Valero Energy Corporation VLO

387.18 4.32 1.13% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$109.1B
P/E
16.1×
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Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) Return on invested capital

Valero Energy Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 19.7%, up 13.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.11%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.18% (fiscal 2020) to 30.4% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry median of 11.5% and above the Energy sector median of 5.84%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 6.11% (0.93)
FY2024 7.04% (14.36)
FY2023 21.4% (9.02)
FY2022 30.4% 25.92
FY2021 4.50% 7.68
FY2020 −3.18% (11.27)
FY2019 8.09% (1.81)
FY2018 9.90% 1.31
FY2017 8.59% (0.60)
FY2016 9.19% (6.98)

Against its own ten years

Low −3.18% High 30.4%
Ten-year median 8.59%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
VLO Valero Energy Corporation 19.7%
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corporation compare 17.4%
PBF PBF Energy Inc. compare 16.7%
UGP Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. compare 15.3%
DINO HF Sinclair Corporation compare 14.9%
CVI CVR Energy Inc. compare 12.3%
PSX Phillips 66 compare 11.1%
SUN Sunoco LP compare 5.64%
IEP Icahn Enterprises L.P. compare 1.84%
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry median 11.5%
Energy sector median 5.84%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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