VLO Valero Energy
Energy · S&P 500
Next earnings: Thu 28 Jan 2027 · estimated
What 25 analyst firms say about Valero Energy: their latest ratings, price targets and how far the stock is from them. How it works
Analyst window: Latest analyst report within last 1 year
Analyst view · last 1Y
24 rated views · 25 analyst/firm records · 25 firms
Radar score
- S&P 500 · Top Picks · 6MBelow the Radar threshold of 8025
- S&P 500 · Safest consensus · 6MBelow the Radar threshold of 8016
Recent analyst activity · last 90 days
Our tracked history has 30 reports on VLO from 19 analyst firms in the last 90 days (25 firms in the past year).
Comparing each firm's latest target with its previous one: 9 raised their price target, 3 lowered it and 3 left it unchanged.
Ratings, latest available report against the previous one: 0 upgrades and 2 downgrades.
Latest observed target change: Morgan Stanley raised its target from $411.00 (set 14 Sep 2026) to $420.00 on 2 Nov 2026.
Last 1 year. Latest opinion per identifiable analyst within the last 1 year. BUY / HOLD / SELL each count one current analyst vote; unnamed firm records are a fallback.
| Firm | Analyst | Latest rating | Report date | Latest target (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argus | William V Selesky | Hold | 26 Oct 2026 | — |
| Bank of America Securities | Jean Ann Salisbury | Hold | 2 Oct 2026 | 414.00 USD |
| Barclays | Theresa Chen | Buy | 23 Oct 2026 | 443.00 USD |
| BMO Capital Markets | Phillip J Jungwirth | Buy | 2 Oct 2026 | 505.00 USD |
| Citigroup | Vikram Bagri | Hold | 23 Oct 2026 | 490.00 USD |
| DBS | Duladeth Bik | Buy | 1 Jul 2026 | 197.00 USD |
| Erste Group | Hans Engel | Hold | 27 Aug 2026 | — |
| Erste Group Bank | Unnamed analyst | Hold | 27 Aug 2026 | — |
| Evercore ISI | Stephen Richardson | Hold | 28 Oct 2026 | 325.00 USD |
| Freedom Capital Markets | Sergey Pigarev | Sell | 23 Oct 2026 | 276.00 USD |
| Goldman Sachs | Neil S Mehta | Buy | 9 Oct 2026 | 496.00 USD |
| Jefferies | Lloyd Byrne | Hold | 8 Oct 2026 | 394.00 USD |
| JPMorgan | Zach Parham | Buy | 8 Jan 2026 | 200.00 USD |
| Mizuho | Nitin Kumar | Hold | 8 Oct 2026 | 434.00 USD |
| Morgan Stanley | Joe Laetsch | Hold | 14 Sep 2026 | 411.00 USD |
| Piper Sandler | John Royall | Buy | 3 Sep 2026 | 435.00 USD |
| Raymond James | Justin Jenkins | Buy | 14 Sep 2026 | 450.00 USD |
| Scotiabank | Betty Zhang | Buy | 22 Apr 2026 | 226.00 USD |
| TD Cowen | Jason Gabelman | Hold | 22 Oct 2026 | 400.00 USD |
| Tph&co | Matthew Blair | Buy | 4 May 2026 | 325.00 USD |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | Buy | 6 Oct 2026 | 467.00 USD |
| Weiss Ratings | Unnamed analyst | — | 29 Oct 2026 | — |
| Wells Fargo | Sam Margolin | Buy | 23 Oct 2026 | 489.00 USD |
| Wolfe Research | Doug Leggate | Sell | 27 Jul 2026 | Conflicting reports · excluded |
| Data feed RESEARCH | Research Team | Buy | 4 Aug 2026 | 510.00 USD |
Partial coverage · checked 6 Nov (6 Nov 2026, 04:03 ET). Some research records could not be refreshed. Cached records retained. Prices stream live during the US session; otherwise stored prices delayed about 15 minutes. A summary of analyst opinion, not investment advice.