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Valero Energy free cash flow VLO

Cash from operations less capital spending, by quarter and over the last twelve months, from 2008.

Last 12 months, to Dec 31, 2020
n/m
a quarter missing
Latest quarter, Q4 FY20
$96M
−94% on a year earlier
Fiscal year 2020
n/a

Valero Energy's twelve-month free cash flow can't be added up yet: a quarter of its results is missing from our data.

In its latest quarter, Q4 FY20, it was $96M, down 94% on the same quarter a year before.

Free cash flow over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFree cash flowChange
FY2020n/an/a
FY2019$5B+21%
FY2018$4.2B+1%
FY2017$4.1B+17%
FY2016$3.5B−11%
FY2015$4B+91%
FY2014$2.1B−39%
FY2013$3.4B+47%
FY2012$2.3B+39%
FY2011$1.7B+28%
FY2010$1.3Bn/a
FY2009−$483Mn/a
FY2008n/an/a

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedFree cash flowOn a year earlierLast 12 months
Q4 FY20$96M−94%n/a
Q3 FY20$165M−88%n/a
Q4 FY19$1.7B+3%$5B
Q3 FY19$1.4B+73%$5B
Q2 FY19$1.3B−29%$4.4B
Q1 FY19$658Mn/a$4.9B
Q4 FY18$1.6B+35%$4.2B
Q3 FY18$805M+16%$3.7B
Q2 FY18$1.8B+19%$3.6B
Q1 FY18−$82M−112%$3.3B
Q4 FY17$1.2B+93%$4.1B
Q3 FY17$696M+24%$3.5B

Against its peers

Companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing nearest Valero Energy's size, closest first, today.

CompanyFree cash flow yield
VLOValero Energyn/m
MPCMarathon Petroleum10.0%
PSXPhillips 665.7%
DINOHF Sinclair10.7%
Peer median10.0%

What the free cash flow tells you

Cash from operations minus capital spending. The cash the company could hand back or reinvest.

Seasonal and lumpy quarter to quarter. The TTM view is the one to trust.

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