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

Valero Energy (VLO) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 0.04% in Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 6.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.04%, down 6.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.1%, N/A changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.04% in Q3 2025 per VLO's latest filing, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 1.37% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.0% in Q3 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.43%, with a median of 0.14% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 130bps in 2022, then plummeted -119bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.05% in 2021, then soared by 2315bps to 1.3% in 2022, then plummeted by -77bps to 0.3% in 2023, then plummeted by -72bps to 0.08% in 2024, then tumbled by -47bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 0.04% in Q3 2025, 0.02% in Q2 2025, and 0.03% in Q1 2025.