All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VLO real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VLO returned +89.40% over the past year and +48.89% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 4, 1982, VLO is up +1,929.86% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.02%/yr, and is currently −5.55% below its real total-return high on May 19, 2026.
| Mon 1982-01-04? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLO × |
+48.89%
2026-05-22 |
+89.40%
2026-05-22 |
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| Mon 1982-01-04? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLO × |
+1,929.86%
+7.02%/yr |
+8.63%/yr
(R2=0.820) |
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| Mon 1982-01-04? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLO × |
$10,000.00
1982-01-04 |
$202,986.16
2026-05-22 |
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| Valero Energy Corporation NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | VLO |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +48.89% |
| 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 | +61.78% |
| 2012 | +59.33% |
| 2011 | −11.58% |
| 2010 | +36.00% |
| 2009 | −24.65% |
| 2008 | −69.13% |
| 2007 | +31.50% |
| 2006 | −3.29% |
| 2005 | +119.78% |
| 2004 | +89.77% |
| 2003 | +23.13% |
| 2002 | −5.35% |
| 2001 | +0.94% |
| 2000 | +80.97% |
| 1999 | −8.91% |
| 1998 | −33.48% |
| 1997 | +7.99% |
| 1996 | +13.09% |
| 1995 | +41.58% |
| 1994 | −22.20% |
| 1993 | −10.12% |
| 1992 | −25.28% |
| 1991 | +87.74% |
| 1990 | −4.21% |
| 1989 | +62.88% |
| 1988 | +69.98% |
| 1987 | −30.36% |
| 1986 | −50.54% |
| 1985 | +111.96% |
| 1984 | −71.20% |
| 1983 | −17.06% |
| 1982 | −3.15% |
| Mon 1982-01-04? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLO × |
−5.55%
from 2026-05-19 peak |
−89.20%
1988-02-17 from 1983-08-19 peak |
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| Valero Energy Corporation NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLO × | +89.40% |
+52.69% +23.59%/yr |
+117.39% +29.53%/yr |
+203.56% +24.86%/yr |
+372.29% +16.79%/yr |
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