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Mplx LP

Pipe Lines (No Natural Gas)

$56.20
-1.95%
Market cap $57.0B

MPLX is a partnership that owns pipelines and gathering and processing assets with extensive holdings in the Appalachian and Permian regions.

It is a $57.0B industrial company. Revenue grew 8.7% over the last year, it keeps 36¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and its net debt equals ~7.0 years of free cash flow. It trades at 12.1× earnings — near the lowest of its own history.

Website
mplx.com
Location
Findlay, OH
Employees
5 762
Sector
Industrials
Founded
2018

Skills

Six independent scores, 0–100, built from reported numbers and valuation history. Click a row to see how it was scored.

Valuation85Growth52Profitability87Health24Quality66Moat50

Strong valuation and profitability; Health lags behind.

Valuation85
  • P/E vs own history9th pct · 25/25
  • FCF yield5.9% · 20/25
  • P/S4.3x · 20/25
  • EV/EBITDA11.2x · 20/25
Growth52
  • Revenue CAGR6.7% · 12/25
  • Net income CAGR12.6% · 20/25
  • EPS CAGR ~5Y12.9% · 20/25
  • Fwd implied growth-3.3% · 0/25
Profitability87
  • ROIC13.0% · 12/25
  • ROE33.4% · 25/25
  • Net margin36.1% · 25/25
  • Operating margin44.4% · 25/25
Health24
  • Altman Zn/a · 0/25
  • Current ratio0.89 · 6/25
  • Interest coverage6.2x · 18/25
  • Net cash / debtD/A 55% · 0/25
Quality66
  • Piotroski F8/9 · 25/25
  • Beneish M-2.42 · 20/25
  • FCF conversion70% · 15/25
  • Margin stabilityσ 21.3% · 6/25
Moat50
  • ROIC >12% years2/10 yrs · 0/25
  • Median gross margin72.9% · 25/25
  • FCF-positive years10/10 yrs · 25/25
  • Worst-year net marginworst -9.5% · 0/25

How the scores work →

Experience

The company's career so far — founding, the IPO, landmark products and acquisitions, plus revenue milestones and insider buying.

  1. FY2025Financial
    Best year on record
    $4.95B net income
  2. FY2021Financial
    Revenue crossed $10B
    $10.0B for the year
  3. 2019Milestone
    Season 2 became the only year thus…
  4. 2018Founded
    MPL Philippines was established as the premiere professional league for MLBB esports in the Philippines…
  5. FY2016Financial
    First recorded profitable year
    $233M net income
  6. FY2016Financial
    Revenue already above $1B
    $2.59B in first reported year
  7. FY2016Financial
    Positive free cash flow every year since
    10-year streak

Achievements

Verifiable track record, straight from the reported numbers.

#29 largest of 130 Industrials companies by market cap
$10 000 invested in 2021 would be worth ~$20 014 today — price return only
$13.0B revenue in FY2025
Revenue up 8.7% year over year
Profitable 5 years in a row
Positive free cash flow 10 years in a row
5 762 employees

Strengths & watch-outs

What a bull and a bear would each point to. Both lists come from the reported numbers, not opinions.

Strengths

  • High gross margin (59.7%)
  • Strongly profitable — 36.1% net margin
  • Strong cash conversion — FCF is 25.2% of revenue
  • Interest covered 6.2× by operating earnings
  • Piotroski F-Score 8/9 — fundamentally strong checklist

Watch-outs

  • Loss-making in 1 of the recent years
  • Net debt equals ~7.0 years of free cash flow

Qualifications

The basics a company should meet before you research it further. Each check uses the reported numbers.

9 of 11 checks passed
  • Revenue growing+8.7% YoY
  • Profitable$4.77B TTM
  • Profit growing+7.3% YoY
  • Generates cash$3.34B TTM
  • Debt under control~7.0y of cash flow to repay
  • Established company$57.0B market cap
  • Not printing shares-0.8% shares over ~5y
  • Proven track record9/10 profitable years
  • Financially stablehealth score 24/100
  • Pays a dividendyield 7.45%
  • Valuation not extremeP/E 12.1
Peer comparisonMplx LP vs 6 largest industrials peers — cap, P/E, growth and margin side by sideOpen ▾
CompanyMarket capP/ERevenue growthNet marginProfile
MPLX this company$57.0B12.1+8.7%36.1%Strained
LRCX Lam Research Corp$399.2B54.9+26.0%31.3%Strong
CAT Caterpillar Inc.$368.0B33.9+18.4%14.5%Solid
RTX RTX Corporation$251.3B32.4+11.8%8.3%Strained
DE Deere & Company$167.7B34.4+8.3%10.2%Solid
ETN Eaton Corporation, plc$167.2B43.6+15.5%12.8%Mixed
UNP Union Pacific Corp.$166.8B22.6+4.2%28.8%Strained

Head-to-head: MPLX vs LRCX · MPLX vs CAT · MPLX vs RTX

References

What covering analysts publish about the company — information only, not a recommendation.

Strong buy 3Buy 9Hold 8Sell 1

Appendix · Financial records

The full statements behind this CV, FY2016–FY2025. For readers who want to check the numbers.

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Figures are derived from company filings (quarterly values normalised from as-filed year-to-date data where applicable) and may be delayed, restated or incomplete. This page is information, not investment advice. Latest price $56.20 · market cap $57.0B.