A stock’s 52-week high and low prices can offer a wealth of information about its current standing and prospective future performance. Valero Energy Corp’s current trading price is -22.62% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 22.38%. The stock’s price range for this time frame has been between $116.84 and $184.79. The trading volume of the company’s shares in the Energy reached around 4.52 million for the day, which was evidently higher than the average daily volume of 2.8 million over the last three months.
Valero Energy Corp had a pretty favorable run when it comes to the market performance. Over the past year, the company’s stock reached a high of $184.79 on 04/05/24, while the lowest price during the same period was $116.84 on 12/23/24.
How Financial Performance Impacts Market Capitalization
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) has experienced a quarterly rise of 10.20% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 45.27B and boasts a workforce of 9908 employees.
The Role of Moving Averages and Trading Volume in Technical Analysis
Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 134.04, with a change in price of +6.90. Similarly, Valero Energy Corp recorded 2,882,794 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of +5.07%.
How VLO’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio Affects Financial Health
A company’s financial condition and market reputation can be evaluated using the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio. This ratio, calculated by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, indicates the proportion of debt a company employs to back its assets in relation to its shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for VLO stands at 0.43. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 0.40.
VLO Stock Stochastic Average
Valero Energy Corp’s raw stochastic average for the past 50 days is currently at 95.82%. This represents a surge from the raw stochastic average of the last 20 days, which was recorded at 94.94%. Additionally, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the past 20 days were 70.52% and 66.12%, respectively.
VLO Stock Price Performance Analysis
The performance of the stock price over the year has been up and down, leaving investors with either an optimistic or pessimistic outlook, depending on how they interpret the data. The metric has seen a significant gain of 16.64% since the start of this calendar year. Looking back over the last six months, we can see a stronger performance of -3.75%. Over the past 30 days, the price of VLO has fallen by 16.11%. And in the last five days, it has surged by 3.52%.
