Marathon Oil’s Stable Steadiness Sheet & Shareholder Returns Immediate 30% Value Goal Hike By This Analyst

• Raymond James analyst John Freeman reiterated a Robust Purchase ranking on the shares of Marathon Oil Corp (NYSE: MRO) and raised the value goal from $37 to $48.

• The analyst stated Q3 earnings have been robust for Marathon, with manufacturing out of Delaware exceeding expectations.

• Buybacks impressed to the upside as the corporate paid out ~80% of operational money circulate for the quarter, he added.

• The one miss was on capex, Marathon needed to elevate their steering from $1.3 billion to $1.4 billion for the yr.

• Freeman believes Marathon stays in a wonderful place to be a pacesetter in shareholder returns, together with his up to date mannequin projecting a 13% yield on buybacks and a 15% complete yield when accounting for the bottom dividend.

• The analyst stated the corporate has a robust steadiness sheet and top-tier return technique.

• He thinks Marathon represented one of many few corporations in his protection with regular and rising per-share metrics, due to their extremely aggressive buyback program.

• Freeman specified that the corporate would construct money subsequent yr for debt discount, additional buybacks, and/or extra acquisitions.

• Value Motion: MRO shares are buying and selling decrease by 1.42% at $29.96 on the final verify Monday.

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