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Marathon Oil (MRO) Beats Q2 Earnings, Down 1%

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Marathon Oil (MRO - Free Report) just released its Q2 2016 earnings results, posting earnings of -$0.23 per share and revenue of $1.3 billion.  

Currently, Marathon has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), but it is subject to change following the release of the company’s latest earnings report. Here are 5 key statistics from this just announced report below.

Marathon:

Beat earnings estimates. The company posted earnings of -$0.23 per share (Excluding $0.03 from non-recurring items), beating our Zacks Consensus Estimate of -$0.24.

Beat revenue estimates. The company saw revenue figures of $1.3 billion, beating our estimate of $1.19 billion. 

Second quarter total company production averaged 384,000 net boed, in line with guidance; U.S. resource play production averaged 189,000 net boed.

"Within six weeks of announcing our acquisition of high-quality assets in the STACK oil window, we've already closed the transaction and will accelerate an additional rig on this acreage in the third quarter while still decreasing our 2016 capital budget. This deal expands our inventory and further positions Marathon Oil for growth in Oklahoma at a competitive valuation. Coupled with recent non-core divestitures, we're delivering on our objective to further concentrate our capital allocation to the lower cost, higher margin U.S. resource plays," said Marathon Oil President and CEO Lee Tillman.

MRO was down $0.12, or 0.89%, to $13.30 as of 4:58 p.m. EDT in after-hours trading shortly after its earnings report was released.

Here’s a graph that looks at Marathon’s latest earnings performance:

MARATHON OIL CP Price and EPS Surprise

MARATHON OIL CP Price and EPS Surprise | MARATHON OIL CP Quote

Marathon Oil Corporation is an exploration and production company with extensive operations across four core regions - Africa, Middle East, Europe and North America

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