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VLO

Valero Energy Corporation

VLO

NYSE·Energy·Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing·Mkt cap $80.0B

$267.44

▼ -0.74%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$130.78 - $274.92

P/E

19.42

Fwd P/E

12.75

Beta

0.55

Div Yield

1.73%

Avg Vol

3.2M

Shares Out

296.9M

Mkt Cap

$80.0B

Price action

Price chart

Up 89.7% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

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Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Large-scale refining capacity
  • Geographically diverse asset network
  • Advanced renewable energy capabilities
  • Integrated logistics and distribution infrastructure
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Bear Case

1 risk

  • Low volatility (beta 0.6).

Growth

Stable outlook

Increasing renewable energy demand

Value

Attractively priced below Refining & Marketing peer average

Momentum

Strong

+10.4% over 3m

Quality

Thin

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Modest

1.73% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Apr 22, 2026

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Q2 26 RECAP

APR 30, 2026

Reported EPS of $4.22 vs $3.16 consensus (+33.5% surprise). Revenue of $32.4B vs $31.4B expected (+3.2%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +33.5%
Rev beat +3.2%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+33.5%

Next: Apr 22, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

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-13%

-5%

-13%

-2%

+3%

+7%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$34.5B

$32.9B

$30.8B

$30.3B

$29.9B

$32.2B

$31.7B

$32.4B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

8.9%

Operating

5.3%

Profit

3.9%

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Wall Street consensus

14 analysts · 64% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

9

64%

Hold

4

29%

Sell

1

7%

Median Price Target

$232.00

▼ -13.3% vs $267.44

Low $203.00
Median $232.00
High $289.00

Latest: TD Cowen · Jun 29, 2026

4 analysts covering

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vs Industry

How VLO stacks vs Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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