Hot Gas Stocks To Watch For 2015

Hot Gas Stocks To Watch For 2015: Western Refining Inc.(WNR)

Western Refining, Inc. operates as an independent crude oil refiner and marketer of refined products. The company operates in three segments Refining Group, Wholesale Group, and Retail Group. The Refining Group segment operates two refineries in Texas and Mexico; two stand-alone refined product distribution terminals in New Mexico; and four asphalt terminals in Texas, as well as operates crude oil transportation and gathering pipeline system in New Mexico. It refines various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and other products from crude oil, other feedstocks, and blending components; and acquires refined products through exchange agreements and from various third-party suppliers. This segment sells its products through its wholesale group and service stations, independent wholesalers and retailers, commercial accounts, and sales and exchanges with oil companies. The Wholesale Group segment distributes commercial wholesale petroleum products primarily in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah for retail fuel distributors, as well as for the mining, construction, utility, manufacturing, transportation, aviation, and agricultural industries. The Retail Group segment operates service stations, which include convenience stores or kiosks that sell various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, general merchandise, and beverage and food products to the general public. As of February 24, 2012, it operated 210 service stations with convenience stores or kiosks located in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in El Paso, Texas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Myra Ramdenbourg]

  Western Refining Inc. (WNR): CFO Gary R Dalke Sold 20,000 Shares

  On 07/08/2014, CFO Gary R Dalke sold 20,000 shares at an average price of $40.58. The price of th! e stock has decreased by 0.22% since. Western Refining Inc. has a market cap of $4.15 billion and its shares were traded at around $40.49. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.70 and P/S ratio of 0.36 with a dividend yield of 2.27%.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  How bad has this week been? Marathon Petroleum has fallen 4.3% through yesterday’s close, while HollyFrontier has dropped 2.5%, Valero Energy (VLO) has declined 3.5% and Alon USA Partners (ALDW) has slipped 5.7%. Western Refining (WNR) has weathered the selling and has ticked down just 0.3%.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Westlake and Baritot also worry about Tesoro, which “needs to beat convincingly in 2Q earnings…to drive furtehr relative upside.” They recommend Marathon Petroleum “is becoming significantly more interesting after underperforming,” they say, while they “see most potential in niche refiners,” like Delek US Holdings and Western Refining (WNR).

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  We maintain our Outperform ratings on Valero Energy, Western Refining (WNR), Marathon Petroleum , Tesoro, and PBF Energy…

  Ned Davis Research’s Warren Pies and John LaForge disagree:

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