How Valero Energy Corporation stacks up

VLO · against 30 other Energy companies of similar size

Profitability

83/ 100

Above the middle of the pack.

Ranked #10 of 31 · scores higher than 70% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

7 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including VLO · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 83?

Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Energy peers.

a thinner operating margin: weaker than 64% of peers. Operating margin: 7.2% vs peer median 11.7%
a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 89% of peers. Return on invested capital: 27.8% vs peer median 9.3%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 91% of peers. Return on assets: 11.2% vs peer median 4.4%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = VLO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	VLO	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 30 reported	27.8%	13.8%	79%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 32 reported	7.2%	16.3%	10%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 30 reported	11.2%	6.4%	93%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 30 reported	27.6%	16.8%	83%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 32 reported	16.1%	36.2%	10%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around VLO

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Reliance Industries LimitedRLI.VI · Europe	163.7B EUR (≈$180.1B)	95	70
2	CNOOC Limited0883.HK · Hong Kong	1.14T HKD (≈$146.3B)	93	79
3	China Shenhua Energy Company Limited1088.HK · Hong Kong	934.4B HKD (≈$119.6B)	92	58
4	Canadian Natural Resources LimitedCNQ · US-listed	110.5B USD	90	61
4	EOG Resources, Inc.EOG · US-listed	81.4B USD	90	78
6	MPLX LPMPLX · US-listed	58.3B USD	88	51
6	TC Energy CorporationTRP · US-listed	66.1B USD	88	45
8	Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - PetrobrasPBR · US-listed	135.8B USD	87	60
9	Cheniere Energy, Inc.LNG · US-listed	64.3B USD	84	43
10	Valero Energy CorporationVLO · US-listed	111.6B USD	83	70
11	Equinor ASAEQNR · US-listed	108.0B USD	81	55
11	Suncor Energy Inc.SU · US-listed	89.1B USD	81	59
13	Marathon Petroleum CorporationMPC · US-listed	120.0B USD	78	62
14	Cenovus Energy Inc.CVE · US-listed	56.7B USD	77	57

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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