Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) is -10.00% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $99.00 and a high of $178.39 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The VLO stock was last observed hovering at around $110.70 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.37%.
Currently trading at $110.33, the stock is -10.72% and -14.23% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.13 million and changing -0.33% at the moment leaves the stock -19.09% off its SMA200. VLO registered -37.68% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -22.69%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $128.6312 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $136.3569.
The stock witnessed a -14.57% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -17.26%, and is 3.43% 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 7.79% over the week and 5.21% over the month.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) has around 9922 employees, a market worth around $34.69B and $129.78B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 13.00 and Fwd P/E is 10.16. Profit margin for the company is 2.13%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.44% and -38.15% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.91%).
with sales reaching $28.69B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -16.55% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -8.17% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -9.68% in year-over-year returns.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) Top Institutional Holders
1911.0 institutions hold shares in Valero Energy Corp (VLO), with institutional investors hold 85.80% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 314.86M, and float is at 312.78M with Short Float at 5.02%. Institutions hold 85.34% 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 8.2848 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 22.59 million shares representing 6.9718% 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
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Valero Energy Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 09 ’24 that Greene Kimberly S, (Director) sold a total of 720 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 09 ’24 and was made at $158.12 per share for $0.11 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 13314.0 shares of the VLO stock.
