$17.29 -0.28 (-1.59%)
11/6/2009 4:01 PM

Valero Energy Corp (VLO)

CAPS Rating: 5 out of 5

The company owns and operates 18 refineries located in the United States, Canada, and Aruba that produce premium, environmentally clean refined products such as RBOB. It also produces conventional gasolines, distillates, jet fuel, asphalt, petrochemicals.

Current Price $17.29 Mkt Cap $9.73B
Open $17.56 P/E Ratio 5.01
Prev. Close $17.57 Div. (Yield) 0.60 (3.40%)
Daily Range $17.11 - $17.80 Volume 11,762,660
52-Wk Range $13.94 - $26.20 Avg. Daily Vol. 13,033,000

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JakilaTheHun (99.95)
Submitted May 14, 2009

Taking a gamble on VLO. I honestly do not understand the refineries all that well and would like to learn more about them this year. Sometimes I make CAPS picks to force myself to do that.

That said, I don't have to know much about them to… More

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MFBajanCajun (< 20)
Submitted May 29, 2009

Valero is a "merchant refiner." This means that it is not a fully integrated oil company with significant stake in proved oil reserves - rather, it is at the mercy of the marketplace for buying its crude feedstock. When refining margins are… More

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Member Avatar lola99999 (56.75) Submitted: 11/3/2009 7:18:05 PM : Underperform Start Price: $18.11 VLO Score: +6.06

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Member Avatar emptygestures (52.35) Submitted: 11/3/2009 6:48:28 PM : Outperform Start Price: $18.11 VLO Score: -6.06

Refining is limited in the US even though we have plenty of gas.. Valero has its work cut out for them

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Member Avatar timcookwtf (< 20) Submitted: 11/3/2009 6:22:09 PM : Outperform Start Price: $18.11 VLO Score: -6.06

As a refiner, VLO's success should depend on volume, which should mean a higher valuation when energy demand picks up coming out of recession. Higher oil prices should then dampen demand, so it pays to be aware when higher oil prices happen again (which is inevitable).

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Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
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Gus53 51.90 8/25/2006 Underperform 3M $60.08 -71.22% -11.81% +59.41
CajunRed < 20 8/25/2006 Underperform 3M $60.08 -71.22% -11.86% +59.36
bluedogpoker < 20 8/25/2006 Underperform 3M $60.08 -71.22% -11.86% +59.36 1 Comment
dplorenz 40.98 8/25/2006 Underperform 1Y $60.08 -71.22% -11.86% +59.36 1 Comment
krobby < 20 1/30/2009 8/27/2009 Underperform 1Y $24.58 -29.65% +28.27% +57.92
rationalexchange 21.64 2/8/2008 Underperform NS $56.48 -69.39% -15.80% +53.59
krigger228 < 20 1/23/2008 Underperform 5Y $49.81 -65.29% -12.15% +53.14
stockpickeraz < 20 1/16/2009 Underperform 5Y $22.93 -24.60% +28.24% +52.83
garlandwood 88.89 2/25/2008 Underperform 1Y $57.77 -70.07% -17.63% +52.45
AlNino1 36.70 9/13/2006 Underperform 3W $50.36 -65.67% -13.55% +52.12 1 Comment
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TrackHowardWeil 33.32 10/28/2009 Outperform NS $19.69 -12.19% +0.92% -13.11
TrackBarclaysCap 86.02 10/24/2009 Outperform NS $20.75 -16.67% -2.33% -14.34
TrackSoleil 83.54 10/14/2009 Underperform NS $18.96 -8.81% -1.46% +7.35
TrackDeutscheSec 89.50 10/6/2009 Underperform NS $18.30 -5.52% +4.11% +9.63
TrackZacks 69.52 8/27/2009 Underperform 3M $19.04 -9.19% +4.03% +13.22 1 Comment
TrackZacks 69.52 6/25/2009 Underperform 3M $16.55 +10.00% +10.31% +0.30 8/14/2009 @ $18.21 1 Comment
TrackBMOCapital 86.09 6/3/2009 Underperform NS $19.48 -11.24% +15.11% +26.35
TrackZacks 69.52 3/6/2009 Outperform 3M $16.12 +3.51% +33.60% -30.10 6/25/2009 @ $16.69 1 Comment
TrackOppenheimer 26.63 10/20/2008 Outperform NS $18.95 -13.52% -3.53% -9.98 6/24/2009 @ $16.39
TrackCarisandCo 78.62 7/10/2008 Underperform NS $33.14 -47.83% -11.16% +36.67
TrackBobOlstein 50.29 6/18/2008 Outperform 5Y $43.10 -59.89% -17.42% -42.47 2 Comments
TrackEveillard 89.92 3/31/2008 Outperform NS $47.32 -63.46% -15.82% -47.64 1 Comment
TrackDeutscheSec 89.50 3/27/2008 Outperform NS $49.92 -59.93% -30.01% -29.92 10/13/2008 @ $20.00
TrackSoleil 83.54 2/1/2008 Outperform NS $57.13 -66.81% -18.08% -48.73 10/14/2009 @ $18.96
TrackJimCramer < 20 1/4/2008 Underperform 3W $61.68 -71.97% -21.00% +50.97
TrackDreman 89.07 12/31/2007 Outperform NS $67.34 -74.32% -23.64% -50.69 2 Comments
TrackBofASec 93.50 11/30/2007 Outperform NS $62.25 -72.23% -24.69% -47.54
TrackZacks 69.52 10/30/2007 Outperform 3M $68.85 -70.79% -35.44% -35.35 10/20/2008 @ $20.11 1 Comment
TrackCitigroup 21.22 10/8/2007 Outperform NS $66.09 -73.84% -27.77% -46.07
TrackCarisandCo 78.62 9/24/2007 Outperform NS $70.96 -24.97% -13.09% -11.88 3/12/2008 @ $53.24
TrackJimCramer < 20 9/12/2007 Outperform 3W $66.63 -3.74% -4.43% +0.69 1/4/2008 @ $64.14
TrackCharlesPayn 35.46 8/24/2007 Outperform 3M $65.41 -73.57% -23.97% -49.59
TrackUBS 86.41 7/23/2007 Outperform NS $70.15 -75.35% -26.86% -48.49
TrackCreditSuiss 91.16 7/20/2007 Outperform NS $72.21 -29.20% -8.84% -20.36 4/30/2008 @ $51.13
TrackBernstein 86.97 7/19/2007 Underperform NS $75.50 -5.10% -4.66% +0.45 9/6/2007 @ $71.65
TrackCitigroup 21.22 6/27/2007 Underperform NS $72.52 -7.61% -2.79% +4.82 8/10/2007 @ $67.00
TrackBearStearns 86.38 4/20/2007 Underperform NS $62.39 -72.29% -23.59% +48.70
TrackJimCramer < 20 4/12/2007 Underperform 3W $68.42 -2.44% +2.22% +4.65 9/13/2007 @ $66.75
TrackJimCramer < 20 4/9/2007 Outperform 3W $67.15 +2.25% +0.15% +2.10 4/13/2007 @ $68.66
TrackBMOCapital 86.09 2/2/2007 Outperform NS $55.05 -13.23% -9.48% -3.75 3/18/2008 @ $47.77
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 12/5/2006 Outperform NS $53.42 -67.63% -18.96% -48.67
TrackDeutscheSec 89.50 11/22/2006 Outperform NS $53.06 +3.56% +1.80% +1.76 12/15/2006 @ $54.95
TrackJimJubak 76.01 10/27/2006 Outperform 1Y $52.96 +23.31% +7.01% +16.30 4/17/2007 @ $65.31
TrackCitigroup 21.22 9/27/2006 Outperform NS $51.39 +32.60% +9.45% +23.15 4/16/2007 @ $68.14
TrackBofASec 93.50 9/27/2006 Outperform NS $51.30 +42.38% +13.14% +29.25 5/15/2007 @ $73.05
TrackJimCramer < 20 9/7/2006 Underperform 3W $53.17 +26.28% +9.70% -16.58 4/10/2007 @ $67.15
TrackTobinSmith < 20 8/25/2006 Outperform 1Y $59.68 -71.03% -12.02% -59.01
TrackJimCramer < 20 3/17/2006 Outperform 3W $57.86 -7.90% -1.01% -6.89 9/8/2006 @ $53.29

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