Stock · VLO · Energy
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1982 · Revenue 12 mo. $146.9B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Valero Energy Corporation manufactures, markets, and sells petroleum-based and low-carbon liquid transportation fuels and petrochemical products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, and internationally.
Valero Energy Corporation manufactures, markets, and sells petroleum-based and low-carbon liquid transportation fuels and petrochemical products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Refining, Renewable Diesel, and Ethanol. The company produces California Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (CARBOB) and Conventional Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (CBOB) gasolines, CARB diesel, diesel, jet fuel, heating oil, and asphalt; feedstocks; aromatics; sulfur and residual fuel oil; intermediate oils; and sulfur, sweet, and sour crude oils. It sells its refined products through wholesale rack and bulk markets; and through outlets under the Valero, Beacon, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, and Texaco brands. The company also owns and operates renewable diesel and ethanol plants, as well as produces and sells renewable diesel, renewable naphtha, and neat sustainable aviation fuel under the Diamond Green Diesel brand name. In addition, it offers ethanol and various co-products, including dry distillers grains, syrup, and inedible distillers corn oil to animal feed customers. The company was formerly known as Valero Refining and Marketing Company and changed its name to Valero Energy Corporation in August 1997. Valero Energy Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
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Summary
47.3 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €4.5B (2025), it supports €50.2B. The remaining €40.7B of the market value assume it grows 8.3% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
8.3%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 9.3×, above its usual range.
Middle half of 12 quarters: 5.8× to 8.8×, median 7.1×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 9.90% | 11.63% | Rank 44 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 11.41% | 11.00% | Rank 52 |
| EBIT margin | 3.51% | 14.02% | Rank 10 |
| FCF margin | 4.10% | 7.36% | Rank 27 |
| Gross margin | 4.38% | 23.60% | Rank 2 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | −5.54% | −1.93% | Rank 31 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −36.09% | −10.72% | Rank 19 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 14.99% | |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 0.65% | 9.68% | Rank 5 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.19% | 4.80% | Rank 11 |
| FCF yield | 4.97% | 5.05% | Rank 49 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 0.88 | 2.31 | Rank 82 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 25.10 | 15.16 | Rank 17 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 87.23% | 14.27% | Rank 99 |
| Share price, 6 months | 44.20% | −0.91% | Rank 98 |
| Share price, 3 months | 21.27% | 2.95% | Rank 95 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −24.65% | −17.83% | Rank 28 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −2.76% | 0.88% | Rank 83 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −4.04% | −0.04% | Rank 78 |
| Dividend streak in years | 15 | 3 | Rank 93 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −1.28% | 0.36% | Rank 31 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 40.91% | 41.22% | Rank 49 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 1.04 | 1.33 | Rank 60 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.49 | 0.69 | Rank 60 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 38.68% | 31.61% | Rank 19 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 75.7 | 4.7% | $3.5B | 464M | 3.2 |
| 2017 | 94.0 | 3.8% | $4.1B | 444M | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 117.0 | 3.9% | $2.3B | 428M | 6.1 |
| 2019 | 108.3 | 3.5% | −$1.7B | 413M | 8.4 |
| 2020 | 64.9 | −2.4% | −$770.0M | 407M | 12.5 |
| 2021 | 114.0 | 1.9% | −$1.2B | 407M | −2.2 |
| 2022 | 176.4 | 8.9% | −$1.0B | 396M | −1.3 |
| 2023 | 144.8 | 8.2% | $8.3B | 353M | 7.2 |
| 2024 | 129.9 | 2.9% | $5.8B | 322M | 6.9 |
| 2025 | 122.7 | 3.5% | $5.0B | 309M | 7.0 |
2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Valero Energy Corporation mainly meets criteria in the Momentum category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Valero Energy Corporation is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
2 of 7 rules met
3 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Valero Energy Corporation.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 45.6 | 20.0 |
| P/B ratio | 4.5 | 2.3 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 9.9% | 11.6% |
| Equity ratio | 40.9% | 41.2% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.49 | 0.69 |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | 3.5% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| VLO | Valero Energy Corporationthis page | |
| PSX | Phillips 66 | Low1.8 |
| MPC | Marathon Petroleum Corp | Low3.6 |
| RELIANCE.NS | Reliance Industries Limited | locked |
| NESTE.HE | Neste Oil Oyj | locked |
| 6505.TW | Formosa Petrochemical Corp | locked |
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