Q3 Earnings Estimate for MPLX Issued By US Capital Advisors

MPLX LP (NYSE:MPLX) – US Capital Advisors issued their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of MPLX in a research note issued on Tuesday, October 28th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker forecasts that the pipeline company will post earnings of $1.04 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for MPLX’s current full-year earnings is $4.41 per share. US Capital Advisors also issued estimates for MPLX’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.02 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.19 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.01 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.03 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.06 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.06 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.16 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.38 EPS.

MPLX has been the subject of a number of other reports. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of MPLX from $52.00 to $53.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 11th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of MPLX from $57.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of MPLX from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of MPLX from $60.00 to $59.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of MPLX from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 2nd. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $57.50.

MPLX Price Performance

Shares of MPLX opened at $50.54 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $51.50 billion, a PE ratio of 12.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a current ratio of 1.03, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.40. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $50.16 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $50.66. MPLX has a 1-year low of $44.07 and a 1-year high of $54.87.

MPLX (NYSE:MPLX) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The pipeline company reported $1.03 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.08 by ($0.05). The company had revenue of $2.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.13 billion. MPLX had a net margin of 35.44% and a return on equity of 30.95%. MPLX’s quarterly revenue was down 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.15 earnings per share.

MPLX Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 14th. Investors of record on Friday, November 7th will be issued a $1.0765 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 7th. This represents a $4.31 annualized dividend and a yield of 8.5%. This is an increase from MPLX’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.96. MPLX’s payout ratio is currently 90.97%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of MPLX. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC purchased a new stake in MPLX in the 2nd quarter worth $776,894,000. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP lifted its stake in MPLX by 38.2% in the 1st quarter. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP now owns 7,788,063 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $416,817,000 after purchasing an additional 2,153,490 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in MPLX by 8.3% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,873,619 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $508,590,000 after purchasing an additional 757,569 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in MPLX by 14.9% in the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 5,045,968 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $270,060,000 after purchasing an additional 654,489 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northside Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of MPLX during the 2nd quarter valued at about $30,497,000. Institutional investors own 24.25% of the company’s stock.

About MPLX

MPLX LP engages in the operation of midstream energy infrastructure and logistics assets, and distribution fuels services. It operates through the Crude Oil and Products Logistics and Natural Gas and NGL Services segments. The Crude Oil and Products Logistics segment transports, stores, distributes, and markets crude oil, asphalt, refined petroleum products, and water.