Valero Energy (VLO)

• Market cap: $50.3B
• 1 day: -1.03%
• 5 days: 2.12%
• 1 month: 18.41%
• 3 months: 16.19%
• 6 months: 22.69%
• Year to date: 31.54%
• 1 year: 18.54%
• 5 years: 232.56%
• 10 years: 170.39%
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

About: 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.

Employees: 9,922

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

28% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 142 | Existing positions closed: 111

2% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $34.7B [Q1] → $35.4B (+$761M) [Q2]

0.53% more ownership

Funds ownership: 83.63% [Q1] → 84.16% (+0.53%) [Q2]

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,448 [Q1] → 1,451 (+3) [Q2]

3% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 528 | Existing positions reduced: 547

4% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $635M | Put options by funds: $660M

25% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8 [Q1] → 6 (-2) [Q2]

Research analyst outlook

10 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $135
• Avg. target: $166
• High target: $200

10 analyst ratings

• positive: 7 70%
• neutral: 3 30%
• negative: 0 0%

Mizuho Nitin Kumar	$190	Outperform Maintained	15 Sep 2025
Piper Sandler Ryan Todd	$200	Overweight Maintained	11 Sep 2025
Raymond James Justin Jenkins	$177	Strong Buy Maintained	9 Sep 2025
B of A Securities Jean Ann Salisbury	$179	Buy Upgraded	3 Sep 2025
UBS Manav Gupta	$165	Buy Maintained	25 Jul 2025