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Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) closed the day trading at $106.67 up 1.89% from the previous closing price of $104.69. In other words, the price has increased by $1.89 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.63 million shares were traded. VLO stock price reached its highest trading level at $110.62 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $99.0.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of VLO, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 7.16 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.81. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.03 and its Current Ratio is at 1.53. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.47 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.43.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, TD Cowen on October 25, 2024, Reiterated its Buy rating but revised its target price to $140 from $145 previously.
Wells Fargo Upgraded its Equal Weight to Overweight on October 09, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $172 to $165.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 18 ’25 when Gorder Joseph W bought 76,560 shares for $136.94 per share.
Greene Kimberly S, sold 720 shares of VLO for $113,850 on May 09 ’24. The Director now owns 13,314 shares after completing the transaction at $158.12 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VLO now has a Market Capitalization of 33543553024 and an Enterprise Value of 42866995200. As of this moment, Valero’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 12.57, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.52. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.63. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.26 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.37. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.346 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.476.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VLO is 1.02, which has changed by -0.3948145 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of -0.028342128 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VLO has reached a high of $184.79, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $102.60. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -18.79%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -22.37%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, VLO traded about 3.50M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, VLO traded about 4129990 shares per day. A total of 314.86M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 312.71M. Insiders hold about 0.56% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 84.59% stake in the company. Shares short for VLO as of 1741910400 were 13772153 with a Short Ratio of 3.93, compared to 1739491200 on 12733130. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 13772153 and a Short% of Float of 4.9399999999999995.
Dividends & Splits
VLO’s forward annual dividend rate is 4.34, up from 4.28 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.040882606The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.28. The current Payout Ratio is 49.90% for VLO, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-01-30 with an ex-dividend date of 1738195200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2013-05-02 when the company split stock in a 1094:1000 ratio.
