On Friday, Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) opened lower -0.14% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $141.11. Price fluctuations for VLO have ranged from $120.21 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%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -65.60% at the time writing. With a float of $314.95 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) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Valero Energy Corp is 0.52%, while institutional ownership is 83.50%. 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) Recent Fiscal highlights
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -65.60% 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
Check out the current performance indicators for Valero Energy Corp (VLO). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.11. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.33. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 7.43.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 11.15, a number that is poised to hit 0.72 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 9.61 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Valero Energy Corp (VLO)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 2.94 million, its volume of 2.34 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 62.12%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.47.
During the past 100 days, Valero Energy Corp’s (VLO) raw stochastic average was set at 33.98%, which indicates a significant decrease from 75.60% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 26.72% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 32.47% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $136.59, while its 200-day Moving Average is $149.74. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $142.43 in the near term. At $143.94, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $145.43. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $139.42, it is likely to go to the next support level at $137.93. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $136.42.
Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) Key Stats
There are currently 316,585K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 44.55 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 144,766 M according to its annual income of 8,835 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 32,876 M and its income totaled 364,000 K.
