Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) open the trading on Thursday, with great promise as it jumped 0.76% to $177.04, before settling in for the price of $175.70 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, VLO posted a 52-week range of $104.18-$184.79.
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The company of the Energy sector’s yearbook sales growth during the past 5- year span was recorded 13.02%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 27.90%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -32.04%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $333.30 million, simultaneously with a float of $330.76 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $58.86 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $154.58, while the 200-day Moving Average is $135.39.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) Ownership Facts and Figures
Sometimes it helps to make our mind if we keep our tabs on how bigger investors are working with the stock of the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry. Valero Energy Corp.’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.52%, in contrast to 79.95% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Aug 14 ’23, this organization’s Director sold 75,580 shares at the rate of 135.99, making the entire transaction reach 10,278,389 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 621,872.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) Earnings and Revenue Records
So, what does the last quarter earnings report of the company that was made public on 12/30/2023 suggests? It has posted $3.55 earnings per share (EPS) beating the forecaster’s viewpoint (set at $2.96) by $0.59. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 5.64 per share during the current fiscal year.
Valero Energy Corp.’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -32.04% and is forecasted to reach 14.21 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will decrease by -5.50% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 27.90% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Valero Energy Corp. (VLO). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.11. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 4.24. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $7.16, and its Beta score is 1.53. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.41. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 7.08.
In the same vein, VLO’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 24.74, a figure that is expected to reach 3.13 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 14.21 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Valero Energy Corp. (VLO)
[Valero Energy Corp., VLO] recent stats showed that its last 5-days Average volume was poorer than the volume it posted in the year-ago period. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 54.41% While, its Average True Range was 4.22.
Raw Stochastic average of Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 88.00%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 59.55% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 21.85% that was lower than 26.01% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
