第7名 煉油公司HollyFrontier

股票代碼：HFC

今年迄今股價(jià)漲幅：103%

市值：95億美元

《財(cái)富》美國(guó)500強(qiáng)排名：170

????美國(guó)中部具有豐富的廉價(jià)石油資源，HollyFrontier也因此成為投資美國(guó)石油行業(yè)的最佳選擇。

????這家總部位于達(dá)拉斯的獨(dú)立石油公司經(jīng)營(yíng)著5家煉油廠，日產(chǎn)量超過40萬桶。

????雖然HollyFrontier的規(guī)模相對(duì)較小，但能低價(jià)購(gòu)入原油，結(jié)果仍然推高它第三季度的利潤(rùn)達(dá)到了歷史新高。

????原因主要是因?yàn)镠ollyFrontier毗鄰俄克拉荷馬州庫(kù)欣。沒有連接墨西哥灣的管道使得庫(kù)欣難以將石油運(yùn)出，但HollyFrontier正受益于此，旗下煉油廠能源源不斷地獲得相對(duì)低價(jià)的西得克薩斯州中質(zhì)油，從而享有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)優(yōu)勢(shì)。

????分析人士預(yù)計(jì)這個(gè)趨勢(shì)將繼續(xù)延續(xù)，對(duì)于HollyFrontier股東而言這是個(gè)好消息。該公司已經(jīng)上調(diào)了季度派息，并于11月份宣布派發(fā)每股50美分的特別股息。

#7 HollyFrontier

Ticker:?HFC

YTD stock performance:?103%

Market cap:?$9.5 billion

Fortune 500 rank:?170

????HollyFrontier is in a sweet spot in the oil industry thanks to a glut of cheap crude oil in the central United States.

????The Dallas-based independent oil company operates five refineries that pump out more than 400,000 barrels a day.

????Even though it's a relatively small player,HollyFrontier's?(HFC,?Fortune 500)ability to buy crude at a discount helped push the company's third-quarter earnings to a record high.

????That's largely because of HollyFrontier's close proximity to Cushing, Okla. The lack of a pipeline to the Gulf Coast has made it difficult to get oil out of Cushing, but HollyFrontier has gained a competitive edge by keeping the cheaper-priced West Texas Intermediate oil flowing to its refiners.

????Analysts expect that trend to continue, and that could be good news for HollyFrontier's shareholders. The company has already increased its quarterly dividend and also declared a special 50 cents- per-share dividend in November.