Valero Energy Corp (VLO) Buy, Sell or Hold

Valero Energy Corp (VLO)

236.29

-0.01 (0.00%)

as of Jun 18, 2026, 11:31:03 pm Market Open.

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TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Jan 25/06. Down 16.2%.) A pure play refinery. Has a very complicated suite of refineries that is able to process different blends and should get a premium. Dirt cheap.

COMMENT

Great company and is an interesting sector. Trades at less than 6 X earnings. Hasn't been a new refinery built in North America in 25 years. Would have to look at its fundamentals, but likes the company and what they're doing and are well positioned.

BUY

Refinery with most assets in the southern US. Has dropped since August. The fight centres on how expensive gasoline will be. Refining is in short supply. Gasoline demand goes up about 1.5% per year.

HOLD

Volatile. As a refiner, it is highly leveraged to the price of oil and the margins it makes on each barrel. Has come off very sharply. For less volatility, look at Chevron (CVX-N), Exxon (XOM-N), ConocoPhilips (COP-N) or Petro Canada (PCA-T).

TOP PICK

His model price is $95.50 which is a positive 80% differential. Huge earnings coming on the balance sheet make it cheaper literally every day. Very volatile. Could go to $62.50 without any sweat.

TRADE

The biggest refinery in the US. Stock has gone down. Believes we are near the turn down of oil. Improving outlook.

BUY

This is a cyclical company. Very small dividend but plenty of free cash flow so that they can expand or build a refinery if they have to.

WAIT

Largest refiner in North America. Gasoline prices have dropped and this comes out of the refiner's pockets. Margins are declining, especially as we are off the summer driving season. Buy on weakness over the next couple of months. Good company.

BUY

A pure play refinery. Last quarter was its best quarter ever. Refining has been the place to be.

BUY

A very good company generating almost 2 X free cash flows to its capital expenditures. Unless they have big plans ahead to build new refineries, they should continue to generate a lot of cash.

BUY

No new refineries have been built in North America in the last 30 years so this stock has done very well. Refineries will continue to benefit from scarcity.

HOLD

Has a great suite of refineries. You are coming into the summer driving season and the hurricane season. Cheap on a cash flow metric. One of the few pure plays you can get into. Very valued now.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Jan 25/06. Down 2.5%.) Still likes and would recommend it. Refining is incredibly tight right now.

TOP PICK

It's an energy company and it's priced too low. "There's value that's not being realized"

SELL

Last year was a perfect positive storm for them when refinery margins went through the roof. That is now behind us with a lot of hurricane damaged refineries coming back on stream. They have now been producing gasoline at a net loss. You want to own this when refinery margins are going up.

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