Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) is -6.20% 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 $143.74 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 4.93%.
Currently trading at $148.67, the stock is 7.98% and 13.92% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.59 million and changing 3.43% at the moment leaves the stock 13.55% off its SMA200. VLO registered 21.27% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 20.72%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $130.502 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $130.9247.
The stock witnessed a 17.17% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 42.01%, and is 10.60% 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 3.22% over the week and 2.64% over the month.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) has around 9922 employees, a market worth around $46.56B and $128.31B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 52.42 and Fwd P/E is 14.88. Profit margin for the company is 0.72%. Distance from 52-week low is 50.17% and -11.39% 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 -18.91% this year.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) Top Institutional Holders
1898.0 institutions hold shares in Valero Energy Corp (VLO), with institutional investors hold 87.80% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 313.20M, and float is at 311.51M with Short Float at 4.18%. Institutions hold 87.32% 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.
