Valero Energy is a oil & gas refining & marketing company located in Texas, United States, which is part of the Energy sector, and is traded under the ticker VLO on the NYSE exchange.
Valero Energy stock last closed at $148.67, up 3.43% from the previous day, and has increased 0.48% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry by 0.02 percentage points. Valero Energy stock is currently +50.17% from its 52-week low of $99.00, and -11.39% from its 52-week high of $167.78.
At the moment, there are 313.21M shares of VLO outstanding. The market capitalization of VLO is $46.56B. In the last 24 hours, 7.59M VLO shares were traded.
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Out of 10 Equities analysts who give forecasts on VLO, the consensus analyst rating on Valero Energy is a Strong Buy
Please note that analyst forecasts are not stock recommendations, nor are they investment advice.
Theresa Chen, a top 5% analyst from Barclays maintains VLO with a strong buy rating and raises their VLO price target from $140.00 to $141.00, on May 12, 2025.
Barclays's Theresa Chen raised their price target on Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) by 0.7% from $140 to $141 on 2025/05/13. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
Valero Energy reported its Q1 2025 earnings on 2025/04/24.
In a post-print quarterly sector review note, Chen summarized that "against ongoing economic volatility, refining names have seen relatively resilient demand and recovering crack spreads.
Ryan Todd, a top 9% analyst from Piper Sandler maintains VLO with a strong buy rating and lowers their VLO price target from $144.00 to $140.00, on May 9, 2025.
John Royall, a top 16% analyst from JP Morgan maintains VLO with a strong buy rating and lowers their VLO price target from $152.00 to $147.00, on Apr 28, 2025.
An analyst from Morgan Stanley maintains VLO with a strong buy rating and lowers their VLO price target from $160.00 to $145.00, on Apr 24, 2025.
Paul Cheng, a top 20% analyst from ScotiaBank maintains VLO with a buy rating and lowers their VLO price target from $156.00 to $136.00, on Apr 11, 2025.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are projecting on the Valero Energy stock forecast page.
Last year, VLO earnings were $930.00M. During the last five year, VLO's earnings have gone up by 24.23% per year. This was faster than the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry average of -4.85%.
Last year, VLO revenue was $128.38B. In the past 5 year, VLO's revenue has increased by 3.87% per year. This was slower than the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry average of 4.98%.
Dig into VLO's earnings and revenue performance here.
Over the past 12 months, insiders at VLO have sold more shares than they have bought.
Fred M. Diaz, Director of VLO, was the latest VLO insider to sell. They sold $101,122.56 worth of VLO shares on May 15, 2025.
Dig into more about who owns VLO stock here.
Valero Energy pays a dividend of 2.96%, compared to the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry's average dividend yield of 6.05%. If you owned $1,000 of VLO stock, you would have been paid $29.60 in the past year.
Valero Energy dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
Get more info about Valero Energy dividend yield and history here.
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