NYSE:VLP - Valero Energy Partners Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Valero Energy Partners trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VLP."

Valero Energy Partners announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 1st will be given a dividend of $0.551 per share on Friday, November 9th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 31st. View Valero Energy Partners' Dividend History.

Valero Energy Partners LP (NYSE:VLP) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 25th. The pipeline company reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.07. The pipeline company had revenue of $140.59 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $137.85 million. Valero Energy Partners had a net margin of 43.11% and a return on equity of 94.57%. View Valero Energy Partners' Earnings History.

Valero Energy Partners is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 1st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Valero Energy Partners.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Valero Energy Partners' shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Valero Energy Partners' stock price to reach $45.0455 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Valero Energy Partners.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Valero Energy Partners in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Valero Energy Partners.

News coverage about VLP stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Valero Energy Partners earned a news sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the pipeline company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Valero Energy Partners saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,003,125 shares, an increase of 93.2% from the October 15th total of 519,269 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 874,127 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 4.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View Valero Energy Partners' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Valero Energy Partners include Andeavor Logistics (ANDX), Phillips 66 Partners (PSXP), Buckeye Partners (BPL), Shell Midstream Partners (SHLX), Enbridge Energy Partners (EEP), Plains GP (PAGP), Holly Energy Partners (HEP), NuStar Energy (NS), BP Midstream Partners (BPMP), Noble Midstream Partners (NBLX), PBF Logistics (PBFX), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), TransMontaigne Partners (TLP), Blueknight Energy Partners (BKEP) and NuStar GP (NSH).

Valero Energy Partners' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. (9.63%), Chickasaw Capital Management LLC (2.37%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.09%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.09%), Allianz Asset Management GmbH (0.50%) and BlackRock Inc. (0.32%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Valero Energy Partners.

VLP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dividend Assets Capital LLC, Chickasaw Capital Management LLC, MAI Capital Management, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Samson Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc. and FMR LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Valero Energy Partners.

VLP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C., JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, BP Capital Fund Advisors LLC and BP Capital Fund Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Valero Energy Partners.

Shares of VLP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VLP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.99.

Valero Energy Partners has a market capitalization of $2.96 billion and generates $452.01 million in revenue each year. The pipeline company earns $238.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.77 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for Valero Energy Partners is http://www.valeroenergypartners.com.

Valero Energy Partners' mailing address is One Valero Way, San Antonio TX, 78269. The pipeline company can be reached via phone at 210-345-2000 or via email at [email protected]