🧠 The Signal Brief: AI Stock Insights & Picks
Big week. Huge software stock drawdowns. But you know what? Energy, AI, and minerals/metals stocks are still looking good to our system.
We don’t get the sense that fundamentals have changed. Let’s dig into the data.
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📈 Top AI Scorers of the Week
Valero. A name that made serious headlines in the wake of the Venezuelan takedown last month, and that is now at the top of our stock charts.
Let’s look at why our system likes VLO so much right now:
Stock spotlight: Valero (VLO)
Valero Energy Corporation, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is an international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels, petrochemical products, and power. This Fortune 500 company operates 15 petroleum refineries and 14 ethanol plants across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Valero is recognized for its low-cost operations and focus on customer-centric solutions, making it a significant player in the global energy market.
The data:
Revenue: $31.7B. That’s a 1.36% decrease since last quarter but a small increase of 3.17% since last year.
Net income: $1.13B. Increased by 3.56% quarter over quarter and increased 303.56% year over year.
EBITDA: $2.34B. Up by 3.70% quarter over quarter and 102.51% year over year.
Price momentum: Positive over the past month (+13.78%) and over the past year (+56.01%).
RSI (relative strength index): Neutral at 53.4.
P/E (price-to-earnings ratio): A bit high at 25.37.
Analyst rating: 100% buy
Alt data from the past few months:
Job listings ↑ 9%
X mentions: ↑ 300%
Employee sentiment: 86
Facebook followers ↑ 8.9%
Instagram followers ↑ 21%
The verdict:
AI score: 77 — buy signal.
Current price: $202.68
Price prediction: $225.14 (11% upside)
Bottom line: Valero Energy displays a mix of promising and cautious signals across various domains. Fundamentally, strong year-over-year growth in revenue, net income, and EBITDA underline its profitability and operational efficiency. However, slight quarter-over-quarter reductions emphasize the need for ongoing vigilance.
Technically, the stock’s strong price performance signifies robust short-term and long-term signals, with a neutral RSI indicating potential steadiness. From the alternative data perspective, increased job postings, high employee sentiment, and growing social media traction suggest healthy market activities and internally solid foundations.
Balancing these factors and drawing upon AltIndex's AI score of 77, the overall recommendation leans towards a positive outlook, with Valero Energy viewed as a buy opportunity based on current data.
🔎 Alt-Data Signals
What’s cooking in the markets right now?
Congress Trades
Here are some of the most interesting, eye-catching trades that congress members reported over the past couple of days:
Rep. Cleo Fields just filed some very interesting trades in the tech industry. One of them was his former data center favorite, IREN:
Bought IREN ($50K - $100K) on January 20th
Bought GOOGL ($100K - $265K) on January 20th
Reddit Alerts
(You can get all of these alerts as notifications on your phone with the AltIndex App)
Reddit (RDDT): People are actively discussing the potential influence of Reddit Premium subscriptions on Reddit's Q1 earnings for 2026. They propose a strategy to boost Reddit's earnings per share (EPS) by purchasing shares/calls before March 31st, 2026 and subscribing to Reddit Premium, which analysts have not predicted in their estimates. However, there is also mention of the recent decrease in Reddit's stock price and some skepticism about its valuation given its high P/E ratio compared to other social media companies.
Micron (MU): Redditors are talking a lot about Micron Technology (MU) on Reddit, with some users expressing their hopes for the stock to reach certain price points and planning to invest further profits in high-risk trades. However, there is also talk about a sudden dip in the company's stock price, with users seeking information on what might have caused this unexpected change.
Other Alternative Data Signals (3 Month Time Frame)
Fluor’s (FLR) Instagram followers increased by 21.7%.
Schneider National’s (SNDR) job listings increased by 49.3%.
Warby Parker’s (WRBY) job listings decreased by 30.8%.
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That’s it for today. Hope you found these signals helpful and/or interesting.
Have a great weekend, and happy trading.
— Brandon and Blake
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