Valero Energy price to free cash flow VLO

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: n/m; not a meaningful number
Last meaningful: 5.2×; Jul 2020
10-year median: 9.6×
10-year range: 2.9× to 16.7×
Peer median: 10.0×

Valero Energy's price to free cash flow is not a meaningful number today: free cash flow over the last twelve months was zero, negative or not reported.

It was last meaningful in Jul 2020, at 5.2×.

On the days it had one over the last ten years, its median was 9.6×, from 2.9× in Mar 2020 to 16.7× in Jun 2018.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 9.6×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2020	5.2×	2.9×	7.0×
2019	6.7×	6.7×	13.2×
2018	11.4×	9.6×	16.7×
2017	11.4×	7.1×	11.4×
2016	10.4×	6.5×	10.5×
2015	8.0×	6.1×	15.3×
2014	6.7×	6.2×	40.7×
2013	37.2×	7.9×	37.2×
2012	8.7×	3.9×	13.5×
2011	4.0×	3.9×	19.2×
2010	15.1×	12.5×	146×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
VLOValero Energy	n/m
MPCMarathon Petroleum	10.0×
PSXPhillips 66	17.7×
DINOHF Sinclair	9.4×
Peer median	10.0×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.