Q1 Earnings Forecast for Mplx Issued By US Capital Advisors

Mplx Lp (NYSE:MPLX) – Stock analysts at US Capital Advisors dropped their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Mplx in a research note issued on Tuesday, November 25th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now forecasts that the pipeline company will post earnings of $0.99 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.01. The consensus estimate for Mplx’s current full-year earnings is $4.41 per share. US Capital Advisors also issued estimates for Mplx’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.00 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.02 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.07 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.28 EPS.

MPLX has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Wall Street Zen cut Mplx from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 2nd. Zacks Research upgraded Mplx from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target 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. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on shares of Mplx from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of Mplx from $57.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $59.33.

Mplx Stock Performance

Shares of Mplx stock opened at $53.66 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $50.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $50.91. Mplx has a one year low of $44.60 and a one year high of $54.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 1.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $54.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.37 and a beta of 0.71.

Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 4th. The pipeline company reported $1.52 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.45. Mplx had a net margin of 37.61% and a return on equity of 34.14%. The company had revenue of $2.95 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.16 billion.

Institutional Trading of Mplx

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Mplx during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in Mplx during the second quarter valued at $26,000. Solstein Capital LLC bought a new position in Mplx during the third quarter valued at $25,000. FSC Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Mplx in the second quarter worth $29,000. Finally, Operose Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Mplx by 216.2% in the second quarter. Operose Advisors LLC now owns 585 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 400 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 24.25% of the company’s stock.

Mplx Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 14th. Investors of record on Friday, November 7th were issued a $1.0765 dividend. This is an increase from Mplx’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.96. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 7th. This represents a $4.31 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.0%. Mplx’s payout ratio is presently 91.31%.

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.