XNYS · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$413.28+0.18%
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Valuation methods
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TickerWhale Score
60/100
Positive
Score components
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Valero Energy scores 60 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Technical is its strongest area and Valuation its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
- Risk
- Sentiment Signal
What to watch
- Quality & growth
- Valuation
Quality & growth
30%39Weak
- Revenue growth 12.6%
- EPS growth 900.8%
Valuation
25%39Weak
- P/E 16.9
- EV/Sales 0.9
Valero Energy is one of the largest independent refiners in the United States. It operates 15 refineries, with a total throughput capacity of 3.2 million barrels a day in the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Valero also owns 12 ethanol plants with capacity of 1.6 billion gallons a year and holds a 50% stake in Diamond Green Diesel, which can produce 1.2 billion gallons per year of renewable diesel.
#101 by market cap in our coverage · ~9,811 employees · Listed 1997-08-01 · www.valero.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#22 / 72sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 60 vs sector average 54.1 (+5.9)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 91%
Gross margin (industry)Top 73%
Return on equity (industry)Top 36%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 50%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
100/100Strong vs universe
Ranks 100th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 90/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Buy
5 buy · 3 sell · 0 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates VLO's technical setup strong — 100th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean buy, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
9 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+65.6%
- vs 50-day+22.4%
Momentum
Weak
- RSI (14)80 · sell
- Stochasticsell
- CCIbuy
- Williams %Rsell
Trend
Constructive
- ADX (14) trend strength49· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)buy(histogram 2.365)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 9 buy vs 0 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 4 buy · 3 sell · 0 neutral.
Result — 5 buy vs 3 sell of 8 votes = Buy. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)16.9
- P/S (TTM)0.9
- P/B4.9
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales0.9
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin8.6%
- Net margin5.2%
- ROE29.4%
- Debt/Equity0.45
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)12.6%
- EPS growth (YoY)900.8%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $121.5B
Fundamentals history
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLOCurrentValero Energy | 60 | 90 | 16.9 | — | 4.9 | 0.9 | $413.28 | +0.18% | +12.6% | ||
| INSWInternational Seaways | 91 | 87 | 7.1 | — | 2.4 | 4.8 | $111.15 | +0.56% | +57.4% | ||
| PARRPar Pacific Holdings | 79 | 75 | 4.9 | — | 2.1 | 0.6 | $84.37 | -2.45% | +13.2% | ||
| VALValaris | 76 | 52 | 6.3 | — | 1.8 | 3.0 | $83.76 | -0.35% | -13.2% | ||
| PAAPlains All American Pipeline LP | 73 | 77 | 7.0 | — | 1.6 | 0.5 | $25.37 | -0.16% | +12.2% | ||
| OIIOceaneering International | 70 | 62 | 13.3 | — | 4.0 | 1.6 | $46.29 | +0.19% | +3.8% |
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