Valero Energy (VLO)

• Market cap: $40.7B
• 1 day: 2.66%
• 5 days: 0.41%
• 1 month: -4.56%
• 3 months: 3.25%
• 6 months: -3.45%
• Year to date: 4.86%
• 1 year: -18.98%
• 5 years: 210.21%
• 10 years: 116.46%
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Petroleum Refining

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 has the capacity to produce 1.2 billion gallons per year of renewable diesel.

Employees: 9,922

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

29% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 182 | Existing positions closed: 141

4.27% more ownership

Funds ownership: 78.47% [Q3] → 82.75% (+4.27%) [Q4]

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,427 [Q3] → 1,436 (+9) [Q4]

3% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $925M | Put options by funds: $956M

5% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $34.5B [Q3] → $32.9B (-$1.65B) [Q4]

9% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 11 [Q3] → 10 (-1) [Q4]

14% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 482 | Existing positions reduced: 563

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $144 12% upside
• Avg. target: $154 19% upside
• High target: $159 23% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 3 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Piper Sandler Ryan Todd 19% 1-year accuracy 6 / 31 met price target	12% upside $144	Overweight Maintained	7 Mar 2025
Wells Fargo Roger Read 32% 1-year accuracy 35 / 111 met price target	23% upside $159	Overweight Maintained	31 Jan 2025
Mizuho Nitin Kumar 30% 1-year accuracy 21 / 69 met price target	22% upside $158	Outperform Maintained	8 Jan 2025