All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

VLO: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

VLO real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VLO returned +117.82% over the past year and +126.17% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 4, 1982, VLO is up +6,790.99% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.93%/yr, and is currently −9.10% below its real total-return high on Sep. 18, 2026.

Data ending Wed Sep. 23, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1982-01-04💬 to Wed 2026-09-23 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VLO × 		+6,790.99%
+9.93%/yr 		+11.19%/yr
R2=0.890
Valero Energy Corporation NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1982-01-04💬 to Wed 2026-09-23 Start
Value 		End
Value
VLO × 		$10,000.00
1982-01-04 		$689,099.46
2026-09-23

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-23

  YTD YoY
VLO × 		+126.17% +117.82%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VLO × 		−9.10%
on 2026-09-23
from 2026-09-18 peak 		−88.83%
on 1988-02-17
from 1983-08-19 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-09-23 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VLO × 		+117.82% +175.33%
+65.93%/yr 		+157.44%
+37.05%/yr 		+433.43%
+39.77%/yr 		+611.86%
+21.69%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VLO
2026 (YTD) +126.17%
2025 +33.41%
2024 −5.68%
2023 +2.43%
2022 +64.33%
2021 +31.03%
2020 −36.55%
2019 +27.36%
2018 −17.31%
2017 +37.09%
2016 −1.38%
2015 +45.76%
2014 −0.50%
2013 +62.49%
2012 +63.38%
2011 −10.52%
2010 +37.47%
2009 −22.34%
2008 −68.58%
2007 +32.48%
2006 −2.78%
2005 +120.88%
2004 +91.41%
2003 +24.44%
2002 −4.36%
2001 +1.83%
2000 +83.01%
1999 −7.44%
1998 −32.69%
1997 +60.83%
1996 +15.55%
1995 +45.09%
1994 −20.22%
1993 −8.39%
1992 −24.08%
1991 +90.61%
1990 −2.56%
1989 +64.46%
1988 +69.99%
1987 −30.36%
1986 −50.54%
1985 +111.97%
1984 −70.38%
1983 −15.66%
1982 −1.37%