“Ethanol segment operating expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization expense) increased by $75 million primarily due to increases in energy costs of $55 million and certain employee compensation expenses of $12 million.”10-K · Feb 25, 2026 ↗
Valero Energy Corporation
VLO
Market read
Valero Energy Corporation's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 13 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 9 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.0% versus the comparable filing period.
- VLO's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if VLO's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 13 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 9 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.0% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating income moved from a loss to a profit in the comparable period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- VLO's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 2.48x in the latest annual period.
- Energy and commodity prices has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
- Latest annual revenue changed -5.5% year over year.
- Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
- P/E is 75% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 26% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
390.53Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Noncash charges primarily included a $1.1 billion asset impairment loss associated with our operations in California, as described in Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, and $3.2 billion of depreciation and amortization expense, partially of…”10-K · Feb 25, 2026 ↗
“The decrease in sales volumes was primarily due to reduced production driven by unfavorable economic conditions and planned maintenance activities at the DGD St.”10-Q · Oct 23, 2025 ↗
“In addition, see Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements regarding our accounting for the costs of these programs under “ Costs of Renewable and Low-Carbon Fuel Programs.” Our capital expenditures attributable to compliance with government regula…”10-K · Feb 25, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 1.0× · EV/sales 1.0×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for VLO. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-04-30 against the comparable filing from 2025-04-24.
What improved
- Revenue increased 7.0% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating income moved from a loss to a profit in the comparable period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“Because DGD’s operating cash flow is effectively attributable to each member, only 50 percent of DGD’s capital investments should be attributed to our net share of capital investments.”
“We believe capital investments attributable to Valero is an important measure because it more accurately reflects our capital investments.”
“Capital investments attributable to Valero should not be considered as an alternative to capital investments, which is the most comparable GAAP measure, nor should it be considered in isolation or as a substitute for an analysis of our cash flows as reported under GAAP.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind VLO
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
DARDarling Ingredients Inc.partnerFeb 25, 2026 ▾
“DGD Loan Agreement DGD has an unsecured revolving loan agreement (the DGD Loan Agreement) with its members (Darling Ingredients Inc.”
Depended on by
DARDarling Ingredients Inc.partnerMay 8, 2026 ▾
“The Fuel Ingredients operating segment includes the Company’s global activities related to (i) the Company’s share of the results of its equity investment in Diamond Green Diesel Holdings LLC, (“DGD” or the “DGD Joint Venture”), a joint venture with Valero En…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
VLO is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Renewable Fuels & Feedstocks. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.