Analyst Consensus ?
ConsensusHold37 ratings
Bullish2054.1%
Neutral1540.5%
Bearish25.4%
FN2 Earnings Intelligence
Valero Energy Corporation analyst ratings
Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) analyst consensus, price targets, and firm-level rating history from FN2 Research.
Analyst 52W Price Targets
$426.76Previous close
$85Low
$256.88Average
$530High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 27, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Freedom Broker | Sell | Hold | Downgrade | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 23, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 8, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Strong Buy | Strong Buy | Maintain | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Sep 14, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Sector Outperform | Sector Outperform | Maintain | Apr 22, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Underperform | Peer Perform | Downgrade | Apr 21, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Apr 6, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Argus Research | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | May 16, 2024 |
| Tudor Pickering | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Jul 31, 2023 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 28, 2023 |
| Redburn Partners | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jun 1, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Apr 27, 2022 |
| Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Dec 28, 2021 |
| Macquarie | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Jan 18, 2019 |
| Standpoint Research | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Oct 12, 2018 |
| Edward Jones | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | May 10, 2018 |
| Argus | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | May 5, 2018 |
| Scotia Howard Weil | Sector Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Apr 11, 2018 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Mar 19, 2018 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 24, 2018 |
| PiperJaffray | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 22, 2016 |
| Erste Group | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | May 13, 2016 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 27, 2015 |
| Simmons & Co. | Neutral | Overweight | Downgrade | Dec 1, 2014 |
| Imperial Capital | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Feb 4, 2014 |
| Dahlman Rose | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 30, 2013 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $426.76. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo | Sam Margolin | $489 | $426.28 | +14.6% | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $443 | $426.28 | +3.8% | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $530 | $439.72 | +24.2% | Oct 19, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Sam Margolin | $485 | $456.46 | +13.6% | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $394 | $443.96 | -7.7% | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $434 | $424.1 | +1.7% | Oct 8, 2026 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $467 | $414.32 | +9.4% | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $441 | $419.33 | +3.3% | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $457 | $377.14 | +7.1% | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $401 | $393.27 | -6.0% | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $450 | $387.6 | +5.4% | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Joe Laetsch | $411 | $398.34 | -3.7% | Sep 14, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $450 | $370.72 | +5.4% | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $435 | $366.09 | +1.9% | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $389 | $358.92 | -8.8% | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $300 | $307.58 | -29.7% | Aug 4, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $350 | $312.9 | -18.0% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $355 | $308.12 | -16.8% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Sam Margolin | $356 | $311.71 | -16.6% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $323 | $311.71 | -24.3% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neil Mehta | $357 | $314.8 | -16.3% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $340 | $290.62 | -20.3% | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Lloyd Byrne | $312 | $267.76 | -26.9% | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $279 | $260.44 | -34.6% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $255 | $255.6 | -40.2% | Jun 12, 2026 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $280 | $259.84 | -34.4% | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $289 | $241.45 | -32.3% | May 27, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Joe Laetsch | $232 | $244.8 | -45.6% | May 1, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $222 | $233.83 | -48.0% | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Analyst unavailable | $203 | $226.28 | -52.4% | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $263 | $239.64 | -38.4% | Apr 8, 2026 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $215 | $181.52 | -49.6% | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $182 | $179.31 | -57.4% | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $220 | $181.28 | -48.4% | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $180 | $183.28 | -57.8% | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $178 | $184.52 | -58.3% | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $197 | $191.32 | -53.8% | Jan 9, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $217 | $183.86 | -49.2% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $192 | $171.94 | -55.0% | Dec 12, 2025 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $183 | $173.15 | -57.1% | Oct 24, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $201 | $173.13 | -52.9% | Oct 24, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $195 | $173.13 | -54.3% | Oct 24, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Justin Jenkins | $181 | $157.04 | -57.6% | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $194 | $162.01 | -54.5% | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $169 | $163.42 | -60.4% | Oct 7, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Joe Laetsch | $175 | $164.7 | -59.0% | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $190 | $157.57 | -55.5% | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $177 | $161.83 | -58.5% | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $162 | $154.28 | -62.0% | Sep 2, 2025 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $164 | $147.06 | -61.6% | Jul 8, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neil Mehta | $127 | $113.87 | -70.2% | Apr 28, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $151 | $113.87 | -64.6% | Apr 25, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $144 | $126.85 | -66.3% | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $159 | $133 | -62.7% | Jan 31, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $149 | $127.15 | -65.1% | Jan 10, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Joe Laetsch | $160 | $132.32 | -62.5% | Dec 19, 2024 |
| Bank of America Securities | Jean Ann Salisbury | $150 | $135.52 | -64.9% | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Paul Cheng | $141 | $139.36 | -67.0% | Oct 10, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $165 | $139.36 | -61.3% | Oct 9, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | Phillip Jungwirth | $165 | $144.03 | -61.3% | Oct 4, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $123 | $138.69 | -71.2% | Sep 20, 2024 |
| Wolfe Research | Doug Leggate | $177 | $150.05 | -58.5% | Jul 17, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $175 | $150.05 | -59.0% | Jul 17, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Paul Cheng | $173 | $146.64 | -59.5% | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $156 | $146.64 | -63.4% | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $171 | $149.94 | -59.9% | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $169 | $149.97 | -60.4% | Jun 14, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $187 | $154.62 | -56.2% | May 14, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $184 | $180.37 | -56.9% | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $198 | $177.22 | -53.6% | Apr 3, 2024 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $197 | $168.49 | -53.8% | Mar 26, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $173 | $169.64 | -59.5% | Mar 22, 2024 |
| Raymond James | Justin Jenkins | $154 | $123.17 | -63.9% | Nov 22, 2023 |
| Barclays | Theresa Chen | $142 | $128 | -66.7% | Aug 8, 2023 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $174 | $136.71 | -59.2% | Apr 11, 2023 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $169 | $135.63 | -60.4% | Jan 13, 2023 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $140 | $124.59 | -67.2% | Jan 5, 2023 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $165 | $119.37 | -61.3% | Dec 19, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $131 | $106.67 | -69.3% | Sep 21, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $148 | $114.08 | -65.3% | Sep 12, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $150 | $122.11 | -64.9% | Aug 24, 2022 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $139 | $113.37 | -67.4% | Aug 16, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $142 | $106.31 | -66.7% | Jul 19, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $140 | $104.59 | -67.2% | Jul 15, 2022 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $133 | $103.98 | -68.8% | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $166 | $107.98 | -61.1% | Jul 2, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $150 | $128.12 | -64.9% | May 27, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $135 | $123.3 | -68.4% | May 23, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $136 | $122.98 | -68.1% | May 21, 2022 |
| Barclays | Theresa Chen | $120 | $111.48 | -71.9% | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $105.48 | -71.9% | Apr 27, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $105.14 | -71.9% | Apr 27, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $126 | $105.14 | -70.5% | Apr 27, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $125 | $105.14 | -70.7% | Apr 27, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $101.79 | -71.9% | Apr 26, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Connor Lynagh | $125 | $103.05 | -70.7% | Apr 24, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $122 | $108.07 | -71.4% | Apr 21, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $121 | $110.35 | -71.6% | Apr 18, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | TJ Schultz | $108 | $100.9 | -74.7% | Apr 11, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Justin Jenkins | $105 | $84.94 | -75.4% | Mar 16, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Connor Lynagh | $100 | $85.98 | -76.6% | Mar 5, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $95 | $80.24 | -77.7% | Jan 25, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Prashant Rao | $94 | $83.26 | -78.0% | Jan 19, 2022 |
| UBS | Lloyd Byrne | $85 | $72.62 | -80.1% | Nov 17, 2021 |
| Argus Research | Bill Selesky | $93 | $79.93 | -78.2% | Oct 26, 2021 |
| Barclays | Theresa Chen | $97 | $80.72 | -77.3% | Oct 25, 2021 |
| Credit Suisse | Manav Gupta | $90 | $66.81 | -78.9% | Apr 12, 2021 |
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