Marathon Oil (Marathon Oil) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.48 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Marathon Oil's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,050 Mil. Marathon Oil's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,378 Mil. Marathon Oil's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11,205 Mil. Marathon Oil's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.48.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Marathon Oil's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

MRO' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.3 Med: 0.45 Max: 0.52
Current: 0.48

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Marathon Oil was 0.52. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 0.45.

MRO's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
52.16% of 834 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.43 vs MRO: 0.48

Marathon Oil Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Marathon Oil's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Marathon Oil Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.45

0.51

0.38

0.52

0.48

Marathon Oil Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																0.52	0.51	0.52	0.51	0.48

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Marathon Oil's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Marathon Oil Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Marathon Oil's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Marathon Oil's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Marathon Oil Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Marathon Oil's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(2050	+	3378)	/	11205
	=	0.48

Marathon Oil's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(2050	+	3378)	/	11205
	=	0.48

Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Marathon Oil (Marathon Oil) Business Description

Industry

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Address

990 Town and Country Boulevard, Houston, TX, USA, 77024-2217

Website

https://www.marathonoil.com

Marathon is an independent exploration and production company primarily focusing on unconventional resources in the United States. At the end of 2022, the company reported net proved reserves of 1.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Net production averaged 343 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2022 at a ratio of 70% oil and NGLs and 30% natural gas.

Executives

Dane E Whitehead	officer: Executive VP and CFO	C/O MARATHON OIL CORPORATION, 5555 SAN FELIPE ST, HOUSTON TX 77056
Michael A Henderson	officer: Senior VP, Operations	C/O MARATHON OIL CORPORATION, 5555 SAN FELIPE ST, HOUSTON TX 77056
Patrick Wagner	officer: See Remarks	1401 MC KINNEY ST., SUITE 2400, HOUSTON TX 77010
Lee M Tillman	director, officer: President and CEO	C/O MARATHON OIL CORPORATION, 5555 SAN FELIPE ST., HOUSTON TX 77056
Rob L. White	officer: VP, Controller & CAO	C/O MARATHON OIL CORPORATION, 990 TOWN & COUNTRY BOULEVARD, HOUSTON TX 77024
Shawn D. Williams	director	24955 INTERSTATE 45 N, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Mark A Mccollum	director	3000 NORTH SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY E., HOUSTON TX 77002
Kimberly O. Warnica	officer: Senior VP & General Counsel	505 TRAILS END, HOUSTON TX 77024
Gary Eugene Wilson	officer: VP, Controller & CAO	C/O MARATHON OIL CORPORATION, 5555 SAN FELIPE ST., HOUSTON TX 77056
Holli C. Ladhani	director	2800 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 4500, HOUSTON TX 77056
Brent J Smolik	director	1001 NOBLE ENERGY WAY, HOUSTON TX 77070
James Kent Wells	director	1700 LINCOLN STREET, SUITE 2800, DENVER CO 80203-4535
Jason Few	director	2201 COLQUITT STREET, HOUSTON TX 77098
Thomas Mitchell Little	officer: Executive VP - Operations	C/O MARATHON OIL CORPORATION, 5555 SAN FELIPE ST, HOUSTON TX 77056
M Elise Hyland	director	625 LIBERTY AVENUE, SUITE 1700, C/O EQT CORPORATION, PITTSBURGH PA 15222