Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. MPC scored 59.0, PARR scored 65.2 — PARR leads.
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MPC
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · Quality-Growth
59
$455.03 · $127.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
6.2
PARR leads
PARR
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · Quality-Growth
65.2
$81.89 · $4.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestPARR4.8x
Fastest growthMPC+15.0%
Strongest balance sheetPARR0.56
Highest qualityMPC80 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueMPC-66%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
MPC
stronger →← stronger
PARR
80
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
73
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
52
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
76
MPC and PARR split the three pillars evenly.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
MPC
PARR
$12.9bA-
FCF
$412mC
+15.0%B+
Rev
+13.2%B+
1.33C
D/E
0.56B
16.0xB
P/E
4.8xA
1.07B+
PEG
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Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
MPC
PARR
66% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
56% below
~-15%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-10%/yr
+156%
1-yr DCF upside
+101%
+192%
5-yr DCF upside
+128%
+257%
10-yr DCF upside
+173%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · market cap $127.8b. 3% off the 52-week high of $470.00. Revenue growing +15%, comfortably above the S&P median. 18 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $400.00 (implying -12% upside).
Moat
ROE 45% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 151% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $127.8b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Reserve-replacement treadmill — every barrel or ounce extracted has to be replaced through exploration or acquisition; underspending on replacement reserves shows up in production declines 2-3 years out.
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · market cap $4.1b. 8% off the 52-week high of $89.45. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $86.71 (implying +6% upside).
Moat
ROE 43% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
Jurisdictional + permitting risk — mining and extraction operations concentrate exposure to political stability, royalty regimes, and environmental review timelines that can stall production for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
The model favors PARR (68.3) over MPC (61.3) primarily due to its superior Value pillar score of 88, significantly outpacing MPC's 58. However, a contrarian might prefer MPC for its lower implied growth rate of -19%, suggesting less market optimism is priced in, though both companies exhibit cyclical growth.
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Where MPC and PARR diverge
On the headline score the gap is 6.2 points in favor of PARR. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueMPC 51.5 · PARR 75.9PARR +24.4
QualityMPC 79.6 · PARR 72.9MPC +6.7
GrowthMPC 50.0 · PARR 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is PARR or MPC the better stock?
PARR scores higher: PARR 65.2, MPC 59.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do PARR and MPC differ most?
The widest gap is value, where PARR leads by 24 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are PARR and MPC scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.