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Valero Energy (VLO) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Valero Energy has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 17 years, most recently at $2.5 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Free Cash Flow at $2.5 billion for Q4 2025, up 201.09% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $5.8 billion (down 10.54% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $5.8 billion, down 10.54%.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was $2.5 billion at Valero Energy, up from $2.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for VLO hit a ceiling of $5.5 billion in Q2 2022 and a floor of -$212.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $1.7 billion (2021), compared with a mean of $2.0 billion.
  • Peak annual rise in Free Cash Flow hit 38966.67% in 2021, while the deepest fall reached 300.0% in 2021.
  • Valero Energy's Free Cash Flow stood at $2.9 billion in 2021, then skyrocketed by 41.48% to $4.1 billion in 2022, then plummeted by 84.58% to $630.0 million in 2023, then surged by 31.27% to $827.0 million in 2024, then soared by 201.09% to $2.5 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $2.5 billion (Q4 2025), $2.0 billion (Q3 2025), and $351.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.