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MPLX LP (MPLX) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for MPLX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Energy in US: +3.6% week · +0.1% month · +15.3% quarter · +9.6% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta −0.03 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How MPLX has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −0.03 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), MPLX LP moved −0.03% on average · correlation −0.02 · higher than 8% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.14 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.67% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.41% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas Midstream · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas Midstream · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against MPLX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — MPLX LP

MPLX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
MPLX runs midstream energy infrastructure across the United States, moving and storing fuels rather than producing them. It works through two segments: one that gathers, transports and stores crude oil and refined products, and another that gathers, processes and fractionates natural gas and natural gas liquids. It also operates river barges that carry fuels and chemicals along the Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast, plus terminals that receive, blend and redeliver refined products by pipeline, rail, marine and truck. It is based in Findlay, Ohio, and operates as a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum.
Where it sits in the stack
MPLX holds no seat in Closelooknet's index. It sits in our Energy sleeve, on the midstream side of the US oil and gas universe, functioning as a logistics and storage operator rather than a producer or refiner.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with other US Energy names scored by the diary, including Cenovus Energy, YPF, Petrobras and Venture Global; the market also names Enterprise Products Partners as a comparison among midstream operators.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
MPLX carries a Closelooknet score across the diary's modules, with quality reading as its strongest module and valuation as its weakest; it holds no seat in Rubin or the diary's other indices.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the recent run of down sessions continues or whether the shares steady relative to their longer-term trend.

MPLX LP (MPLX) trades on US exchanges, classified under Energy.

The Closelooknet company score reads 53/100 composite (momentum 62, quality 78, valuation 53) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by RBC Capital, 2026-08-21

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for MPLX from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target RBC Capital — target 64 from 60 Target raised to $64 from $60 (+9.6% to spot) 2026-08-21

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 7.46%, quarterly · buybacks 400 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What MPLX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 4.31 USD per share · a 7.46% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +50.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.87 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.08 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-07
  • By calendar year 2025: 3.95 USD (partial) · 2026: 3.23 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-03
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 4.02 bn USD 95% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 400 m USD 0.7% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.2% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 4.42 bn USD · 108% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is MPLX LP (MPLX)?

MPLX LP trades as MPLX on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Energy in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is MPLX in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — MPLX LP is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

What is MPLX LP's Closelooknet composite score?

53 out of 100, with momentum 62, quality 78 and valuation 53 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does MPLX trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -1.3% vs the 50-day and +4.4% vs the 200-day average, 4.3% below the 52-week high and +30.6% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does MPLX LP compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Oil & Gas Midstream · US), MPLX LP (MPLX) sits 4.3% below its 52-week high, 1.3% below its 50-day average; Frontline Ltd (FRO) is 3.5% below, Plains GP Holdings LP (PAGP) is 8.6% below, Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA) is 8.8% below. Put any of them next to MPLX in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does MPLX LP trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year MPLX LP had a beta of −0.03 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 8% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.67% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does MPLX LP do?

MPLX runs midstream energy infrastructure across the United States, moving and storing fuels rather than producing them. It works through two segments: one that gathers, transports and stores crude oil and refined products, and another that gathers, processes and fractionates natural gas and natural gas liquids. It also operates river barges that carry fuels and chemicals along the Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast, plus terminals that receive, blend and redeliver refined products by pipeline, rail, marine and truck. Closelooknet's peer group places it with other US Energy names scored by the diary, including Cenovus Energy, YPF, Petrobras and Venture Global; the market also names Enterprise Products Partners as a comparison among midstream operators.

Where does MPLX LP sit in the AI build-out?

MPLX holds no seat in Closelooknet's index. It sits in our Energy sleeve, on the midstream side of the US oil and gas universe, functioning as a logistics and storage operator rather than a producer or refiner. MPLX carries a Closelooknet score across the diary's modules, with quality reading as its strongest module and valuation as its weakest; it holds no seat in Rubin or the diary's other indices.

Does MPLX LP pay a dividend?

MPLX LP has paid 4.31 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 7.46% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.08 USD on 2026-08-07. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 4.02 bn USD in dividends and bought back 400 m USD of its own shares, 108% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.2% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on MPLX LP recently?

The most recent analyst action on MPLX LP on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by RBC Capital on 2026-08-21 (target 64 from 60). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for MPLX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Oil & Gas Midstream. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.