Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) is 7.71% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $120.21 and a high of $184.79 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The VLO stock was last observed hovering at around $139.56 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.46%.
Currently trading at $140.02, the stock is 4.50% and 3.17% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.48 million and changing 0.33% at the moment leaves the stock -6.46% off its SMA200. VLO registered 11.06% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -11.66%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $135.7144 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $149.68295.
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The stock witnessed a 3.32% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -6.54%, and is 2.87% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.27% over the week and 2.41% over the month.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) has around 9908 employees, a market worth around $44.33B and $134.48B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 12.56 and Fwd P/E is 14.32. Profit margin for the company is 2.74%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.48% and -24.23% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.50%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -65.60% this year
1886.0 institutions hold shares in Valero Energy Corp (VLO), with institutional investors hold 83.87% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 333.30M, and float is at 314.95M with Short Float at 4.44%. Institutions hold 83.43% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 30.99 million shares valued at $4.86 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.3614 of the VLO Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 26.84 million shares valued at $4.21 billion to account for 8.1096 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 22.59 million shares representing 6.8244 and valued at over $3.54 billion, while CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC holds 3.0926 of the shares totaling 10.24 million with a market value of $1.6 billion.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Greene Kimberly S, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Greene Kimberly S, sold 720 shares of the company’s common stock on May 09 ’24 at a price of $158.12 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 13314.0 shares.
