It’s Not A Fantasy To Think That Valero Energy Corp (VLO) Has Big Future Potential

Valero Energy Corp (NYSE:VLO) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.63M but it saw 4223701 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 40.03B USD, the company’s current market price of $127.80 came falling about -3.34 while comparing to the previous closing price of $132.21. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $167.78 and as low as $99.00.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Goldman which upgraded the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on May 13, 2025, recommending a price target of $154 for it. Goldman upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Neutral” from “Sell” on April 28, 2025 while assigning a price target of $127. TD Cowen issued its recommendations for the stock as it reiterated the price target for the stock in the range of between $121 and $118.

Over the week, VLO’s stock price is moving -4.85% down while it is 13.64% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 4.25% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -23.04%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in June, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 1.82 while estimate for next year EPS is 6.6. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $28.36B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $118.11B and seeing the company making $122.01B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $27.34B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Valero Energy Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 313.20M with 0.55% of that held by the insiders while 87.60% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 2.73% and return on equity (ROE) at 3.73%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 45.06 while having a 12.66 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.96. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.70 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.31. Its return on asset (ROA) is 1.52% on average.