Valero At Earnings: Use Options To Hedge Against The Bearish Trend

By Jim Van Meerten: Energy is a highly followed industry and Valero Energy (VLO) is a highly followed petroleum refiner. Despite recent weakness in oil prices, overall the energy sector has had a very good year. After a recent dip Valero's price is starting to recover as revealed in this hourly trading chart for the past month provided by Barchart:

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ByScott Eymer:Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) is one of the largest independent refiners in the United States. The company owns and operates 15 refineries in the U. S., Canada and United Kingdom. Together they produce a variety of products for the energy end-market including gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt, petrochemicals, jet fuel, lubricants and other products.

By Joseph Poma:Everyone who analyzes a stock has a favorite model and each method returns a different result. Often times the same stock will have both buy and sell ratings on it because analysts use differing methods of valuation. It is rare sight to see several methods of valuation agree with each other. However, this may very well be the case with one stock in particular, Valero (VLO).

By ValueMax:Valero Energy (VLO) operates as an independent petroleum refining and marketing company. Valero's headquarters are in San Antonio, Texas. The company has a market cap of $17.4 billion and a stock price of around $32; it is a company on the rise.

By Robert Weinstein:There are many dividend capturing strategies, but using a call option to hedge against downward price risk is my favorite. I have found I must be highly selective, I selected the following company, in part, based on the combination of gaining a relatively good option premium with dividend added on.

By Bret Jensen:Refiners have had a tough month as both Tesoro (TSO) and Valero (VLO) have had significant pull backs over that time span. However, I think Valero has had some positive news recently, is deeply undervalued and seems poised to bounce back in short order.Key Recent Events 

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