Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $155.66, with 3.96 million shares of worth about $615.66 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 25.29% during that period and on May 01, 2024 the price saw a loss of about -2.63%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 333.30M shares, out of which, 325.30M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -6.79% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -12.17%. Year-to-date (YTD), VLO shares are showing a performance of 19.74% which increased to 34.88% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $104.18 but also hit the highest price of $184.79 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Valero Energy Corp. shares is 3.32 million. The stock is currently trading -9.02% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -3.56% for SMA50 and it goes to 12.21% higher than SMA200.
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Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) currently have 333.30M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 80.91% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $50.90B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.54. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 7.70, while it has posted earnings per share of $20.20 in the same period. It has Quick Ratio of 1.10 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for VLO, volatility over the week remained 3.53% while standing at 2.78% over the month.
Analysts are in expectations that Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) stock would likely to be making an EPS of $5.07 in the current quarter, while forecast for next quarter EPS is $5.42 and it is $14.5 for next year. For the current quarter EPS, analysts have given the company a lowest target $2.53 which is $6.84 at the higher side of the target for the same. When we compare those targets with actual EPS, we find that company posted an EPS of $5.4 in the same quarter a year ago. Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -29.91% while it is estimated to decrease by -17.49% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of -5.50% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 27.90% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by TD Cowen on April 29, 2024 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $190 and $185 to it. Coverage by TD Cowen stated Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on April 08, 2024, suggesting a price target of $190 for the stock. On March 22, 2024, Mizuho Downgrade their recommendations, while on March 15, 2024, BofA Securities Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $210. Stock get a Buy rating from Citigroup on January 24, 2024.