Valero Energy Corporation (VLO)

Valero Energy Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 12 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Valero Energy stock have an average target of 152.58, with a low estimate of 123 and a high estimate of 197. The average target predicts an increase of 13.24% from the current stock price of 134.74.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$123	$152.58	$151	$197
Change	-8.71%	+13.24%	+12.07%	+46.21%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Valero Energy stock from 14 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25
Strong Buy	4	4	4	4	3	3
Buy	5	7	7	7	7	7
Hold	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	13	15	15	15	14	14

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Roger Read Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $160 → $159	Buy	Maintains	$160 → $159	+18.01%	Jan 31, 2025
Nitin Kumar Mizuho	Mizuho	Buy Maintains $165 → $158	Buy	Maintains	$165 → $158	+17.26%	Jan 8, 2025
Nitin Kumar Mizuho	Mizuho	Buy Maintains $171 → $165	Buy	Maintains	$171 → $165	+22.46%	Dec 16, 2024
Roger Read Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $165 → $160	Buy	Maintains	$165 → $160	+18.75%	Dec 9, 2024
Theresa Chen Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $146 → $140	Buy	Maintains	$146 → $140	+3.90%	Nov 11, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

123.43B

Decreased by -4.97%

from 129.88B

Revenue Next Year

127.30B

Increased by 3.13%

from 123.43B

EPS This Year

7.56

Decreased by -11.94%

from 8.58

EPS Next Year

11.23

Increased by 48.57%

from 7.56

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	60.12B	108.33B	171.19B	139.00B	129.88B	123.43B	127.30B	110.15B
Revenue Growth	-41.48%	80.21%	58.02%	-18.80%	-6.56%	-4.97%	3.13%	-13.47%
EPS	-3.50	2.27	29.04	24.92	8.58	7.56	11.23	16.48
EPS Growth	-	-	1,179.30%	-14.19%	-65.57%	-11.94%	48.57%	46.79%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	17.83	12.00	8.18
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	21	19	8

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	145.2B	181.5B	114.5B
Avg	123.4B	127.3B	110.2B
Low	111.9B	109.9B	106.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	11.8%	47.0%	-10.0%
Avg	-5.0%	3.1%	-13.5%
Low	-13.8%	-11.0%	-16.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	9.24	17.17	20.90
Avg	7.56	11.23	16.48
Low	4.62	7.16	11.54

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	7.7%	127.2%	86.1%
Avg	-11.9%	48.6%	46.8%
Low	-46.2%	-5.2%	2.8%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.