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Valero Energy (VLO) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Valero Energy has reported FCF Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 8.2% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Margin at 8.2% for Q4 2025, up 551.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 4.69% (down 26.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 4.69%, down 26.0%.
  • FCF Margin for Q4 2025 was 8.2% at Valero Energy, up from 6.21% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for VLO hit a ceiling of 10.73% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 1.02% in Q1 2021.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 4.98% (2022), compared with a mean of 5.32%.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Margin hit 757bps in 2023, while the deepest fall reached -801bps in 2023.
  • Valero Energy's FCF Margin stood at 8.04% in 2021, then rose by 22bps to 9.79% in 2022, then plummeted by -82bps to 1.78% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 51bps to 2.69% in 2024, then soared by 205bps to 8.2% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 8.2% (Q4 2025), 6.21% (Q3 2025), and 1.17% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.