A new trading day began on Friday, with Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) stock price down -1.19% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $129.76. VLO’s price has ranged from $119.88 to $184.79 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Energy sector was 13.02%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -65.08%. With a float of $314.96 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $333.30 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 9908 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 4.37%, operating margin of 3.6%, and the pretax margin is 3.66%.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing Industry. The insider ownership of Valero Energy Corp is 0.51%, while institutional ownership is 84.41%. 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) Earnings and Forecasts
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 3.55 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.66 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -65.08% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -9.00% 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
Here are Valero Energy Corp’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.11. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.30. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 6.69.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 11.15, a number that is poised to hit 0.86 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 10.14 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Valero Energy Corp (VLO)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 2.98 million, its volume of 2.82 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 17.44%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.74.
During the past 100 days, Valero Energy Corp’s (VLO) raw stochastic average was set at 2.80%, which indicates a significant decrease from 10.58% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.95% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 31.61% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $136.67, while its 200-day Moving Average is $149.58. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $130.78 in the near term. At $133.34, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $134.90. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $126.67, it is likely to go to the next support level at $125.11. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $122.55.
Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 40.11 billion, the company has a total of 320,380K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 144,766 M while annual income is 8,835 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 32,876 M while its latest quarter income was 364,000 K.
