Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) on Friday, plunged -8.40% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $114.29. Within the past 52 weeks, VLO’s price has moved between $114.01 and $184.79.
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A company in the Energy sector has jumped its sales by 12.44% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -11.33%. With a float of $312.71 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $314.86 million.
In an organization with 9922 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 3.55%, operating margin of 2.8%, and the pretax margin is 2.85%.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) Insider Updates
Observing investor behavior towards Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Valero Energy Corp is 0.55%, while institutional ownership is 84.59%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 18 ’25, was worth 10,483,897. Before that another transaction happened on May 09 ’24, when Company’s Director sold 720 for $158.12, making the entire transaction worth $113,850. This insider now owns 13,314 shares in total.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.66 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -11.33% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 22.12% during the next five years compared to 7.96% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) Trading Performance Indicators
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.03 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.25. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 5.70.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 8.49, a number that is poised to hit 0.66 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 11.29 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 4.92 million. That was better than the volume of 3.46 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 20.54%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.83.
During the past 100 days, Valero Energy Corp’s (VLO) raw stochastic average was set at 4.97%, which indicates a significant decrease from 6.00% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 72.39% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 41.43% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $132.01, while its 200-day Moving Average is $137.62. However, in the short run, Valero Energy Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $109.79. Second resistance stands at $114.90. The third major resistance level sits at $118.49. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $101.09, it is likely to go to the next support level at $97.50. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $92.39.
Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 32.92 billion based on 314,978K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 129,881 M and income totals 2,770 M. The company made 30,756 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 281,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.
