Delek US Holdings acquires Lion Oil Company

Delek US Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DK). Last Market Price: 13.87, Change: +0.21, % Change: (1.54%). Shares trade in the range of 13.50 – 13.98 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 804.25M dollars, making it a Small Cap Stock and has 57.98M outstanding shares. The company has a beta of 1.06, indicating, the stock to be more volatile than the market. As per the most recent quarterly report, the net income per share (EPS) is -0.22. It operates in Energy sector and belongs to Oil and Gas Operations industry. Percentage shares held by institutional investors is 23%. The company has a 52 week high of $ 17.50 and a 52 week low of $ 6.65. Average volumes of shares traded daily are 305,883. Volume traded in the last session was at 58,322, 0.19 times the average volume.

• Delek US Holdings acquires remaining equity interest in Lion Oil Company for $13 million
• Company has acquired the remaining 11.7 percent minority equity interest in Lion Oil held by a consortium of private investors.

For Q2 (Jun ’11), It had a Net profit margin of 3.03%, an Operating margin of 4.76%. Other Key stats and ratios are : Return on average assets of 13.73%, Return on average equity of 43.32%. The organization has an employee strength of 3,395

Consensus Recommendation is a Outperform.

Estimate for sales for the Year Ending Dec-11 show a mean of 5,159.78 million dollars, an estimate high of 5,971.96 million dollars and an estimate low of 4,347.60 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 2,591.38 million dollars.

Estimate for sales for the Year Ending Dec-12 show a mean of 4,095.16 million dollars, an estimate high of 5,533.67 million dollars and an estimate low of 2,656.66 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 3,005.20 million dollars.

Estimate for EPS for the Year Ending Dec-11 show a mean of 3.31 dollars, an estimate high of 3.66 dollars and an estimate low of 2.47 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 0.06 dollars.

Estimate for EPS for the Year Ending Dec-12 show a mean of 2.48 dollars, an estimate high of 3.58 dollars and an estimate low of 0.94 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 0.10 dollars.

Sales for Quarter Ending Jun-11 was estimated at 1,217.99 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 1,848.70 million dollars, 630.71 million dollars more than estimates.

Sales for Quarter Ending Mar-11 was estimated at 566.74 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 1,143.50 million dollars, 576.76 million dollars more than estimates.

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