美國500強2012十大牛股

第4名 Western Refining煉油公司

股票代碼：WNR

今年迄今股價漲幅：123%

市值：26億美元

《財富》美國500強排名：285

????Western Refining是一家獨立的煉油商，在美國西南部經營著超過200家的零售加油站，并向批發商銷售石油產品。

????總部位于得克薩斯州埃爾帕索的Western公司一直受益于美國和加拿大石油產量的增長。

????這家公司的兩個煉油廠主要加工輕質低硫原油。這種原油相比其他煉油廠使用的是更重質的原油，價格相對較低。

????因此，Western公司的利潤率相比主要競爭對手得到了顯著提升。

????這家公司還努力減輕了由于2007年收購Giant以及擴大產能投資造成的沉重債務負擔。

????Western公司有望受益于未來美國可能出現的能源繁榮。預計2020年前，美國將超越沙特，成為全球最大的產油國。

#4 Western Refining

Ticker:?WNR

YTD stock performance:?123%

Market cap:?$2.6 billion

Fortune 500 rank:?285

????Western Refining?(WNR,?Fortune 500) is an independent oil refiner that operates more than 200 retail gas stations in the Southwest and sells petroleum products to wholesalers.

????Based in El Paso, Texas, Western has benefited from increased oil production in the United States and Canada.

????The company's two refineries are set up to process light, sweet crude, which has been selling at a discount to the heavier stuff used by other refiners.

????As a result, Western's margins have expanded significantly compared with its main rivals.

????The company has also managed to reduce a heavy debt burden related to its 2007 acquisition of Giant Industries, as well as make investments to increase capacity.

????Western should be well positioned to benefit from a potential energy boom in the United States, which is expected to overtake Saudi Arabia as the?world's biggest oil producer before 2020.