VLO
Valero Energy Corp/tx Energy Petroleum Refining S&P 500Russell 3000
$399.66Close
$269.2BMarket cap
$159.58 – $459.7852-week range
Jan 21, 2027Next report · estimated
Highlights
Strengths
- In a stage-2 uptrend all 8 trend conditions pass
- Leading the market RS 97 · stronger than 97% of stocks over 12 months
- Earnings growing EPS +576% year on year, faster than the quarter before (+123 pts)
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
13%
1wk
down 4.7%
price change
1mo
up 3.1%
price change
12-month return
up 140%
market up 11% ·
its own up 128%
F-score
6 / 9
Mixed
Altman Z
8.36
Low risk
P/E
114.6×
price / earnings
PEG
—
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
11.3×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 1.2%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
27%
of the market · expensive
Revenue growth
down 6%
year on year
EPS growth
up 576%
latest quarter · +123 pts
Sales growth
up 43%
latest quarter · -6 pts
ROE
up 10%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 5%
$5.8B FCF
D/E
0.35
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
0.6×
Interest cover
5.7×EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- profitability slipped from last year
- took on more long-term debt
- assets working less efficiently
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profits backed by cash
- short-term liquidity improved
- no new shares issued
- gross margin widened
Trade setup
ATR%
4.5%
$18.00 a day · 2×ATR $363.66
RS
97 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
8 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
1.4×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
1.45
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no scheduled report
Trend template · 8 of 8
Screen verdict
-
Stage 2 Leader in mixed conditions
- RS 97
- Trend 8/8
- Off 12-month high 13%
- EPS growth +576% (accel +123 pts)
- Sales growth +43% (accel -6 pts)
- Altman Z 8.36 (low risk)
Warning signs
- Revenue shrinking Revenue fell 5.5% over the year, from $129.9B to $122.7B.
Last reported
Oct 22, 2026
Results reaction
Oct 22, 2026-2% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$21.0M54.3% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 4%
- Net 2%
- Free cash 5%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Dec 31, 2020 | FY2021Dec 31, 2021 | FY2022Dec 31, 2022 | FY2023Dec 31, 2023 | FY2024Dec 31, 2024 | FY2025Dec 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $64.9B | $114.0B | $176.4B | $144.8B | $129.9B | $122.7B |
| Gross margin | -1% | 3% | 10% | 9% | 4% | 4% |
| Operating income | -$1.6B | $2.1B | $15.7B | $11.9B | $3.8B | $3.2B |
| Net income | -$1.4B | $930.0M | $11.5B | $8.8B | $2.8B | $2.3B |
| Net margin | -2% | 1% | 7% | 6% | 2% | 2% |
| Earnings per share | -$3.49 | $2.29 | $29.11 | $25.03 | $8.60 | $7.60 |
| Free cash flow | -$1.5B | $3.4B | $9.8B | $7.3B | $4.6B | $5.8B |
| Free cash margin | -2% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 5% |
| Cash | $3.3B | $4.1B | $4.9B | $5.4B | $4.7B | $4.7B |
| Long-term debt | $13.0B | $11.9B | $9.2B | $9.2B | $8.1B | $8.3B |
| Shareholders' equity | $18.8B | $18.4B | $23.6B | $26.3B | $24.5B | $23.7B |
| Shares outstanding | 673.50m | 673.50m | 673.50m | 673.50m | 673.50m | 673.50m |
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $351 – $448 ±12.2% by Nov 27, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- About the same 54.3% priced · 51.5% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Choppier
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: no change
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $21.0M calls $8.9M · puts $12.2M · latest session
- 1.37× +0.71 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls -660 · puts -1.98k past week
For options traders: ATM IV 54.3% (+1.6% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 1.07 · 25Δ skew 2.0 pts · Net GEX -$9.4M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2026 | 28d |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2026 | 30d |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2026 | 30d |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2025 | 56d |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2025 | 23d |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2025 | 24d |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2025 | 24d |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2024 | 57d |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2024 | 30d |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 25d |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 25d |
| Feb 22, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 53d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | Regulation FD · Other events ↗ |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| May 8, 2026 | Director or officer change · Shareholder vote · Other events ↗ |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Material agreement ↗ |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Material agreement · New obligation ↗ |