Valero Energy (VLO) News Today

Freestone Capital Holdings LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 4,529 shares of the oil and gas company's stock, valued at approximately $773,000.

Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Valero Energy from $156.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Friday.

Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO - Get Free Report) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The oil and gas company reported $2.71 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.60 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $34.49 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $32.97 billion. Valero Energy had a return on equity of 24.82% and a net margin of 5.01%. Valero Energy's quarterly revenue was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $5.40 EPS.

National Bank of Canada FI lessened its stake in shares of Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 54.3% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 132,794 shares of the oil and gas company'

CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co reduced its stake in shares of Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 9.2% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 339,058 shares of the oil and

Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board lowered its position in shares of Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 52.5% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 6,877 shares of the oil and gas company's stock after sell

Shares of Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Get Free Report) have received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the sixteen brokerages that are covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, eleven have

Acadian Asset Management LLC increased its position in Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 37.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,558,750 shares of the oil and gas company's stock after acquirin

Banco Santander S.A. boosted its stake in shares of Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 10.7% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 60,192 shares of the oil and gas company's stoc

BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. boosted its stake in shares of Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 15.2% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 44,243 shares of the oil and gas

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its position in Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 14.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 403,073 shares of

Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of Valero Energy in a report on Thursday. They set an "outperform" rating and a $177.00 price objective for the company.

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US Bancorp DE cut its holdings in Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 1.6% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 207,629 shares of the oil and gas company's stock after selling 3,397 s

Meeder Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 36.7% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 69,462 shares of the oil and gas company's stock after purc

Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Get Free Report) was the target of unusually large options trading on Monday. Stock traders purchased 32,254 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 146% compared to the average daily volume of 13,103 call options.

Swiss National Bank lowered its stake in Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 7.7% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,019,600 shares of the oil and gas company's stock after selling 84,600 shares during the

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. raised its holdings in Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 14.5% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 40,707 shares of the oil and gas company's stock after acquiring an additional

LSV Asset Management decreased its holdings in Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 3.0% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,688,122 shares of the oil and gas company's stock after

Scotiabank boosted their price objective on shares of Valero Energy from $165.00 to $173.00 and gave the company a "sector outperform" rating in a report on Friday.

Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of Valero Energy from $179.00 to $156.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Friday.

Commerce Bank lessened its stake in shares of Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 9.4% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 59,940 shares of the oil and gas company's stock after selling 6,248 shares during the quart

StockNews.com raised shares of Valero Energy from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday.

Jennison Associates LLC decreased its position in shares of Valero Energy Co. (NYSE:VLO - Free Report) by 24.8% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 297,653 shares of the oil and gas company's stock after se