Valero Energy Corp (VLO) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $107.13, with 4.04 million shares of worth about $432.87 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -24.11% during that period and on April 16, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.39%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 314.86M shares, out of which, 312.78M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -7.57% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -18.86%. Year-to-date (YTD), VLO shares are showing a performance of -12.61% which decreased to -37.23% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $99.00 but also hit the highest price of $171.23 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Valero Energy Corp shares is 3.69 million. The stock is currently trading -11.48% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -15.87% for SMA50 and it goes to -21.16% lower than SMA200.
Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) currently have 314.86M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 84.54% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $33.69B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.99. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 12.62, while it has posted earnings per share of $8.49 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.64 and has Quick Ratio of 1.03 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. 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 4.93% while standing at 5.21% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -18.28% while it is estimated to increase by 55.19% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 19.58% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 7.96% 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.
