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Valero Energy Corporation

VLO#54 of 134 by buybacks

NYSE · Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · USA

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Buybacks · TTM to Jun 2026$4.82Blatest four quarters
Buyback yield3.9%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · TTM to Jun 2026$1.41Bdividend yield 1.1%
Shareholder yield5.0%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−27.9%294M shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow48%payout incl. dividends 62%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in USD. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 27.9% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in USD. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in USD. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025$2.60B$1.41B$5.03B
FY2024Dec 2024$2.88B$1.38B$5.78B
FY2023Dec 2023$5.14B$1.45B$8.32B
FY2022Dec 2022$4.58B$1.56B−$1.02B
FY2021Dec 2021$27.0M$1.60B−$1.23B
FY2020Dec 2020$156M$1.60B−$770M
FY2019Dec 2019$1.73B$1.49B−$1.68B

Repurchases in FY2025 were −9.6% versus the prior year.

About Valero Energy Corporation

Valero Energy Corporation manufactures, markets, and sells petroleum-based and low-carbon liquid transportation fuels and petrochemical products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Refining, Renewable Diesel, and Ethanol. The company produces California Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (CARBOB) and Conventional Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (CBOB) gasolines, CARB diesel, diesel, je…

Market cap
$125B
P/E (trailing)
18.1×
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
US91913Y1001
Reporting currency
USD
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
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