US Capital Advisors Has Negative Outlook of Mplx Q1 Earnings

Mplx Lp (NYSE:MPLX) – Equities research analysts at US Capital Advisors reduced their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Mplx in a research report issued on Monday, March 23rd. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now anticipates that the pipeline company will post earnings of $0.99 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast 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 $1.03 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.03 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.05 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.04 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.06 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $1.09 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $1.08 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $4.27 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $4.54 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Mplx from $58.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 10th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (a-)” rating on shares of Mplx in a report on Monday, December 29th. Raymond James Financial cut shares of Mplx from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, January 5th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Mplx from $59.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, March 13th. Finally, Citigroup raised their target price on Mplx from $54.00 to $55.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $61.56.

Mplx Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of Mplx stock opened at $59.19 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $60.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.28, a P/E/G ratio of 5.35 and a beta of 0.56. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $57.12 and a 200-day simple moving average of $53.80. Mplx has a 52-week low of $44.60 and a 52-week high of $59.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 1.23 and a quick ratio of 1.18.

Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The pipeline company reported $1.17 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.10 by $0.07. Mplx had a return on equity of 34.37% and a net margin of 37.79%.The firm had revenue of $5.99 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.23 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.07 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Mplx Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 9th were given a $1.0765 dividend. This represents a $4.31 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 9th. Mplx’s dividend payout ratio is currently 89.42%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Mplx

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in Mplx in the 2nd quarter valued at $26,000. Solstein Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Mplx during the 3rd quarter worth about $25,000. FSC Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Mplx during the second quarter valued at about $29,000. Operose Advisors LLC lifted 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. Finally, EQ Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Mplx in the fourth quarter valued at about $32,000. Institutional investors own 24.25% of the company’s stock.

Mplx Company Profile

MPLX LP (NYSE: MPLX) is a midstream master limited partnership that owns, operates and develops energy infrastructure primarily across the United States. The company provides a range of midstream services including the gathering, transportation, storage and distribution of crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs). MPLX also operates processing and fractionation facilities and supplies logistics services that connect producers, refiners and end-use markets.

The partnership’s asset base includes pipelines, storage terminals, rail and marine facilities, natural gas processing plants and NGL fractionators.