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)
18% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 137 | 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
0.71% more ownership
Funds ownership: 82.84% [Q4 2024] → 83.55% (+0.71%) [Q1 2025]
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,449 [Q4 2024] → 1,439 (-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
10 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
10 analyst ratings
Piper Sandler Ryan Todd | 5%upside $160 | Overweight Maintained | 10 Jul 2025 |
Wells Fargo Roger Read | 10%upside $168 | Overweight Maintained | 9 Jul 2025 |
UBS Manav Gupta | 7%upside $164 | Buy Maintained | 8 Jul 2025 |
Raymond James Justin Jenkins | 1%upside $155 | Strong Buy Maintained | 30 Jun 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group Stephen Richardson | 12%downside $135 | In-Line Initiated | 18 Jun 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 11 articles about VLO published over the past 30 days
