Here Are the Facts You Need to Understand PSX

By Emilio Sanchez • Monday, December 18 11:28 • Permanent Link

Shares of Oil & Gas Integrated company Phillips 66 jumped 2.2% today. With many investors piling into PSX without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

Phillips 66 has moved 29.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 23.6%
PSX has an average analyst rating of buy and is -2.79% away from its mean target price of $136.48 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $16.55
Phillips 66 has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.0 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $13.12 and its forward P/E ratio is 10.1
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.89 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Phillips 66 is part of the Energy sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 8.53 and an average P/B of 1.78
PSX has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -58.0% and gross profit margins of 0.1%
The company has a free cash flow of $4.7 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Phillips 66 operates as an energy manufacturing and logistics company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, and Marketing and Specialties (M&S). The Midstream segment transports crude oil and other feedstocks; delivers refined petroleum products to market; provides terminaling and storage services for crude oil and refined petroleum products; transports, stores, fractionates, exports, and markets natural gas liquids; provides other fee-based processing services; and gathers, processes, transports, and markets natural gas. The Chemicals segment produces and markets ethylene and other olefin products; aromatics and styrenics products, such as benzene, cyclohexane, styrene, and polystyrene; and various specialty chemical products, including organosulfur chemicals, solvents, catalysts, and chemicals used in drilling and mining. The Refining segment refines crude oil and other feedstocks into petroleum products, such as gasolines, distillates, aviation, and renewable. The M&S segment purchases for resale and markets refined petroleum products, including gasolines, distillates, and aviation fuels. This segment also manufactures and markets specialty products, such as base oils and lubricants. The company was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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