Valero Energy Corporation (VLO)
Energy · NYQ
Price as at 1 Oct 2026, 03:36 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Valero Energy Corporation trades at $387.61, which is 34% above the $256.86 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 42 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 21.6 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
VLO dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $3.60 | 3 |
| 2025 | $4.52 | 4 |
| 2024 | $4.28 | 4 |
| 2023 | $4.08 | 4 |
| 2022 | $3.92 | 4 |
| 2021 | $3.92 | 4 |
| 2020 | $3.92 | 4 |
| 2019 | $3.60 | 4 |
| 2018 | $3.20 | 4 |
| 2017 | $2.80 | 4 |
| 2016 | $2.40 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
VLO earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 19 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Valero Energy Corporation
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.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
VLO passes 2 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
17 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Arrowstreet Capital, ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$570.91M · 0.3% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$526.20M · 0.2% of book
- Two Sigma, TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP$334.27M · 0.2% of book
- Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$209.52M · 0.1% of book
- Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, LP$74.23M · 0.3% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Politician trades in VLO
We hold 11 disclosed trades in VLO by members of Congress and executive-branch officials. The latest 5:
- Donald J Trump · Executive branchSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 16 Jun 2026 · disclosed 22 Aug 2026
- Markwayne Mullin · Executive branchSell · $100,001 - $250,000 · traded 10 Jun 2026 · disclosed 25 Jul 2026
- Donald J Trump · Executive branchBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 15 May 2026 · disclosed 1 Jul 2026
- Gilbert Cisneros · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 9 Jan 2026 · disclosed 13 Feb 2026
- Gilbert Cisneros · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 6 Aug 2025 · disclosed 12 Sept 2025
A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.
VLO peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing), then in the same sector.
- SUN Sunoco LP
- UGP Ultrapar Participações S.A.
- ALD.AX Ampol Limited
- IEP Icahn Enterprises L.P.
- DK Delek US Holdings, Inc.
- CVI CVR Energy, Inc.
- VEA.AX Viva Energy Group Limited
- CAPL CrossAmerica Partners LP
Every energy company we cover is on the Energy hub.
Common questions
Is Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $256.86, VLO at $387.61 is 34% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own VLO?
17 of the institutions we track reported a position in VLO in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is VLO's P/E ratio?
VLO trades at 21.6 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) pay a dividend?
Yes. Valero Energy Corporation yields 1.62% at the current share price. It has paid $4.73 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 37 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its VLO data?
Fundamentals for VLO come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Oct 2026, 03:36 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 96/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.