These three energy companies look like rare picks where the market seems to be underestimating how much cash they can keep generating and paying out to shareholders. See why each one could deliver steady income even if the energy market stays choppy—and what warning signs to watch.Read more
Valero could get a lift as it upgrades key facilities, squeezes more valuable fuels out of each barrel, and benefits if fuel markets stay tight. The flip side is that costly write-downs, tougher rules in places like California, and a shaky renewable diesel business could weigh on profits and cash returns to shareholders.Read more
Catalysts About Valero Energy Valero Energy operates refineries and produces renewable diesel and ethanol, selling transportation fuels and related products. What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?Read more
Catalysts About Valero Energy Valero Energy operates a large, complex refining, renewable diesel and ethanol platform that converts crude oil and agricultural feedstocks into transportation fuels and related products. What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?Read more
Flawless balance sheet with solid track record and pays a dividend.
Valero Energy Corporation manufactures, markets, and sells petroleum-based and low-carbon liquid transportation fuels and petrochemical products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Refining, Renewable Diesel, and Ethanol. The company produces California Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (CARBOB) and Conventional Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (CBOB) gasolines, CARB diesel, diesel, jet fuel, heating oil, and asphalt; feedstocks; aromatics; sulfur and residual fuel oil; intermediate oils; and sulfur, sweet, and sour crude oils. It sells its refined products through wholesale rack and bulk markets; and through outlets under the Valero, Beacon, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, and Texaco brands. The company also owns and operates renewable diesel and ethanol plants, as well as produces and sells renewable diesel, renewable naphtha, and neat sustainable aviation fuel under the Diamond Green Diesel brand name. In addition, it offers ethanol and various co-products, including dry distillers grains, syrup, and inedible distillers corn oil to animal feed customers. The company was formerly known as Valero Refining and Marketing Company and changed its name to Valero Energy Corporation in August 1997. Valero Energy Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
