Valero Energy VLO
NYSE VLO
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At close: Nov 6, 2026 · 4:00 PM EST

Valero Energy (VLO) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)

Updated

Valero Energy (VLO) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 12.03% for Q2 2026, up 10.75 percentage points from 1.28% a year earlier and up 5.01 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Valero Energy (VLO) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For FY2025, Valero Energy posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 3.80%, down 1.08 percentage points from FY2024.

  • Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for three consecutive years, though with a five-year change of +5.90 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • By year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 4.88% in FY2024 (-9.87 pp), 14.75% in FY2023 (-5.23 pp), 19.99% in FY2022 (+17.64 pp) and 2.35% in FY2021 (+4.44 pp).
  • The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q4 2023.
  • Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] gained in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.57 percentage points.
  • The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was Q1 2023 (a gain of 18.34 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2024 (a drop of 11.79 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 7.03% (Q1 2026), 3.85% (Q4 2025) and 2.43% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROA (Qtr)
1 Marathon Petroleum 103.92 Bn 76.72 Bn 12.69 Bn 16.51%
2 Valero Energy 98.70 Bn 70.56 Bn 9.41 Bn 20.44%
3 HF Sinclair 17.12 Bn 9.40 Bn 3.15 Bn 17.80%
4 Sunoco 8.45 Bn 5.30 Bn 1.56 Bn 5.01%
5 PBF Energy 7.96 Bn 3.45 Bn 2.17 Bn 17.14%
6 Ultrapar Holdings 5.80 Bn -1.43 Bn 912.61 Mn 13.35%
7 Delek US Holdings 3.90 Bn 1.39 Bn 365.10 Mn 3.72%
8 Cvr Energy 3.81 Bn 775.98 Mn 783.00 Mn 7.52%
9 Icahn Enterprises 3.40 Bn -2.86 Bn - -9.25%
10 Bw Lpg 3.31 Bn 2.29 Bn - 15.03%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2026 20.44%
Jun 30, 2026 12.03%
Mar 31, 2026 7.03%
Dec 31, 2025 3.85%
Sep 30, 2025 2.43%
Jun 30, 2025 1.28%
Mar 31, 2025 1.72%
Dec 31, 2024 4.99%
Sep 30, 2024 6.24%
Jun 30, 2024 9.73%
Mar 31, 2024 11.67%
Dec 31, 2023 14.50%
Sep 30, 2023 18.03%
Jun 30, 2023 18.89%
Mar 31, 2023 23.21%
Dec 31, 2022 19.75%
Sep 30, 2022 15.78%
Jun 30, 2022 11.79%
Mar 31, 2022 4.86%
Dec 31, 2021 2.29%
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