Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 3.52% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 14.12%. Currently, Marathon Petroleum has a market capitalization of $57.48 billion. Buying $1000 In MPC: If an investor had bought $1000 of MPC stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $3,692.98 today based on a price of $171.74 for MPC at the time of writing. Marathon Petroleum’s Performance Over Last 10 YearsFinally — what’s the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns c…