Valero Energy (VLO) Price & Analysis
VLO Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- MXN 7,120.00 - MXN 8,500.00
- 52-Week Range
- MXN 2,816.01 - MXN 8,515.00
- Previous Close
- MXN 7,120.00
- Volume
- 98
- Average Volume (3M)
- 920
- Market Cap
- MXN 2.09T
- Enterprise Value
- MXN 114.71B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- MXN 9.84B
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- MXN 11.00B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 9.0
- Beta
- -0.29
- Next Earnings
- Jan 28, 2027
- EPS Estimate
- 364.52
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 1.15%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Strong Cash Generation
Very strong operating and free cash flow indicates that the earnings rebound is converting into financial resources rather than relying on accounting gains. This supports debt service, sustaining investment, growth projects and shareholder returns while preserving flexibility through the refining cycle.
Refining Scale And Market Position
Valero’s large, flexible Gulf Coast footprint provides structural advantages in feedstock access, refinery location and product placement. Near-record utilization and resilient transportation-fuel demand can support throughput and margins, reinforcing competitive positioning across the next several quarters.
Operational Optimization
The completed St. Charles project adds higher-value product capacity without relying solely on new refinery construction. Delivery on schedule and within budget, together with better-than-forecast EBITDA, demonstrates disciplined execution and should improve product mix and asset economics.
Bears Say
Refining Earnings Cyclicality
The sharp movement from strong historical results to weak 2024–2025 margins shows that Valero’s earnings power remains highly dependent on refining spreads and market conditions. A normalization in cracks or demand could therefore reduce profits and cash generation materially.
Higher Balance-sheet Leverage
The increase in debt relative to equity reduces financial flexibility compared with prior annual periods and makes results more sensitive to a refining downturn. If margins weaken, lower earnings and cash flow could make debt service, investment and shareholder returns more restrictive.
Deferred Industry Maintenance
Deferred turnarounds may shift a larger maintenance burden into the coming period, increasing the risk of outages, reliability issues and lower available throughput across the industry. For Valero, this could pressure utilization and raise the importance and cost of execution.
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Company Description
Valero Energy
Valero Energy Corporation functions as a global producer and marketer of transportation fuels and petrochemicals, with operations spanning the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and other international territories. The company organizes its business across three primary divisions: Refining, Renewable Diesel, and Ethanol. Its Refining segment generates a wide array of products, including various types of gasoline (conventional, premium, reformulated, and California Air Resources Board-compliant), diverse diesel fuels (low-sulfur, ultra-low-sulfur, and CARB diesel), jet fuels, blendstocks, asphalts, petrochemicals, and lubricants. This division also handles the sale of lube oils and natural gas liquids. As of the end of 2021, Valero managed 15 petroleum refineries, boasting a combined daily processing capacity of approximately 3.2 million barrels of crude oil. The Ethanol division comprises 12 plants, capable of producing around 1.6 billion gallons of ethanol annually. These facilities also yield co-products such as dry distiller grains, syrup, and inedible corn oil, which are largely supplied to animal feed markets. Valero distributes its refined goods through wholesale rack and bulk channels, in addition to approximately 7,000 branded retail stations operating under names like Valero, Beacon, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, and Texaco. Furthermore, Valero contributes to renewable energy production by owning and operating a facility dedicated to converting animal fats, used cooking oils, and inedible distillers corn oils into renewable diesel. Supporting its extensive operations, the company maintains a comprehensive logistics network that includes crude oil and refined product pipelines, storage terminals, tanks, marine docks, and truck rack bays. Originally established in 1980 as Valero Refining and Marketing Company, the firm adopted its current name, Valero Energy Corporation, in August 1997. Its corporate headquarters are situated in San Antonio, Texas.
- Sector
- Energy
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
- CEO
- R. Lane Riggs
- Employees
- 9,785
- Website
- www.valero.com
- Address
- One Valero Way, San Antonio, TX, 78249, US
Valero Energy (VLO) Earnings & Revenues
VLO Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly positive overall. Valero reported substantially higher net income, strong operating income across refining, renewable diesel, and ethanol, record or near-record operating performance, robust cash generation, low net leverage, resilient fuel demand, and favorable Gulf Coast refining fundamentals. The main cautions were market volatility, elevated freight costs, DGD-specific third-quarter disruptions, deferred industry maintenance, lower U.K. home-heating-oil sales, and the potential for crack compression if crude prices rise further.
View all MX:VLO earnings summariesVLO Net sales Breakdown
- 41.50% Gasolines and blendstocks
- 44.89% Distillates
- 8.28% Other product
- 1.69% Renewable diesel
- 0.11% Renewable naphtha
- 2.59% Ethanol
- 0.69% Distillers grains
- 0.24% Neat SAF
VLO Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| Technical Analysis | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Moving Averages | 6 | 0 | 6 |