HollyFrontier Posts Exceptional Operational Results and Higher Profits

For an industry that is supposed to be in the dumps right now, oil refiner HollyFrontier (NYSE: HFC) put together a second quarter that really exceeded expectations. Part of that has to do with a recent acquisition, but it also helped that management shored up one of its weakest-performing business segments.

Here's a review of HollyFrontier's most recent results, what went right this quarter, and whether we can expect performance like this to continue.

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