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Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Q3 2026 Earnings: Revenue, EPS and Outlook

Q3 2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026): revenue, EPS and full-year guidance from the SEC filing

Published Nov 5, 2026

TL;DR

  • Marathon Petroleum: stated (no change given); revenue +61.0% vs a year earlier.

Marathon Petroleum's results for Q3 2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026) come from the company's own earnings release, filed with the SEC on 2026-11-03. Everything below is taken from that filing; quotes are copied exactly. Company outlooks are the company's own.

At a glance

ItemValue
Revenue (GAAP)$56,032 million (+61.0% vs a year earlier)
Diluted EPS (GAAP)$26.59
Adjusted per-share figure (company's non-GAAP measure; FFO/AFFO for REITs)$26.93
Full-year guidanceStated (no change given)

Guidance

MPC's 2026 capital spending outlook, excluding MPLX, is $1.5 billion; Q4 guides refinery throughput of 3,080 mbpd and operating costs of $5.60/bbl.

Why this label: Only full-year figure is the 2026 capital spending outlook ($1.5B ex-MPLX), with no prior or change wording; Q4 items are operating guidance; no revenue/EPS guide.

MetricPeriodNewPrior (as stated in the release)
capital spending (excluding MPLX)FY2026$1.5 billionnot stated

Next-quarter outlook:

MetricPeriodRange
refining operating costs per barrelQ4 2026$5.60
distribution costsQ4 2026$1,725 million
refining planned turnaround costsQ4 2026$230 million
total refinery throughputsQ4 20263,080 mbpd (2,830 crude)
corporate costsQ4 2026$300 million (incl. $60 million D&A)

From the release

Revenue: "Sales and other operating revenues · $ · 56,032 · $ · 34,809 · $ · 142,226 · $ · 100,125"

Earnings per share: "Third-quarter net income attributable to MPC of $7.4 billion, or $26.59 per diluted share, adjusted net income of $7.5 billion, or $26.93 per diluted share"

capital spending (excluding MPLX): "MPC’s 2026 capital spending outlook (excluding MPLX) is $1.5 billion."

Quotes are copied from the filing; in table rows, cell borders are shown as “·”.

Key fact: Q3 net income $7.4 billion, $26.59 per diluted share, versus $4.51 a year ago.

Source

Marathon Petroleum earnings release (SEC filing), accession 0001510295-26-000069, filed 2026-11-03.

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