Stock Analysis on Net

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:MPC)

Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios 
Quarterly Data

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Short-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

Marathon Petroleum Corp., short-term (operating) activity ratios (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Turnover Ratios
Inventory turnover 12.97 13.37 13.18 13.80 12.77 13.99 14.21 17.18 15.28 12.76 13.08 13.66 10.32 9.25 7.91 8.22 10.24 10.69 14.05 10.76
Receivables turnover 13.95 12.01 11.10 12.77 12.19 15.26 17.18 13.17 12.85 9.22 8.64 10.87 10.79 8.98 9.41 12.11 16.88 22.14 21.12 15.75
Payables turnover 10.05 8.82 8.33 9.34 8.18 10.22 11.20 9.91 9.01 6.27 6.27 8.03 7.79 6.75 6.68 8.42 11.31 14.15 12.91 9.48
Working capital turnover 29.09 20.12 15.44 12.38 10.45 10.63 11.29 11.66 12.38 11.41 12.01 9.52 5.95 4.60 4.92 5.53 6.93 30.75 55.50 30.81
Average No. Days
Average inventory processing period 28 27 28 26 29 26 26 21 24 29 28 27 35 39 46 44 36 34 26 34
Add: Average receivable collection period 26 30 33 29 30 24 21 28 28 40 42 34 34 41 39 30 22 16 17 23
Operating cycle 54 57 61 55 59 50 47 49 52 69 70 61 69 80 85 74 58 50 43 57
Less: Average payables payment period 36 41 44 39 45 36 33 37 41 58 58 45 47 54 55 43 32 26 28 38
Cash conversion cycle 18 16 17 16 14 14 14 12 11 11 12 16 22 26 30 31 26 24 15 19

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Inventory turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by inventory. Marathon Petroleum Corp. inventory turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. Marathon Petroleum Corp. receivables turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. Marathon Petroleum Corp. payables turnover ratio increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Working capital turnover An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. Marathon Petroleum Corp. working capital turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average inventory processing period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by inventory turnover over the period.
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. Marathon Petroleum Corp. number of days of receivables outstanding improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Operating cycle Equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period. Marathon Petroleum Corp. operating cycle improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. Marathon Petroleum Corp. number of days of payables outstanding decreased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Cash conversion cycle A financial metric that measures the length of time required for a company to convert cash invested in its operations to cash received as a result of its operations; equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period minus average payables payment period. Marathon Petroleum Corp. cash conversion cycle improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Inventory Turnover

Marathon Petroleum Corp., inventory turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Cost of revenues 32,144 33,945 29,593 32,582 34,928 31,762 29,294 33,575 38,821 44,207 35,068 32,184 29,563 27,177 21,084 17,216 16,673 11,502 20,342 27,301 27,300 29,682 25,960
Inventories 9,886 9,800 9,781 9,317 10,143 9,536 10,268 8,827 9,834 11,048 9,482 8,055 9,211 8,879 8,407 7,999 7,403 8,086 7,445 10,243 9,696 9,088 9,833
Short-term Activity Ratio
Inventory turnover1 12.97 13.37 13.18 13.80 12.77 13.99 14.21 17.18 15.28 12.76 13.08 13.66 10.32 9.25 7.91 8.22 10.24 10.69 14.05 10.76
Benchmarks
Inventory Turnover, Competitors2
Chevron Corp. 19.95 18.80 19.58 22.86 21.48 23.28 25.16 28.58 25.22 26.71 27.10 24.68 21.96 18.60 17.05 16.64 18.34 20.86 20.59 23.92
ConocoPhillips 36.92 39.01 38.24 40.16 45.23 53.99 60.05 64.39 61.22 52.97 45.80 37.94 34.71 25.71 20.45 18.75 20.31 24.82 40.74 31.74
Exxon Mobil Corp. 14.24 13.90 14.11 13.32 14.16 15.02 16.69 16.32 16.05 14.93 13.84 14.73 12.30 11.14 9.86 9.47 10.95 10.88 15.09 13.79
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 11.93 9.64 12.67 13.97 14.84 15.60 15.37 17.79 18.75 21.57 20.63 14.06 12.52 10.63 7.59 9.38 12.01 14.56 16.02 14.09
Valero Energy Corp. 18.23 16.32 16.36 17.39 18.02 20.28 20.76 23.64 23.61 20.24 17.64 17.69 15.05 13.32 10.66 10.87 13.94 15.61 28.30 14.76

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Inventory turnover = (Cost of revenuesQ3 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ2 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ1 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ4 2023) ÷ Inventories
= (32,144 + 33,945 + 29,593 + 32,582) ÷ 9,886 = 12.97

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Inventory turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by inventory. Marathon Petroleum Corp. inventory turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Receivables Turnover

Marathon Petroleum Corp., receivables turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Sales and other operating revenues 35,107 37,914 32,706 36,255 40,917 36,343 34,864 39,813 45,787 53,795 38,058 35,336 32,321 29,615 22,711 17,972 17,408 12,195 22,204 31,092 31,043 33,547 28,267
Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts 10,180 12,307 13,171 11,619 12,469 10,274 10,143 13,477 13,458 17,305 15,661 11,034 9,511 9,771 7,468 5,760 4,911 4,361 5,583 7,872 7,461 7,603 6,893
Short-term Activity Ratio
Receivables turnover1 13.95 12.01 11.10 12.77 12.19 15.26 17.18 13.17 12.85 9.22 8.64 10.87 10.79 8.98 9.41 12.11 16.88 22.14 21.12 15.75
Benchmarks
Receivables Turnover, Competitors2
Chevron Corp. 9.90 9.49 9.54 9.88 9.21 11.10 12.21 11.52 10.11 7.67 7.60 8.45 8.12 7.39 6.79 8.24 10.72 13.42 13.32 10.50
ConocoPhillips 11.53 10.68 10.14 10.28 10.60 14.77 14.31 11.09 10.23 8.09 6.89 7.00 6.78 6.65 5.17 7.13 10.59 17.42 13.98 9.97
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 6.92 6.96 8.26 8.84 7.98 11.07 10.85 8.56 8.98 5.31 5.34 6.17 6.39 5.94 5.41 8.42 9.57 9.12 9.36 3.20

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Receivables turnover = (Sales and other operating revenuesQ3 2024 + Sales and other operating revenuesQ2 2024 + Sales and other operating revenuesQ1 2024 + Sales and other operating revenuesQ4 2023) ÷ Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts
= (35,107 + 37,914 + 32,706 + 36,255) ÷ 10,180 = 13.95

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. Marathon Petroleum Corp. receivables turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Payables Turnover

Marathon Petroleum Corp., payables turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Cost of revenues 32,144 33,945 29,593 32,582 34,928 31,762 29,294 33,575 38,821 44,207 35,068 32,184 29,563 27,177 21,084 17,216 16,673 11,502 20,342 27,301 27,300 29,682 25,960
Accounts payable 12,763 14,865 15,471 13,761 15,839 13,052 13,031 15,312 16,682 22,502 19,791 13,700 12,196 12,170 9,953 7,803 6,701 6,110 8,106 11,623 11,380 10,905 10,568
Short-term Activity Ratio
Payables turnover1 10.05 8.82 8.33 9.34 8.18 10.22 11.20 9.91 9.01 6.27 6.27 8.03 7.79 6.75 6.68 8.42 11.31 14.15 12.91 9.48
Benchmarks
Payables Turnover, Competitors2
Chevron Corp. 9.68 9.38 9.16 9.64 9.35 11.48 12.94 12.44 10.46 8.28 8.78 9.46 8.79 7.88 7.45 8.63 10.93 13.94 12.30 9.92
ConocoPhillips 10.70 11.14 10.82 11.04 11.72 14.52 14.88 12.84 12.02 11.18 11.03 9.16 8.83 8.15 5.94 7.04 9.47 11.83 10.20 10.25
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 6.90 6.33 7.06 7.75 7.50 8.87 10.11 9.09 9.78 6.49 6.22 6.66 5.98 5.51 4.83 5.96 7.43 7.09 5.98 2.91
Valero Energy Corp. 11.16 8.99 10.39 10.49 10.15 13.04 14.75 12.54 12.04 8.69 8.31 8.87 9.54 8.00 6.88 10.79 14.26 18.19 17.61 10.15

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Payables turnover = (Cost of revenuesQ3 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ2 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ1 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ4 2023) ÷ Accounts payable
= (32,144 + 33,945 + 29,593 + 32,582) ÷ 12,763 = 10.05

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. Marathon Petroleum Corp. payables turnover ratio increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Working Capital Turnover

Marathon Petroleum Corp., working capital turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Current assets 25,949 31,347 31,260 32,131 36,275 32,213 32,486 35,242 35,285 42,413 36,388 30,496 34,143 38,592 30,361 28,287 26,200 14,643 15,693 20,170 19,139 18,396 18,151
Less: Current liabilities 21,068 24,000 21,787 20,150 21,735 17,466 17,057 20,020 21,314 28,437 25,120 17,898 16,898 19,512 16,085 15,663 14,246 11,504 13,569 16,147 15,339 14,890 15,147
Working capital 4,881 7,347 9,473 11,981 14,540 14,747 15,429 15,222 13,971 13,976 11,268 12,598 17,245 19,080 14,276 12,624 11,954 3,139 2,124 4,023 3,800 3,506 3,004
 
Sales and other operating revenues 35,107 37,914 32,706 36,255 40,917 36,343 34,864 39,813 45,787 53,795 38,058 35,336 32,321 29,615 22,711 17,972 17,408 12,195 22,204 31,092 31,043 33,547 28,267
Short-term Activity Ratio
Working capital turnover1 29.09 20.12 15.44 12.38 10.45 10.63 11.29 11.66 12.38 11.41 12.01 9.52 5.95 4.60 4.92 5.53 6.93 30.75 55.50 30.81
Benchmarks
Working Capital Turnover, Competitors2
Chevron Corp. 78.58 36.88 25.72 22.20 23.91 16.54 15.89 14.61 15.53 17.08 13.09 22.40 19.37 24.04 32.46 24.25 20.28 39.55 414.01 77.75
ConocoPhillips 17.16 16.55 15.51 12.98 8.76 16.88 16.56 13.30 11.63 9.84 9.02 11.37 3.72 3.24 3.02 2.80 3.27 3.51 4.18 3.30
Exxon Mobil Corp. 13.95 13.37 12.07 10.70 11.56 12.16 12.91 13.95 15.33 26.98 59.06 110.19
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 2,087.46 69.01 50.58 32.45 44.63 49.75 21.36 13.76 28.72 5.99 11.43 29.88 102.74 10.72 5.46
Valero Energy Corp. 15.50 15.92 14.71 15.37 16.82 17.97 21.87 26.44 31.24 28.60 37.33 26.42 21.15 15.70 12.04 9.89 10.44 16.04 38.84 18.65

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Working capital turnover = (Sales and other operating revenuesQ3 2024 + Sales and other operating revenuesQ2 2024 + Sales and other operating revenuesQ1 2024 + Sales and other operating revenuesQ4 2023) ÷ Working capital
= (35,107 + 37,914 + 32,706 + 36,255) ÷ 4,881 = 29.09

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Working capital turnover An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. Marathon Petroleum Corp. working capital turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Average Inventory Processing Period

Marathon Petroleum Corp., average inventory processing period calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data
Inventory turnover 12.97 13.37 13.18 13.80 12.77 13.99 14.21 17.18 15.28 12.76 13.08 13.66 10.32 9.25 7.91 8.22 10.24 10.69 14.05 10.76
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average inventory processing period1 28 27 28 26 29 26 26 21 24 29 28 27 35 39 46 44 36 34 26 34
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Inventory Processing Period, Competitors2
Chevron Corp. 18 19 19 16 17 16 15 13 14 14 13 15 17 20 21 22 20 17 18 15
ConocoPhillips 10 9 10 9 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 10 11 14 18 19 18 15 9 11
Exxon Mobil Corp. 26 26 26 27 26 24 22 22 23 24 26 25 30 33 37 39 33 34 24 26
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 31 38 29 26 25 23 24 21 19 17 18 26 29 34 48 39 30 25 23 26
Valero Energy Corp. 20 22 22 21 20 18 18 15 15 18 21 21 24 27 34 34 26 23 13 25

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Average inventory processing period = 365 ÷ Inventory turnover
= 365 ÷ 12.97 = 28

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average inventory processing period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by inventory turnover over the period.

Average Receivable Collection Period

Marathon Petroleum Corp., average receivable collection period calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data
Receivables turnover 13.95 12.01 11.10 12.77 12.19 15.26 17.18 13.17 12.85 9.22 8.64 10.87 10.79 8.98 9.41 12.11 16.88 22.14 21.12 15.75
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average receivable collection period1 26 30 33 29 30 24 21 28 28 40 42 34 34 41 39 30 22 16 17 23
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Receivable Collection Period, Competitors2
Chevron Corp. 37 38 38 37 40 33 30 32 36 48 48 43 45 49 54 44 34 27 27 35
ConocoPhillips 32 34 36 36 34 25 26 33 36 45 53 52 54 55 71 51 34 21 26 37
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 53 52 44 41 46 33 34 43 41 69 68 59 57 61 67 43 38 40 39 114

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Average receivable collection period = 365 ÷ Receivables turnover
= 365 ÷ 13.95 = 26

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. Marathon Petroleum Corp. number of days of receivables outstanding improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Operating Cycle

Marathon Petroleum Corp., operating cycle calculation (quarterly data)

No. days

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data
Average inventory processing period 28 27 28 26 29 26 26 21 24 29 28 27 35 39 46 44 36 34 26 34
Average receivable collection period 26 30 33 29 30 24 21 28 28 40 42 34 34 41 39 30 22 16 17 23
Short-term Activity Ratio
Operating cycle1 54 57 61 55 59 50 47 49 52 69 70 61 69 80 85 74 58 50 43 57
Benchmarks
Operating Cycle, Competitors2
Chevron Corp. 55 57 57 53 57 49 45 45 50 62 61 58 62 69 75 66 54 44 45 50
ConocoPhillips 42 43 46 45 42 32 32 39 42 52 61 62 65 69 89 70 52 36 35 48
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 84 90 73 67 71 56 58 64 60 86 86 85 86 95 115 82 68 65 62 140

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Operating cycle = Average inventory processing period + Average receivable collection period
= 28 + 26 = 54

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Operating cycle Equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period. Marathon Petroleum Corp. operating cycle improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Average Payables Payment Period

Marathon Petroleum Corp., average payables payment period calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data
Payables turnover 10.05 8.82 8.33 9.34 8.18 10.22 11.20 9.91 9.01 6.27 6.27 8.03 7.79 6.75 6.68 8.42 11.31 14.15 12.91 9.48
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average payables payment period1 36 41 44 39 45 36 33 37 41 58 58 45 47 54 55 43 32 26 28 38
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Payables Payment Period, Competitors2
Chevron Corp. 38 39 40 38 39 32 28 29 35 44 42 39 42 46 49 42 33 26 30 37
ConocoPhillips 34 33 34 33 31 25 25 28 30 33 33 40 41 45 61 52 39 31 36 36
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 53 58 52 47 49 41 36 40 37 56 59 55 61 66 76 61 49 51 61 126
Valero Energy Corp. 33 41 35 35 36 28 25 29 30 42 44 41 38 46 53 34 26 20 21 36

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Average payables payment period = 365 ÷ Payables turnover
= 365 ÷ 10.05 = 36

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. Marathon Petroleum Corp. number of days of payables outstanding decreased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Cash Conversion Cycle

Marathon Petroleum Corp., cash conversion cycle calculation (quarterly data)

No. days

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data
Average inventory processing period 28 27 28 26 29 26 26 21 24 29 28 27 35 39 46 44 36 34 26 34
Average receivable collection period 26 30 33 29 30 24 21 28 28 40 42 34 34 41 39 30 22 16 17 23
Average payables payment period 36 41 44 39 45 36 33 37 41 58 58 45 47 54 55 43 32 26 28 38
Short-term Activity Ratio
Cash conversion cycle1 18 16 17 16 14 14 14 12 11 11 12 16 22 26 30 31 26 24 15 19
Benchmarks
Cash Conversion Cycle, Competitors2
Chevron Corp. 17 18 17 15 18 17 17 16 15 18 19 19 20 23 26 24 21 18 15 13
ConocoPhillips 8 10 12 12 11 7 7 11 12 19 28 22 24 24 28 18 13 5 -1 12
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 31 32 21 20 22 15 22 24 23 30 27 30 25 29 39 21 19 14 1 14

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Cash conversion cycle = Average inventory processing period + Average receivable collection period – Average payables payment period
= 28 + 2636 = 18

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Cash conversion cycle A financial metric that measures the length of time required for a company to convert cash invested in its operations to cash received as a result of its operations; equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period minus average payables payment period. Marathon Petroleum Corp. cash conversion cycle improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.