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Valero Energy (VLO) Beats on Q1 Earnings & Revenues

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An Earnings Beat: Valero Energy Corporation (VLO - Free Report) reported first quarter income per share of $1.00, higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 92 cents. Higher throughput margin owing to 94% throughput capacity utilization supported Valero Energy’s strong first-quarter results.
 

Estimate Revision Trend & Surprise History: Investors should note that the Zacks Consensus Estimate has seen two upward revision and seven downward revisions in the last thirty days.

Nonetheless, Valero has an impressive earnings surprise history. Before posting the earnings beat in Q1, the company delivered positive surprises in all prior four quarters. Overall, the company has a positive earnings surprise of 10.3% in the trailing four quarters.

Revenues: Valero posted revenues of $26,439 million, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $23,530 million. Also, it compared favorably with the year-ago number of $21,772 million.

Key Stats: During the quarter, refining throughput volumes were approximately 2.9 million barrels per day, up from 2.8 million barrels per day in the year-earlier quarter.

By feedstock composition, sweet crude, medium/light sour crude and heavy sour crude accounted for 45.9%, 13.9% and 16.4%, respectively. The remaining volumes came from residuals, other feedstock as well as blendstocks and others.

Refining margin per barrel of throughput increased to $8.36 per barrel from the year-ago level of $8.14 per barrel.

Zacks Rank: Currently, Valero carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) which is subject to change following the earnings announcement. While things apparently look favorable, it all depends on what sense the just-released report makes to the analysts.

(You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here)

Check back later for our full write up on this Valero earnings report later!

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