Amerilithium (OTCMKTS:PTTN) vs. Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) Head to Head Review

Amerilithium (OTCMKTS:PTTN) and Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Amerilithium has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Amerilithium and Marathon Petroleum”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amerilithium	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Marathon Petroleum	$137.68 billion	0.37	$3.45 billion	$7.11	23.27

Marathon Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Amerilithium.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Amerilithium shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Amerilithium and Marathon Petroleum, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amerilithium	0	0	0	0	0.00
Marathon Petroleum	1	8	8	0	2.41

Marathon Petroleum has a consensus target price of $183.93, indicating a potential upside of 11.16%. Given Marathon Petroleum’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marathon Petroleum is more favorable than Amerilithium.

Profitability

This table compares Amerilithium and Marathon Petroleum’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amerilithium	N/A	N/A	N/A
Marathon Petroleum	1.75%	8.89%	2.75%

Summary

Marathon Petroleum beats Amerilithium on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Amerilithium

Patten Energy Solutions Group, Inc., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, mining, and production of energy and mineral properties. The company primarily explores for lithium carbonate and other minerals. It holds interests in a portfolio of properties covering approximately 31,020 acres located in the United States and Australia. Patten Energy Solutions Group, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Dolton, Illinois.

About Marathon Petroleum

Marathon Petroleum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated downstream energy company primarily in the United States. The company operates through Refining & Marketing, and Midstream segments. The Refining & Marketing segment refines crude oil and other feedstocks at its refineries in the Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, and West Coast regions of the United States; and purchases refined products and ethanol for resale and distributes refined products, including renewable diesel, through transportation, storage, distribution, and marketing services. Its refined products include transportation fuels, such as reformulated gasolines and blend-grade gasolines; heavy fuel oil; and asphalt. This segment also manufactures propane and petrochemicals. It sells refined products to wholesale marketing customers in the United States and internationally, buyers on the spot market, and independent entrepreneurs who operate primarily Marathon branded outlets, as well as through long-term fuel supply contracts to direct dealer locations primarily under the ARCO brand. The Midstream segment transports, stores, distributes, and markets crude oil and refined products through refining logistics assets, pipelines, terminals, towboats, and barges; gathers, processes, and transports natural gas; and gathers, transports, fractionates, stores, and markets natural gas liquids. Marathon Petroleum Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Findlay, Ohio.