Valero Energy Corporation
NYSEVLO has rallied 16% in a month to $397, but a surge in defensive options positioning this week suggests not everyone believes the run has legs. The options market is the sharpest signal right now. The put/call ratio jumped to 1.34 on Tuesday — more than 2.5 standard deviations above its 20-day average of 1.13. That makes this week's reading one of the most defensively skewed of the…
VLO has rallied 16% in a month to $397, but a surge in defensive options positioning this week suggests not everyone believes the run has legs. The options market is the sharpest signal right now. The put/call ratio…
Valero Energy closed September 1 at $361.99 — above the consensus analyst price target of $319.63 — putting the Street in the uncomfortable position of defending ratings on a stock that has already blown through their…
Snapshot as of 20 Sept 2026
Valero Energy enters the back half of August with an interesting internal contradiction: a stock up 12.5% over the past month, trading near its 52-week high, but with short sellers quietly adding to positions over the…
Valero Energy delivered its Q2 earnings beat on July 30 and the stock responded, clearing $312 and leaving the defensive options setup from last week's preview firmly in the past. The earnings reaction tells the…
Valero Energy enters its July 30 Q2 earnings report having given back ground from recent highs, with options positioning now the most defensive it has been in weeks. The clearest shift in the setup is in options. The…
Valero Energy has now outrun every analyst target raised just days ago — trading at $314.80 after a further 4.4% gain this week — and Goldman Sachs moved Tuesday to close the gap, lifting its target to $357 while…
Valero Energy heads into its July 30 Q2 earnings report riding a 27% monthly surge, with analysts scrambling to lift targets and options traders turning more defensive after being caught flat-footed by the rally. The…
Valero Energy enters its July 30 Q2 earnings date with a quietly interesting setup: short interest has climbed nearly 28% over the past month while the stock itself has ground higher, creating a mild divergence worth…
Put buyers are circling VLO just as short sellers make their boldest move in months. The put-call ratio hit 0.79 on June 25 — 2.0 standard deviations above the 20-day mean of 0.70. At the same time, short interest…
Valero Energy has shed 8% in a week, reversing a significant slice of the May rally that just days ago had the stock at its most bullish options posture in a year. The reversal is sharp and broad. VLO closed Tuesday at…
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