Valero Energy Corporation | VLO

Daily Technical Analysis of Valero Energy Corporation

Valero Energy is up a bit on the day, funds flowing in kept the price up 1.23% since yesterday.

Currently VLO isn't at a clear support/resistance line that seems tradable. Valero Energy has been drifting up over the last few months, we'll see if it has the energy to keep moving in the right direction. VLO may hit some resistance around the 143.75 level, more sellers may enter the market here and push price back down. But it's definitely not guaranteed.

Last analyzed on 2024-03-17

Analyst Ratings for Valero Energy By Price Target And Rating

The analysts feel fairly neutral on the prospects for Valero Energy but a little more positive than negative. The current Analysts Sentiment Score is 18.88. Most companies range between (-200 to 200).

Here's a break down of the latest rating changes. On 2024-01-29 Barclays increased their price target by 2.05% to $149.00. Raymond James gave a boost to their price target and moved to $155.00 from $154.00 on 2024-01-26. Citigroup initiated a rating of Buy on 2024-01-24. Tudor, Pickering, Holt &a released a downgrade on 2023-10-30 from Buy to Hold and decided to decrease their price target by -13.33% down to $130.00. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target by -2.08% to $141.00 on 2023-10-09. Mizuho announced a lowering of their price target to $159.00 from $174.00 on 2023-10-06. Piper Sandler gave a boost to their price target and moved to $171.00 from $168.00 on 2023-10-03. Bank of America gave a boost to their price target and moved to $161.00 from $152.00 on 2023-09-18. On 2023-09-01 The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target by 13.27% to $128.00. On 2023-07-31 there was an upgrade provided by Tudor Pickering from Hold to Buy and they set their price target at $145.00.

Company	Ratings Score ? Composite analyst sentiment score	Positive Ratings	Negative Ratings	Boost Price Target	Lower Price Target
VLO	18.88	47.62	-14.16	10.64	-6.34

Earnings Per Share (EPS) Estimates By Year and Quarter

(updated 2024-03-29)

Company	YOY Growth Score (typical -20 to +20)	Revision Directions (-6 to +6)
VLO	0.00	0.00

Short interest for Valero Energy

We take into account several different measures of short interest to create a composite score. These measures are shown in the chart below. Short selling is when investors are betting against a stock. We compile these factors to create a dynamic Short Score - this can indicate poor sentiment, internal problems with a company or industry and the anticipation of future price declines. We look at the short interest percent, days to cover, the rate of change and total shares sold short.

Company	Short Score (typical 1-15) ? We take into account several different measures and attributes of short interest to create a composite sentiment score. typical range (0 - 30)	Short Interest	Days to Cover	Rate of Change	Shares Short
VLO	3.41	%3.2	3	14.85	11340000

How Valero Energy compares to the broader Energy sector and the more specific Oil & Gas - Refining & Marketing industry

Segment	Count	1 Day%	5 Day	1 Month	3 Month	6 Month	1 Year	RSI	3mo S-momo ? Smooth Momentum is our proprietary technical indicator that looks for momentum with the greatest consistency and steady velocity. We have penalized dramatic swings and fluctuations. If the momentum is too high and an asset spikes upward, this is often unreliable and collapses back down. But the smoothed momentum provides the highest probability of continuing into the near future with the same directional rate of change. Several complex factors are weighted by neural nets to maximize probabilistic accuracy. It works the same with positive or negative directions.	6mo S-momo	1yr S-momo	Resistance ? Support and Resistance levels are determined by previous high and low points. You may be familiar with traders drawing lines across charts where several peaks or valleys occur in the same range. This helps us understand the trading range of an asset where the market doesn't perceive it to be worth more or less than a certain price level. When it nears the boundaries of this range the probability of reversal can increase. Our neural nets create scores for this measure based on many factors such as the frequency, recency, size, consistency, etc of previous reversal points.	Support	Demark Sell ? Demark 9 indicators are designed to look for exhaustion in the selling or buying trend which can often be predictive of a reversal point. This indicator is triggered when there are 9 consecutive days where the closing price is higher/lower than the closing price 4 days ago. Like all indicators, it is best used in combinations with other factors.	Demark Buy	Short Interest	Analysts Ratings ? We track several different measures of analyst sentiment including ratings and price targets. To create a composite Analyst Sentiment Score, we weight several factors such as the recent rate of change which can be more predictive than the absolute level. We also weight each analyst's opinion based on their historic accuracy. We built in a time decay function to ensure that the rating reflects the current sentiment levels. Typical range (-80 to +80)
Oil & Gas - Refining & Marketing Show Me Companies With: S-Momentum: Highest \| Lowest At Bottom Support At Top Resistance RSI Highest \| Lowest 1 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 5 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 1 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest 6 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest List All Stocks	12	0.90	-0.40	-2.39	4.88	13.61	30.10	63.08	54.95	31.77	39.01	-8356.30	-23361.27	39.58	10.42	4.52	37.80
Energy Show Me Companies With: S-Momentum: Highest \| Lowest At Bottom Support At Top Resistance RSI Highest \| Lowest 1 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 5 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 1 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest 6 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest List All Stocks	109	0.30	0.79	-0.25	7.52	2.89	68.62	64.43	18.93	11.32	11.67	-6096.75	-14665.92	39.22	2.29	3.95	29.42

Social Sentiment for Valero Energy

Social Sentiment is an aggregation of several different factors such as news, articles, blogs, user content, ratings, etc. Which is shown in the chart below. It may become predictive of a reversal if price and the sentiment diverge. Broader market forces may push prices up or down but if market participants maintain a different view on a specific stock, it may be taken as an opportunity to buy or sell in those cases.

Ticker	Social Sentiment(1-10)
VLO

Companies with the highest correlation to Valero Energy

Company	Score	1 Day%	5 Day	1 Month	3 Month	6 Month	1 Year	RSI	3mo S-momo ? Smooth Momentum is our proprietary technical indicator that looks for momentum with the greatest consistency and steady velocity. We have penalized dramatic swings and fluctuations. If the momentum is too high and an asset spikes upward, this is often unreliable and collapses back down. But the smoothed momentum provides the highest probability of continuing into the near future with the same directional rate of change. Several complex factors are weighted by neural nets to maximize probabilistic accuracy. It works the same with positive or negative directions.	6mo S-momo	1yr S-momo	Resistance ? Support and Resistance levels are determined by previous high and low points. You may be familiar with traders drawing lines across charts where several peaks or valleys occur in the same range. This helps us understand the trading range of an asset where the market doesn't perceive it to be worth more or less than a certain price level. When it nears the boundaries of this range the probability of reversal can increase. Our neural nets create scores for this measure based on many factors such as the frequency, recency, size, consistency, etc of previous reversal points.	Support	Demark Sell ? Demark 9 indicators are designed to look for exhaustion in the selling or buying trend which can often be predictive of a reversal point. This indicator is triggered when there are 9 consecutive days where the closing price is higher/lower than the closing price 4 days ago. Like all indicators, it is best used in combinations with other factors.	Short Interest Score
PSX \| PHILLIPS 66	1.83	1.51	-0.53	0.38	12.00	38.32	56.81	94	122.97	61.27	91.54	0.00	-49029.98	100	2.25904
MPC \| MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPOR	1.63	0.95	-2.75	-0.79	23.50	31.41	60.49	96	77.89	43.71	68.17	0.00	-50388.04	150	2.38647
CVI \| CVR ENERGY, INC.	1.35	-0.95	-1.87	-6.73	0.75	1.47	18.87	71	14.44	12.79	18.95	-177.86	-17027.03	0	7.15648
PBF \| PBF ENERGY INC.	1.26	1.13	-1.86	0.43	16.50	17.20	59.12	89	14.95	10.70	27.34	0.00	-20196.95	100	7.5854
CVX \| Chevron Corporation	1.18	-0.46	3.05	3.80	8.11	0.31	-6.01	80	-2.87	-3.94	-5.55	167.99	-6798.25	0	1.33585
BP \| BP p.l.c.	1.14	-0.31	1.09	3.25	8.87	-0.28	-3.27	96	-0.63	-2.52	-4.95	-1756.47	-25444.38	150	0.936143
SLB \| Schlumberger Limited	1.07	-0.68	-3.70	-8.84	-6.44	-14.95	-0.58	88	-3.43	-4.16	-6.91	-4871.55	-22299.27	150	2.15634
APA \| APA Corporation Common St	1.05	0.34	-0.09	-6.13	1.12	-22.98	-12.79	80	-31.46	-32.50	-17.78	178.27	-2742.22	100	1.98955

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