Valero Energy Corp (VLO)

LarryJBlum (< 20) Submitted: 10/06/06 12:47 AM : Start Price: $49.48 VLO Score: -27.19

Valero has seen a 20% drop in share price but has strong earnings. Domestic demand for refined petroleum is still high.

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brbaritone (< 20) Submitted: 11/09/06 12:33 PM : Start Price: $53.07 VLO Score: -28.90

VLO is not a short-term play. Volitility has been extreme in recent months - you must be able to handle a 20% drop in a month's time. Valero's competitive advantage is huge: it is the #1 refiner of sour crude in the business, and most crude coming ...

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dboven41 (< 20) Submitted: 10/04/06 3:24 PM : Start Price: $48.83 VLO Score: -26.60

The largest independent refiner will continue to make significant earnings regardless of crude pricing. No new refineries, government regulation, and absence of cheap alternatives are on the list of positives.

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Allstar13913 (99.93) Submitted: 3/13/07 1:24 AM : Start Price: $59.86 VLO Score: -35.36

Valero Energy is an oil and gas pipeline company. I love these companies because they have the infrastructure in place to make profits for decades.

The price of oil and gas will only go up in the future as more and more people drive aroun...

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jhl247 (85.42) Submitted: 11/09/06 1:07 PM : Start Price: $53.27 VLO Score: -29.23

#1 Refinery in the US-- when no new ones are planned to be built in the near future. Price per barrel of processing ability costs $9,000 for Valero vs the $30,000 price per barrel of processing cost for recent buyouts. Their main competitive advant...

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darkflame (99.39) Submitted: 6/17/07 6:43 PM : Start Price: $76.53 VLO Score: -39.71

The dearth of the new refining capacity used to be a U.S story, with commentators pointing out that there hasn't been a new refinery built over there (USA) since 1976. The upshot seemed to be that more gsoline would have to be imported from countries...

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dgilmore1000 (< 20) Submitted: 12/01/06 10:15 PM : Start Price: $55.07 VLO Score: -30.43

I bought Valero 10 days ago because unlike the rest of the oil community, this stock had stayed flat for many weeks while almost everyone else rallied. I am up a quick 4 and half points since. This is a very friendly shareholder management team, well...

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FLPCGuy (< 20) Submitted: 4/09/07 2:20 PM : Start Price: $66.36 VLO Score: -38.14

America's best run refineries, most modern and safe, 50% of their crude stock comes from Gulf of Mexico, only 14% from Persian Gulf. Only refinery that can process more than half (56%) of it's gasoline from plentiful ($17/barrel cheaper) sour crude. ...

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TMFMurph (31.25) Submitted: 9/12/06 3:39 AM : Start Price: $50.08 VLO Score: -31.15

They're just not building too many more refineries ( NIMBY ), and oil has dropped a bit to draw this into a reasonable range...may drop a bit more if oil does, due to short term factors ( fewer hurricanes, possible warmer than normal winter ), but I'...

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TheGarcipian (99.55) Submitted: 5/31/07 10:33 PM : Start Price: $74.49 VLO Score: -38.24

I'm attracted to this stock for the same reasons as I am towards XOM, RDC, DO, and HERO: energy demands. Valero is almost as attractive as Diamond Offshore and Rowan in that it has a great PEG ratio of only 0.37, a low P/E (trailing=8.1; forward=9.7)...

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