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Valero Energy Corporation
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · United States
USD 414.74-1.1% daily changeQuote 2026-10-06 · USD
- Market cap (USD)
- US$119.41B
- Trailing P/E
- 17.29x
- Forward P/E
- 9.99x
- Quarterly revenue growth
- 51.7%
- Trailing net margin
- 5.4%
- Indicated dividend yield
- 1.2%
Snapshot 2026-10-06 · Latest financial period 2026-06-30 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.
Next earnings: 2026-10-22 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).
Company background
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.
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| Metric | VLOValero Energy CorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30 | MPCMarathon Petroleum CorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30 | PSXPhillips 66Snapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30 | Peer medianSimilar-size peers only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market capMarket value, converted to USD | US$119.41B | US$120.27B | US$107.10B | US$113.68Bn=2 |
| Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate | 9.99x | 8.45x | 10.01x | 9.23xn=2 |
| EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA | 9.53x | 10.06x | 12.62x | 11.34xn=2 |
| Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 51.7% | 53.7% | 53.1% | 53.4%n=2 |
| Operating marginLatest reported quarter | 12.3% | 13.6% | 8.5% | 11.0%n=2 |
| Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap | 7.0% | 7.7% | 4.2% | 6.0%n=2 |
| Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA | 0.26x | 1.72x | 1.66x | 1.69xn=2 |
| Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity | 0.40x | 1.33x | 0.63x | 0.98xn=2 |
| Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings | 17.29x | 14.83x | 15.26x | 15.05xn=2 |
| Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share | 4.78x | 6.35x | 3.38x | 4.87xn=2 |
| EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue | 0.96x | 1.00x | 0.82x | 0.91xn=2 |
| Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 453.5% | 348.0% | 344.9% | 346.4%n=2 |
| Gross marginTrailing twelve months | 16.1% | 12.8% | 13.1% | 13.0%n=2 |
| Net marginTrailing twelve months | 5.4% | 5.5% | 4.7% | 5.1%n=2 |
| Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only | 27.6% | 42.1% | 23.5% | 32.8%n=2 |
| Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue | 6.4% | 6.0% | 3.0% | 4.5%n=2 |
| Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.9% | 1.4%n=2 |
| Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout | 19.4% | 13.5% | 28.2% | 20.9%n=2 |
| Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities | 1.64x | 1.25x | 1.32x | 1.29xn=2 |
| BetaProvider historical market sensitivity | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0.70 | 0.62n=2 |
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