On Tuesday, Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) was 0.15% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $135.50. A 52-week range for VLO has been $119.88 – $184.79.
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A company in the Energy sector has jumped its sales by 13.02% annually for the last half of the decade. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -63.90%. With a float of $318.74 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $333.30 million.
In an organization with 9908 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 6.35%, operating margin of 5.59%, and the pretax margin is 5.65%.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Valero Energy Corp. stocks. The insider ownership of Valero Energy Corp. is 0.51%, while institutional ownership is 83.60%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 09 ’24, was worth 113,850. In this transaction Director of this company sold 720 shares at a rate of $158.12, taking the stock ownership to the 13,314 shares.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) Latest Financial update
Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 6/30/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 7.49 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at 7.47) by 0.02. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.09 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -63.90% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 1.00% during the next five years compared to 27.90% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.04. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.31. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 5.44.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 17.50, a number that is poised to hit 0.98 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 10.82 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Valero Energy Corp. (VLO)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 2.05 million. That was inferior than the volume of 2.98 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 17.49%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.85.
During the past 100 days, Valero Energy Corp.’s (VLO) raw stochastic average was set at 14.27%, which indicates a significant increase from 11.24% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 43.24% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 31.88% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $139.23, while its 200-day Moving Average is $149.48. However, in the short run, Valero Energy Corp.’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $136.62. Second resistance stands at $137.52. The third major resistance level sits at $138.56. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $134.68, it is likely to go to the next support level at $133.64. The third support level lies at $132.74 if the price breaches the second support level.
Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) Key Stats
There are 326,996K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 43.48 billion. As of now, sales total 144,766 M while income totals 8,835 M. Its latest quarter income was 34,490 M while its last quarter net income were 880,000 K.
