Valero Energy
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 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
17% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 138 | Existing positions closed: 118
5% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $32.9B [Q4 2024] → $34.7B (+$1.75B) [Q1 2025]
1% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 533 | Existing positions reduced: 529
0.74% more ownership
Funds ownership: 82.84% [Q4 2024] → 83.58% (+0.74%) [Q1 2025]
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,451 [Q4 2024] → 1,441 (-10) [Q1 2025]
18% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $576M | Put options by funds: $703M
20% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 10 [Q4 2024] → 8 (-2) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
11 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
11 analyst ratings
Piper Sandler Ryan Todd | 20%upside $168 | Overweight Maintained | 28 Jul 2025 |
UBS Manav Gupta | 18%upside $165 | Buy Maintained | 25 Jul 2025 |
TD Cowen Jason Gabelman | 0%downside $140 | Hold Downgraded | 22 Jul 2025 |
Morgan Stanley | 14%upside $160 | Overweight Maintained | 16 Jul 2025 |
Citigroup Vikram Bagri | 7%upside $150 | Neutral Downgraded | 16 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 22 articles about VLO published over the past 30 days









