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

Valero Energy has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.08% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.08% for Q4 2025, down 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.08% (down 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.07%, down 1.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.08% at Valero Energy, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for VLO hit a ceiling of 0.44% in Q1 2023 and a floor of 0.03% in Q2 2021.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.13% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.18%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: skyrocketed 42bps in 2022 and later fell -25bps in 2024.
  • Valero Energy's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.07% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 492bps to 0.39% in 2022, then tumbled by -33bps to 0.27% in 2023, then tumbled by -66bps to 0.09% in 2024, then decreased by -17bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.08% (Q4 2025), 0.06% (Q3 2025), and 0.03% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.