Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 13.0% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 26.79%. Currently, Marathon Petroleum has a market capitalization of $132.84 billion.

Buying $1000 In MPC: If an investor had bought $1000 of MPC stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $10,963.20 today based on a price of $458.81 for MPC at the time of writing.

Marathon Petroleum’s Performance Over Last 10 Years

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Finally — what’s the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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