Valero Energy

VLO

Market cap $71.1B

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Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC) and Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) have both staged remarkable recoveries.

Valero Energy (VLO) concluded the recent trading session at $239.64, signifying a -4.71% move from its prior day's close.

A diesel hydrotreater and the control room for multiple hydrotreating units at Valero's VLO.N 380,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) ​Port Arthur, Texas, refinery were destroyed by a March 23 ​explosion and fire, said three people familiar with plant operations.

Valero Energy (VLO) closed the most recent trading day at $251.49, moving +2.41% from the previous trading session.

Q1 2026 was an exceptional quarter for energy stocks thanks to war in the Middle East, but Q2 2026 is not guaranteed to step in its footsteps. Energy prices can go higher and push the sector higher, but they do not have to if the U.S. can neutralize Iran's ability to project force. While energy stocks are benefiting from the fighting in the short term, it may actually come back to hurt them in the long run.

Valero Energy is a large U.S. refiner. Supply disruptions stemming from the geopolitical conflict in the Middle East have increased margins in the refining space.