Valero Energy Corp (NYSE:VLO) shares, rose in value on Wednesday, January 22, with the stock price down by -3.19% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $135.08.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $139.53, falling within a range of $134.61 and $138.93. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.374 whereas the PE ratio was 12.12 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $184.79, and the low was $116.84. On the whole, VLO has fluctuated by 10.96% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Valero Energy Corp currently standing at about $42.76 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in February. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 4.28, with its dividend yield at 3.17%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 129.54B, with a low estimate of 23.82B and a high estimate of 33.27B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 29.49B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that VLO’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 12.12, with the price of VLO currently trading nearly 6.21% and 2.28% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 58.39, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.59% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.89%. Furthermore, Valero Energy Corp (VLO)’s beta value is 1.41, and its average true range (ATR) is 3.85.
A comparison of Valero Energy Corp (VLO) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. VLO showed an intraday change of -3.19% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 5.40%%.
Data on historical trading for Valero Energy Corp (NYSE:VLO) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 3.3 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 2.72 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 316.58 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.51% of Valero Energy Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 85.07% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 15.23 million shares as on 2024-12-31, resulting in a short ratio of 5.19. According to the data, the short interest in Valero Energy Corp (VLO) stood at 484.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-12-31; the number of short shares registered in 2024-11-29 reached 14.2 million. The stock has risen by 10.19% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the VLO stock heading into the next quarter.
