
1.771.543.513.292.052.171.702.302.452.282.422.05
Price/Book Value ratio
0.910.450.801.221.000.900.501.201.621.301.401.00
Price/Cash Flow ratio
3.505.4413.206.753.754.003.583.983.413.583.883.75
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
58.82-4.46-82.3692.8425.2255.2740.635.894.667.137.8555.27
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.070.020.33-0.01-0.09-0.410.00-0.080.01-0.186.64-0.09
Dividend Yield
2.82%5.39%1.14%1.18%1.39%1.47%1.21%1.09%1.18%1.71%1.54%1.39%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
29.24%-2.46%-11.65%15.91%34.63%26.64%-11.94%40.59%57.87%41.81%53.20%34.63%
Operating Profit Margin
14.74%-48.73%-22.32%-3.04%28.24%-35.84%-38.10%0.60%25.23%35.08%30.19%28.24%
Pretax Profit Margin
12.54%-53.56%-30.63%-10.38%24.17%7.74%-47.30%17.92%50.11%29.82%26.33%24.17%
Net Profit Margin
28.08%-39.91%-53.08%-130.87%18.57%9.48%-46.85%16.88%47.90%24.25%20.21%18.57%
Effective Tax Rate
28.80%25.49%-73.27%-82.81%23.19%-22.44%0.95%5.77%4.41%18.68%23.25%23.19%
Return on Assets
8.45%-6.82%-6.88%-25.99%5.14%2.37%-8.08%5.56%18.11%7.93%6.84%5.14%
Return On Equity
14.49%-11.87%-12.2%-48.88%9.03%3.94%-13.73%8.85%31.69%13.86%11.82%9.03%
Return on Capital Employed
5.05%-8.79%-3.11%-0.66%8.55%-9.81%-7.04%0.22%10.79%14.36%11.51%8.55%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.68N/A
Quick Ratio
0.961.311.531.231.541.181.261.060.670.350.601.18
Cash ratio
0.540.701.110.280.790.490.610.350.140.030.060.49
Days of Sales Outstanding
58.1860.28N/A152.7466.7280.8888.0374.4255.4765.6263.0180.88
Days of Inventory outstanding
16.9820.1918.4012.509.087.078.008.4414.3618.2119.679.08
Operating Cycle
75.1680.4718.40165.2575.8187.9696.0382.8669.8483.8382.6975.81
Days of Payables Outstanding
121.0484.7087.41138.47124.88128.4488.11121.77146.98133.54164.77124.88
Cash Conversion Cycle
-45.88-4.22-69.0126.77-49.07-40.487.92-38.90-77.14-49.70-82.08-40.48
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.170.220.230.240.250.270.300.230.290.270.240.27
Debt Equity Ratio
0.300.390.410.460.450.450.510.370.510.480.410.45
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.200.280.270.310.310.310.330.270.320.230.280.31
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.230.280.290.310.310.310.330.270.340.320.290.31
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A23.65N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.850.210.140.380.580.490.270.800.910.750.860.58
Company Equity Multiplier
1.711.741.771.881.751.661.701.591.741.741.691.69
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.500.280.260.480.540.540.470.570.710.630.620.54
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.05-1.22-0.160.070.140.070.080.670.730.500.490.14
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.850.210.140.380.580.490.270.800.910.750.860.58
Short Term Coverage Ratio
5.131.56K1.56N/AN/AN/AN/A89.9713.501.9922.96N/A
Dividend Payout Ratio
17.82%-20.87%-7.57%-2.97%15.41%33.75%-4.41%14.90%6.09%16.15%19.02%15.41%