Valero EnergyVLO
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: 136 | Existing positions closed: 116
5% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $32.9B [Q4 2024] → $34.6B (+$1.74B) [Q1 2025]
1% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 533 | Existing positions reduced: 528
0.7% more ownership
Funds ownership: 82.84% [Q4 2024] → 83.53% (+0.7%) [Q1 2025]
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,449 [Q4 2024] → 1,437 (-12) [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
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
9 analyst ratings
Goldman Sachs Neil Mehta | 15%upside $154 | Buy Upgraded | 13 May 2025 |
Mizuho Nitin Kumar | 24%upside $166 | Outperform Maintained | 13 May 2025 |
Barclays Theresa Chen | 5%upside $141 | Overweight Maintained | 12 May 2025 |
Piper Sandler Ryan Todd | 4%upside $140 | Overweight Maintained | 9 May 2025 |
UBS Manav Gupta | 12%upside $150 | Buy Maintained | 28 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 6 articles about VLO published over the past 30 days
