Valero Energy Corp (VLO) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $137.91, with 4.33 million shares of worth about $596.65 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -7.34% during that period and on January 15, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 2.87%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 316.58M shares, out of which, 314.96M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 11.23% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 6.35%. Year-to-date (YTD), VLO shares are showing a performance of 12.50% which increased to 4.87% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $116.84 but also hit the highest price of $184.79 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Valero Energy Corp shares is 2.66 million. The stock is currently trading 11.25% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 4.83% for SMA50 and it goes to -5.45% lower than SMA200.
Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) currently have 316.58M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 85.08% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $43.66B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.39. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 12.37, while it has posted earnings per share of $11.15 in the same period. Its PEG reads 12.37 and has Quick Ratio of 1.11 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. 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 3.86% while standing at 2.92% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -67.67% while it is estimated to increase by 1.06% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 1.00% 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 October 25, 2024 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $145 and $140 to it. Coverage by BofA Securities stated Valero Energy Corp (VLO) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on October 17, 2024, suggesting a price target of $150 for the stock. On October 09, 2024, Wells Fargo Upgrade their recommendations, while on September 20, 2024, Piper Sandler Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $123. Stock get an Outperform rating from Wolfe Research on July 18, 2024.
