profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Valero Energy
$350.71-1.69% today
+95.7% in 1 year
1-year low $161.941-year high $459.78
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $41.66 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Valero Energy sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $176 billion in 2022 to $123 billion in 2025, with $2.35 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Valero Energy handed back 80% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $2.6B$1.4B
Free cash flow 2025$5.0B
Bought back its own shares$2.6B
Paid as dividends$1.4B
Cash vs. debt$4.7B vs. $11.7B
Valero Energy vs. similar companies
Valero Energy grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valero Energy | 41.7× · Expensive | ||
 Türkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A.S. | 43.0× · Expensive | ||
 Reliance Industries | 22.2× · Fair price | ||
 Marathon Petroleum | 26.2× · Fair price | ||
 Phillips 66 | 22.2× · Fair price |
Compare Valero Energy with Chevron
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Valero Energy's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64,912 | 113,977 | 176,383 | 144,766 | 129,881 | 122,687 | |
| -740 | 3,129 | 16,751 | 12,889 | 4,760 | 5,369 | |
| -1,579 | 2,130 | 15,751 | 11,858 | 3,755 | 4,312 | |
| 904 | 4,551 | 18,342 | 15,061 | 7,028 | 6,719 | |
| -1,421 | 930 | 11,528 | 8,835 | 2,770 | 2,348 | |
| -3.50 | 2.27 | 29.04 | 24.92 | 8.58 | 7.57 | |
| -1.1% | 2.7% | 9.5% | 8.9% | 3.7% | 4.4% | |
| -2.4% | 1.9% | 8.9% | 8.2% | 2.9% | 3.5% | |
| -2.2% | 0.8% | 6.5% | 6.1% | 2.1% | 1.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 51,774 | 57,888 | 60,982 | 63,056 | 60,143 | 57,988 |
| Cash | 3,313 | 4,122 | 4,862 | 5,424 | 4,657 | 4,688 |
| Total debt | 15,847 | 15,125 | 12,722 | 12,637 | 11,540 | 11,703 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 35,514 | 34,532 | 32,622 | 31,383 |
| 18,801 | 18,430 | 23,561 | 26,346 | 24,512 | 23,725 | |
| 407 | 407 | 396 | 353 | 322 | 309 | |
| -3.3% | 5.1% | 34.6% | 25.0% | 9.3% | 7.9% | |
| -7.6% | 5.0% | 48.9% | 33.5% | 11.3% | 9.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 948 | 5,859 | 12,574 | 9,229 | 6,683 | 5,826 | |
| – | – | 1,681 | 911 | 907 | 796 | |
| – | – | 10,893 | 8,318 | 5,776 | 5,030 | |
| Dividends paid | 1,600 | 1,602 | 1,562 | 1,452 | 1,384 | 1,405 |
| 156 | 27 | 4,577 | 5,136 | 2,875 | 2,598 | |
| 80 | 88 | 103 | 107 | 100 | 117 |
Valuation
- 41.7×
- 14.3×
- –
- 5.1×
- 0.8×
- 19.4×
- 15.6×
- 5.1%
- 2.4%
- 1.9%
Profitability
- 4.4%
- 3.5%
- 1.9%
- 7.2%
- 8.1%
- 19.7%
- 17.6%
- 6.8%
- 13.1%
- –
Growth
- +13.6%
- –
- −12.9%
- +2.9%
- −7.9%
Financial health
- 1.0×
- 0.49
- 18.5%
- 6.4×
- 1.65
- 1.15
- 2.03
How it ranks in Energy
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 47%of 464
Bottom 21%of 463
Bottom 13%of 384
Top 22%of 457
Bottom 48%of 456
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $214.67
- Range
- $178.00 – $263.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 4.22 | 3.16 | +33.5% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 3.82 | 3.27 | +16.8% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 3.66 | 3.05 | +20.0% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 2.28 | 1.75 | +30.3% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 0.89 | 0.41 | +116.9% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | 0.64 | 0.07 | +829.2% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 1.14 | 0.98 | +16.3% |
| Jul 25, 2024 | 2.71 | 2.60 | +4.2% |
1.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$19a year at today's yield, before tax
+2.9%2020 to 2025
Raised3 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.70 in 2015 → $4.52 in 2025
How safe it looks
59.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 27.9%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
51No pass
Benjamin Graham
37No pass
Philip Fisher
44No pass
Peter Lynch
57No pass
Joel Greenblatt
8No pass
Charlie Munger
46No pass
Terry Smith
51No pass
Questions about Valero Energy
Is Valero Energy a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Valero Energy AI analysis
What does Valero Energy do?
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 is in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing, based in San Antonio, TX, United States, with 9,785 employees.
Does Valero Energy pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.9% a year, about 60% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $1.41 billion in dividends.
Is Valero Energy stock halal?
Yes. Valero Energy passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 12% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Valero Energy stock done over the past year?
Up 95.7% over the past twelve months, to $350.71. It traded between $161.94 and $459.78 and is 23.7% below its high.
Who are Valero Energy's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Türkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A.S., Reliance Industries, Marathon Petroleum and Phillips 66. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Valero Energy's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 10, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.