Valero Energy Corp’s recent filing unveils that its Former Officer Gorder Joseph W acquired Company’s shares for reported $10.48 million on Feb 18 ’25. In the deal valued at $136.94 per share,76,560 shares were bought.
Then, Greene Kimberly S, sold 720 shares, generating $113,850 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $158.12, the Director now owns 13,314 shares.
TD Cowen reiterated its Valero Energy Corp [VLO] rating to a Buy in a research note published on October 25, 2024; the price target was $140. Wells Fargo also remained covering VLO and has increased its forecast on October 09, 2024 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal weight” rating. Piper Sandler revised its rating on September 20, 2024. It rated VLO as “a Neutral” which previously was an “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of VLO
On Monday, Valero Energy Corp [NYSE:VLO] saw its stock fall -1.11% to $108.84. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -1.68%. Valero Energy Corp shares have fallen nearly -11.22% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -34.94% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $168.85 was reached on 02/04/25, a 52-week low of $99.00 was recorded on 04/07/25. SMA at 50 days reached $126.22, while 200 days put it at $135.39.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For VLO Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 107.45, which if violated will result in even more drops to 106.07. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 109.60. A further resistance level may holdings at 110.37. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 38.16, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -4.02, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 71.90%. Stochastics %K at 30.42% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Valero Energy Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Valero Energy Corp stocks on 2025-03-31, growing by 3.28 million shares to a total of 15.7 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-28 was 12.42 million shares. There was a rise of 20.88%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
