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Valero Energy (VLO) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Valero Energy has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.51 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Payout Ratio at 0.51 for Q4 2025, down 66.71% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.41 (up 12.7% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.24, up 13.48%.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.51 at Valero Energy, up from 0.18 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for VLO hit a ceiling of 2.04 in Q4 2023 and a floor of 1.89 in Q1 2021.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.26 (2024), compared with a mean of 0.35.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: tumbled 148.28% in 2022 and later surged 864.28% in 2023.
  • Valero Energy's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.55 in 2021, then tumbled by 148.28% to 0.27 in 2022, then surged by 864.28% to 2.04 in 2023, then fell by 24.83% to 1.54 in 2024, then plummeted by 66.71% to 0.51 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.51 (Q4 2025), 0.18 (Q3 2025), and 1.01 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.