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Valero Energy (VLO) Return on Assets (2016 - 2025)

Valero Energy has reported Return on Assets over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.04% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Assets at 0.04% for Q4 2025, down 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.04% (down 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.04%, down 2.0%.
  • Return on Assets for Q4 2025 was 0.04% at Valero Energy, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Assets for VLO hit a ceiling of 0.23% in Q1 2023 and a floor of 0.02% in Q2 2021.
  • Median Return on Assets over the past 5 years was 0.06% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.09%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Assets: grew 18bps in 2023 and later decreased -12bps in 2024.
  • Valero Energy's Return on Assets stood at 0.02% in 2021, then surged by 763bps to 0.2% in 2022, then decreased by -17bps to 0.16% in 2023, then plummeted by -69bps to 0.05% in 2024, then fell by -23bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Assets were 0.04% (Q4 2025), 0.02% (Q3 2025), and 0.01% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.