Worldwide realized refining margins jumped to $24.08 per barrel from $10.11 in Q1, lifting adjusted earnings to $3.79 billion. Revenue and EPS both topped consensus, the fourth straight quarter of beats. Refining utilization of 96% is the number to watch next.
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Trump Wants to Ban Diesel Exports. Refiners Are Selling Off.
Trump floated banning US diesel exports and refiners immediately started selling off, but the gap between a presidential preference and a signed policy is where billions in market-leading gains now hang.
Phillips 66 Is Minting Money on $102 Diesel Margins. How Long Can It Last?
Diesel margins just ran five times their normal range as Russian barrels vanished and Gulf throughput cratered, sending Phillips 66 on a historic run. But the question rattling analysts is whether the…
Phillips 66, Target, and Wells Fargo Just Paid Shareholders. Here’s What They Got.
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Can Phillips 66, Marathon, or Valero Afford Delek US Holdings Now?
Delek US Holdings has surged past its own analyst targets after a stunning 215% one-year run, and its CEO just said all options are on the table. The question is whether any…
Diesel Prices Are Breaking Records: 3 Refiners Turning the Crisis Into Record Profits
Crude oil looks calm, but diesel tells a completely different story, and the gap between those two markets is quietly reshaping who profits and who pays at every level of the supply…
Billionaire Investor Paul Singer’s Top 5 Picks: Are They a Buy Now?
Elliott Management's latest 13F filing exposes five positions spanning gold streamers to AI infrastructure, but not all of them still make sense to buy. One has already tripled expectations while another has…
Forget Oil Prices — This 1 Refining Number Explains Why These Energy Stocks Are On Fire
Refinery stocks like Marathon Petroleum and Valero have delivered gains that crush the S&P 500 this year, and crude oil prices have almost nothing to do with it. One obscure industry metric…
5 Stocks Poised to Benefit the Most When US Gas Prices Soar
Gasoline prices swung wildly this spring, and the volatility punished some investors while quietly setting up others for outsized gains. Five energy stocks sit at the intersection of refining margins, crude production,…
XLE’s Concentration Risk Meets Oil’s Next Move: What to Monitor in June
The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLE) has had a volatile two months. XLE climbed to $61.29 on May 19 as Brent crude touched $124.61 in early April on the de facto…
Here Are Wednesday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Agilent, Dollar General, FedEx, GE Aerospace, Hershey, Intuit, SanDisk, Workday, Zscaler, and More
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IEO’s $0.55 quarterly dividend faces a critical test as oil prices hover near 12-month highs
The iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (NYSEARCA:IEO) just paid a $0.55 distribution in March, the lightest quarterly payment since mid-2024. IEO holders are buying the aggregated dividend policies…
Energy Stocks Are Secretly Better Than Treasuries. Here’s Why Bob Brackett Is Loading Up on Exxon and Chevron.
Bernstein analyst Bob Brackett has a reframe for income investors who keep dismissing energy stocks because the headline yield looks thin against the 10-year Treasury. On a recent episode of The Real…
Brent Crude Spikes to $117 on Iran Military Option Reports
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Delta Soars 13% Despite a Fuel Bill That Ballooned by $2 Billion
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