Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) is -5.30% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $99.00 and a high of $167.78 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 $115.52 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.57%.
Currently trading at $116.09, the stock is 3.44% and -5.92% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.85 million and changing 0.49% at the moment leaves the stock -13.47% off its SMA200. VLO registered -29.98% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -12.32%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $123.3902 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $134.16885.
The stock witnessed a -12.10% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -16.77%, and is 1.39% 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 3.25% over the week and 5.27% over the month.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) has around 9922 employees, a market worth around $36.36B and $128.31B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 40.93 and Fwd P/E is 11.19. Profit margin for the company is 0.72%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.26% and -30.81% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.73%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -21.87% this year
1917.0 institutions hold shares in Valero Energy Corp (VLO), with institutional investors hold 86.05% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 313.20M, and float is at 311.53M with Short Float at 4.23%. Institutions hold 85.58% 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 9.5636 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 3.1594 of the shares totaling 10.24 million with a market value of $1.6 billion.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) Insider Activity
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.
