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Valero Energy (VLO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Valero Energy has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.07% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.07% for Q4 2025, down 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.07% (down 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.07%, down 3.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.07% at Valero Energy, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for VLO hit a ceiling of 0.41% in Q1 2023 and a floor of 0.03% in Q2 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.11% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.16%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 31bps in 2022 and later decreased -22bps in 2024.
  • Valero Energy's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.05% in 2021, then soared by 580bps to 0.37% in 2022, then decreased by -18bps to 0.3% in 2023, then tumbled by -72bps to 0.08% in 2024, then dropped by -14bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.07% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.02% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.