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

Valero Energy has reported Operating Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 5.19% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Margin at 5.19% for Q4 2025, up 405.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 2.59% (down 30.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 2.59%, down 30.0%.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 5.19% at Valero Energy, up from 4.69% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for VLO hit a ceiling of 12.04% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 3.2% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 4.41% (2021), compared with a mean of 4.71%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: tumbled -1537bps in 2021 and later skyrocketed 1021bps in 2022.
  • Valero Energy's Operating Margin stood at 4.44% in 2021, then soared by 132bps to 10.29% in 2022, then plummeted by -57bps to 4.39% in 2023, then tumbled by -74bps to 1.13% in 2024, then soared by 358bps to 5.19% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 5.19% (Q4 2025), 4.69% (Q3 2025), and 3.34% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.