VLO Stock Analysis: Valero Energy | NYSE
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 98.376m USD | 12M Return: 153.9% | US91913Y1001 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 806M
EPS Trend: -39.5%
Qual. Beats: 7
Rev. Trend: -82.7%
Qual. Beats: -1
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
Seasonality 11.6 years of data
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Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) is a U.S.-headquartered downstream energy company that manufactures, markets, and sells petroleum-based and low-carbon transportation fuels and petrochemical products across the Americas, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and other international markets. The company operates through three business segments-Refining, Renewable Diesel, and Ethanol-producing a broad slate of gasoline blendstocks (including CARBOB and CBOB), CARB diesel, distillates, jet fuel, asphalt, and intermediate oils, as well as aromatics and crude oils. Refined products are distributed through wholesale rack and bulk channels and branded retail outlets operated under multiple regional banners, including Valero, Beacon, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, and Texaco. Beyond refining, Valero owns and operates renewable diesel and ethanol production assets, marketing renewable diesel, renewable naphtha, and neat sustainable aviation fuel under the Diamond Green Diesel brand, while ethanol co-products such as dry distillers grains, corn syrup, and inedible distillers corn oil are sold to animal feed customers. The company was founded in 1980 and is based in San Antonio, Texas, having been renamed Valero Energy Corporation in August 1997.
The business model sits within the GICS Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing sub-industry, the downstream segment of the energy value chain, where profitability is driven primarily by refining margins (often measured by crack spreads) between finished fuel prices and crude oil feedstock costs. Valeros inclusion of dedicated Renewable Diesel and Ethanol segments reflects the industrys exposure to biofuel blending programs such as the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which mandate and incentivize low-carbon fuel production and blending into the conventional fuel supply.
- Refining margins surge as crack spreads widen on gasoline and diesel
- Renewable diesel segment scales as Diamond Green Diesel capacity expands
- Capital returns expand with dividend growth and active share buyback program
| Net Income: 7.21b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.16 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 9.31 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 8.97% < 20% (prev 7.37%; Δ 1.60% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.17 > 3% & CFO 10.9b > Net Income 7.21b |
| Net Debt (4.56b) to EBITDA (13.3b): 0.34 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.64 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (294.0m) vs 12m ago -5.77% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 11.32% > 18% (prev 2.49%; Δ 8.83% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 214.2% > 50% (prev 208.3%; Δ 5.97% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 18.25 > 6 (EBIT TTM 10.2b / Interest Expense TTM 558.0m) |
| A: 0.18 (Total Current Assets 30.7b - Total Current Liabilities 18.7b) / Total Assets 64.7b |
| B: 0.77 (Retained Earnings 50.0b / Total Assets 64.7b) |
| C: 0.16 (EBIT TTM 10.2b / Avg Total Assets 62.0b) |
| D: 0.69 (Book Value of Equity 25.0b / Total Liabilities 36.4b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 5.56 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.17 (Receivables 13.9b/11.1b, Revenue 133b/124b) |
| GMI: 0.22 (GM 2.49% / 11.32%) |
| AQI: 0.75 (AQ_t 0.09 / AQ_t-1 0.12) |
| SGI: 1.07 (Revenue 133b / 124b) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI 7.21b - CFO 10.9b) / TA 64.7b) |
| Beneish M = -3.70 (Cap -4..+1) = AAA |
As of August 22, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 348.86 with a total of 1,905,453 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +2.10%, over one month by +11.25%, over three months by +45.26% and over the past year by +153.94%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 334.10 (which is 4.2% or 1.4 ATR below the current price).
Valero Energy has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.29. Therefore, it is recommended to buy VLO.
- StrongBuy: 10
- Buy: 7
- Hold: 4
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 309.8 | -11.2% |
P/E Trailing = 14.3078
P/E Forward = 8.6881
P/S = 0.7429
P/B = 3.6272
P/EG = 4.0843
Revenue TTM = 133b USD
EBIT TTM = 10.2b USD
EBITDA TTM = 13.3b USD
Long Term Debt = 10.4b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 927.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 12.4b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 1.08b
Net Debt = 4.56b USD (calculated: Debt 12.4b - CCE 7.87b)
Enterprise Value = 103b USD (98.4b + Debt 12.4b - CCE 7.87b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 18.25 (Ebit TTM 10.2b / Interest Expense TTM 558.0m)
EV/FCF = 10.20x (Enterprise Value 103b / FCF TTM 10.1b)
FCF Yield = 9.80% (FCF TTM 10.1b / Enterprise Value 103b)
FCF Margin = 7.59% (FCF TTM 10.1b / Revenue TTM 133b)
Net Margin = 5.43% (Net Income TTM 7.21b / Revenue TTM 133b)
Gross Margin = 11.32% ((Revenue TTM 133b - Cost of Revenue TTM 118b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 19.50% (prev 8.89%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.59 (Enterprise Value 103b / Total Assets 64.7b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.49% (Interest Expense 558.0m / Debt 12.4b)
Taxrate = 22.70% (2.24b / 9.87b)
NOPAT = 7.87b (EBIT 10.2b * (1 - 22.70%))
Current Ratio = 1.64 (Total Current Assets 30.7b / Total Current Liabilities 18.7b)
Debt / Equity = 0.50 (Debt 12.4b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 25.0b)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.34 (Net Debt 4.56b / EBITDA 13.3b)
Debt / FCF = 0.45 (Net Debt 4.56b / FCF TTM 10.1b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 24.1b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 11.62% (Net Income 7.21b / Total Assets 64.7b)
RoE = 29.94% (Net Income TTM 7.21b / Total Stockholder Equity 24.1b)
RoCE = 29.51% (EBIT 10.2b / Capital Employed (Equity 24.1b + L.T.Debt 10.4b))
RoIC = 19.59% (NOPAT 7.87b / Invested Capital 40.2b)
WACC = 7.70% (E(98.4b)/V(111b) * Re(8.23%) + D(12.4b)/V(111b) * Rd(4.49%) * (1-Tc(0.23)))
Discount Rate = 8.23% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -98.62 | Cagr: -5.13%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈7.55b ; Y1≈8.66b ; Y5≈12.7b
[DCF] Fair Price = 649.9 (EV 192b - Net Debt 4.56b = Equity 187b / Shares 287.9m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -39.50 | EPS CAGR: -23.33% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 7
Revenue Correlation: -82.73 | Revenue CAGR: -5.98% | SUE: -1.73 | # QB: -1
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=14.95 | Chg30d=+53.05% | Revisions=+69% | Analysts=18
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=41.66 | Chg30d=+36.24% | Revisions=+61% | GrowthEPS=+292.6% | GrowthRev=+19.9%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=27.72 | Chg30d=+29.25% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=-33.5% | GrowthRev=-14.2%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +67% (up=37, down=6)