Valero Energy (VLO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Valero Energy Corporation is an international energy company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The company’s primary business is refining and marketing transportation fuels, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other products used by commercial, industrial and consumer customers.

Valero operates refineries in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Its refining operations also produce asphalt, petrochemical feedstocks and other petroleum-based products. The company markets fuel through wholesale channels and branded retail networks, including Valero, Beacon and Shamrock-branded locations.

In addition to conventional refining, Valero has businesses focused on renewable fuels. Through its renewable diesel operations and its partnership with Darling Ingredients, the company produces renewable diesel from feedstocks such as animal fats, used cooking oil and other renewable materials. Valero also owns and operates ethanol production facilities, which manufacture renewable fuel blended into gasoline.

Founded in 1980, Valero has grown through acquisitions and expansion of its refining and renewable-fuels businesses. The company is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Lane Riggs.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $386.66 to $400.60
• 50-Day Range: $340.61 to $459.65
• 52-Week Range: $159.90 to $461.52
• Volume: 4.22 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.58 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $115.18 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.00
• Dividend Yield: 1.20%
• Price Target: $379.94
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Valero Energy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Valero Energy scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 47th out of 246 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Valero Energy has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.57, and is based on 3 strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Valero Energy has a consensus price target of $379.94, representing about 5.0% downside from its current price of $400.04.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Valero Energy has been the subject of 16 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -3.01%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Valero Energy are expected to decrease by -3.01% in the coming year, from $57.42 to $55.69 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Valero Energy is 9.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.04.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Valero Energy is 9.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 25.35.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Valero Energy has a PEG Ratio of 0.20. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Valero Energy has a P/B Ratio of 3.71. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.79% of the float of Valero Energy has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Valero Energy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.34, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Valero Energy has recently decreased by 10.97%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Valero Energy pays a meaningful dividend of 1.24%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Valero Energy has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Valero Energy is 10.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Valero Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 8.62% next year. This indicates that Valero Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.07

News Sentiment

Valero Energy has a news sentiment score of 1.07. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 60 news articles for Valero Energy this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 56 people have searched for VLO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -20% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

50 people have added Valero Energy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 117% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Valero Energy insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.36% of the stock of Valero Energy is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

78.69% of the stock of Valero Energy is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/31 Dividend: 7/31/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/31 Dividend: 7/31/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/31/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/22/2026
• Today: 10/31/2026
• Record date for 12/21 Dividend: 11/24/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/21 Dividend: 11/24/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/21/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
• Current Symbol: NYSE:VLO
• CIK: 1035002
• Web: www.valero.com
• Phone: (210) 345-2000
• Fax: 210-345-2646
• Employees: 9,811
• Year Founded: 1980

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Valero Energy: $379.94
• High Price Target: $490.00
• Low Price Target: $200.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -5.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.57
• Research Coverage: 21 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $44.46
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 6.97
• P/E Growth: 0.2
• Net Income: $2.35 billion
• Net Margins: 8.44%
• Pretax Margin: 11.39%
• Return on Equity: 45.90%
• Return on Assets: 20.50%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.32
• Current Ratio: 1.72
• Quick Ratio: 1.23

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $153.33 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.75
• Cash Flow: $22.45 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 17.82
• Book Value: $107.96 per share
• Price / Book: 3.71

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 287,927,000
• Free Float: 286,890,000
• Market Cap: $115.18 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.59