Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) is -2.73% 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 $141.97 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.78%.
Currently trading at $144.75, the stock is -0.38% and 5.08% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.2 million and changing 1.96% at the moment leaves the stock 10.00% off its SMA200. VLO registered 18.08% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 3.67%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $137.7558 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $131.5886.
The stock witnessed a 5.68% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 27.12%, and is -1.05% down 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 2.31% over the week and 2.54% over the month.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) has around 9922 employees, a market worth around $44.97B and $123.73B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 60.02 and Fwd P/E is 14.21. Profit margin for the company is 0.61%. Distance from 52-week low is 46.21% and -13.73% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.21%).
with sales reaching $28.14B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -9.99% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -7.84% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -14.39% in year-over-year returns.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) Top Institutional Holders
1903.0 institutions hold shares in Valero Energy Corp (VLO), with institutional investors hold 88.47% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 310.65M, and float is at 308.98M with Short Float at 3.96%. Institutions hold 87.98% 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.
