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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.551 per share on Friday, November 9th. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend 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 (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.07. The pipeline company earned $140.59 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 12 month price objectives for Valero Energy Partners' stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect Valero Energy Partners' stock price to reach $45.0455 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% 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.

Media stories about VLP stock have been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Valero Energy Partners earned a media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the pipeline company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Valero Energy Partners saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 presently 1.1 days. Currently, 4.5% of the shares of the company 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 investors 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 Deutsche Bank AG (0.49%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C., Deutsche Bank AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., Port Capital LLC, MetLife Investment Advisors LLC and Jane Street Group 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 $41.95.

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]