MPLX Valuation

Is MPLX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MPLX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MPLX ($40.44) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($77.37)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MPLX is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MPLX?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

MPLX key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue5.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA11.3x
PEG Ratio2.1x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MPLX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MPLX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average17.4x
KMI Kinder Morgan
17.7x7.8%US$43.3b
WMB Williams Companies
16.8x3.1%US$50.6b
OKE ONEOK
20.7x9.3%US$47.3b
ET Energy Transfer
14.6x17.2%US$52.8b
MPLX MPLX
10.6x5.0%US$41.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MPLX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.6x) compared to the peer average (17.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MPLX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Oil and Gas Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a5.2%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MPLX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.6x) compared to the US Oil and Gas industry average (10.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MPLX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MPLX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.6x
Fair PE Ratio14.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MPLX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MPLX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$40.44
US$45.48
+12.5%
5.7%US$50.00US$41.00n/a16
May ’25US$41.59
US$44.95
+8.1%
5.4%US$49.00US$40.00n/a16
Apr ’25US$41.32
US$42.51
+2.9%
6.2%US$47.00US$38.00n/a17
Mar ’25US$39.00
US$42.33
+8.5%
6.7%US$47.00US$38.00n/a17
Feb ’25US$38.85
US$41.80
+7.6%
7.4%US$47.00US$36.00n/a17
Jan ’25US$36.72
US$40.62
+10.6%
6.6%US$45.00US$36.00n/a17
Dec ’24US$36.61
US$40.45
+10.5%
6.8%US$45.00US$36.00n/a17
Nov ’24US$36.06
US$40.45
+12.2%
6.8%US$45.00US$36.00n/a17
Oct ’24US$35.57
US$40.33
+13.4%
6.6%US$45.00US$36.00n/a15
Sep ’24US$35.00
US$40.29
+15.1%
6.9%US$45.00US$36.00n/a14
Aug ’24US$35.53
US$39.93
+12.4%
7.2%US$44.00US$34.00n/a14
Jul ’24US$33.94
US$39.57
+16.6%
7.4%US$44.00US$34.00n/a14
Jun ’24US$33.33
US$39.50
+18.5%
7.3%US$44.00US$34.00US$40.6814
May ’24US$34.88
US$39.14
+12.2%
6.7%US$44.00US$35.00US$41.5914
Apr ’24US$34.45
US$38.80
+12.6%
7.0%US$44.00US$34.00US$41.3215
Mar ’24US$34.48
US$38.53
+11.8%
6.8%US$44.00US$34.00US$39.0015
Feb ’24US$34.80
US$38.17
+9.7%
8.5%US$44.00US$31.00US$38.8515
Jan ’24US$32.84
US$37.75
+15.0%
8.4%US$44.00US$31.00US$36.7214
Dec ’23US$33.84
US$38.00
+12.3%
7.9%US$44.00US$31.00US$36.6113
Nov ’23US$34.49
US$37.31
+8.2%
8.8%US$43.00US$31.00US$36.0613
Oct ’23US$30.01
US$37.46
+24.8%
8.0%US$43.00US$31.00US$35.5713
Sep ’23US$32.38
US$37.08
+14.5%
8.6%US$43.00US$31.00US$35.0013
Aug ’23US$32.36
US$36.77
+13.6%
8.2%US$41.00US$30.00US$35.5313
Jul ’23US$29.66
US$36.88
+24.3%
7.5%US$41.00US$30.00US$33.9416
Jun ’23US$33.24
US$37.25
+12.1%
7.8%US$41.00US$30.00US$33.3316

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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