Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) Stock

About Valero Energy Corporation

Valero Energy Corporation functions as a global producer and marketer of transportation fuels and petrochemicals, with operations spanning the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and other international territories. The company organizes its business across three primary divisions: Refining, Renewable Diesel, and Ethanol. Its Refining segment generates a wide array of products, including various types of gasoline (conventional, premium, reformulated, and California Air Resources Board-compliant), diverse diesel fuels (low-sulfur, ultra-low-sulfur, and CARB diesel), jet fuels, blendstocks, asphalts, petrochemicals, and lubricants. This division also handles the sale of lube oils and natural gas liquids. As of the end of 2021, Valero managed 15 petroleum refineries, boasting a combined daily processing capacity of approximately 3.2 million barrels of crude oil. The Ethanol division comprises 12 plants, capable of producing around 1.6 billion gallons of ethanol annually. These facilities also yield co-products such as dry distiller grains, syrup, and inedible corn oil, which are largely supplied to animal feed markets. Valero distributes its refined goods through wholesale rack and bulk channels, in addition to approximately 7,000 branded retail stations operating under names like Valero, Beacon, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, and Texaco. Furthermore, Valero contributes to renewable energy production by owning and operating a facility dedicated to converting animal fats, used cooking oils, and inedible distillers corn oils into renewable diesel. Supporting its extensive operations, the company maintains a comprehensive logistics network that includes crude oil and refined product pipelines, storage terminals, tanks, marine docks, and truck rack bays. Originally established in 1980 as Valero Refining and Marketing Company, the firm adopted its current name, Valero Energy Corporation, in August 1997. Its corporate headquarters are situated in San Antonio, Texas.

Valero Energy Corporation is led by CEO R. Lane Riggs, employs 9,898 people, headquartered in San Antonio, US, publicly traded since 1982.

Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) stock trades at $301.32 with a market capitalization of $89.47B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.02, price-to-book of 3.24, price-to-sales of 0.61. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $130.78 and $318.06, and currently trades 5.3% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.79%.

On profitability, Valero Energy Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 15.85%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 16.21%, an operating margin of 6.05%, a net profit margin of 3.33%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Valero Energy Corporation reported annual revenue of $122.7B, net profit of $2.3B, revenue has compounded at 13.6% a year over the last five years.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 1.58, total assets of $58.0B, $4.7B in cash and equivalents.

VLO has an average daily trading volume of 3,053,873 shares, a beta of 0.55 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.valero.com