Let’s look at the key reasons that are pushing Phillips 66 (PSX) to new highs

Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) kicked off on Monday, up 0.56% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $128.17. Over the past 52 weeks, PSX has traded in a range of $107.85-$174.08.

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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Energy Sector giant was 14.03%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -51.39%. With a float of $417.46 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $430.46 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 14000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 7.64%, operating margin of 4.32%, and the pretax margin is 4.51%.

Phillips 66 (PSX) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing Industry. The insider ownership of Phillips 66 is 0.27%, while institutional ownership is 75.68%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 15 ’24, was worth 4,170,411. In this transaction Exec. VP and CFO of this company sold 30,000 shares at a rate of $139.01, taking the stock ownership to the 81,937 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 15 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 30,000 for $139.01, making the entire transaction worth $4,170,411.

Phillips 66 (PSX) Recent Fiscal highlights

In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 6/30/2024, the organization reported 4.63 earnings per share (EPS), lower than consensus estimate (set at 4.76) by -0.13. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.71 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -51.39% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 12.00% during the next five years compared to 5.58% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Phillips 66’s (PSX) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.79. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.35. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 12.69.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 11.65, a number that is poised to hit 1.65 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 10.91 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Phillips 66 (PSX)

Looking closely at Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX), its last 5-days average volume was 2.17 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 2.67 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 24.26%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.87.

During the past 100 days, Phillips 66’s (PSX) raw stochastic average was set at 19.43%, which indicates a significant decrease from 31.81% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 18.91% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 25.91% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $132.20, while its 200-day Moving Average is $141.78. However, in the short run, Phillips 66’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $130.34. Second resistance stands at $131.80. The third major resistance level sits at $134.43. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $126.25, it is likely to go to the next support level at $123.62. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $122.16.

Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 53.95 billion has total of 423,952K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 147,399 M in contrast with the sum of 7,015 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 38,129 M and last quarter income was 1,015 M.