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Valero Energy (LTS:0LK6) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 9.59 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Valero Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Valero Energy's current share price is $126.20. Valero Energy's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $13.16. Valero Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 9.59.

The historical rank and industry rank for Valero Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0LK6' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.26   Med: 14.07   Max: 27.63
Current: 9.6

During the past years, Valero Energy's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 27.63. The lowest was 6.26. And the median was 14.07.

LTS:0LK6's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
59.31% of 403 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 12.8 vs LTS:0LK6: 9.60

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Valero Energy's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $2.239. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $13.16 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Valero Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Valero Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Valero Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Valero Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.70 10.85 13.22 11.36 9.40

Valero Energy Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.01 12.23 10.50 9.40 10.02

Competitive Comparison of Valero Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing subindustry, Valero Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Valero Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Valero Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Valero Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Valero Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Valero Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=126.20/13.16
=9.59

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Valero Energy's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Valero Energy's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=2.239/134.9266*134.9266
=2.239

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Valero Energy Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 3.856 100.684 5.167
201509 2.032 100.392 2.731
201512 0.114 99.792 0.154
201603 0.688 100.470 0.924
201606 4.309 101.688 5.717
201609 1.220 101.861 1.616
201612 1.389 101.863 1.840
201703 1.572 102.862 2.062
201706 3.372 103.349 4.402
201709 1.578 104.136 2.045
201712 2.726 104.011 3.536
201803 -0.569 105.290 -0.729
201806 3.770 106.317 4.785
201809 0.133 106.507 0.168
201812 2.045 105.998 2.603
201903 0.990 107.251 1.245
201906 2.412 108.070 3.011
201909 2.407 108.329 2.998
201912 2.752 108.420 3.425
202003 -1.186 108.902 -1.469
202006 0.727 108.767 0.902
202009 -0.595 109.815 -0.731
202012 -1.007 109.897 -1.236
202103 -0.961 111.754 -1.160
202106 4.061 114.631 4.780
202109 2.417 115.734 2.818
202112 4.781 117.630 5.484
202203 0.500 121.301 0.556
202206 13.436 125.017 14.501
202209 4.056 125.227 4.370
202212 9.656 125.222 10.404
202303 7.873 127.348 8.342
202306 3.749 128.729 3.930
202309 8.848 129.860 9.193
202312 2.934 129.419 3.059
202403 4.973 131.776 5.092
202406 7.031 132.554 7.157
202409 3.412 133.029 3.461
202412 2.427 133.157 2.459
202503 2.239 134.927 2.239

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Valero Energy  (LTS:0LK6) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Valero Energy Business Description

Industry
Address
One Valero Way, San Antonio, TX, USA, 78249
Valero Energy is one of the largest independent refiners in the United States. It operates 15 refineries, with a total throughput capacity of 3.2 million barrels a day in the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Valero also owns 12 ethanol plants with capacity of 1.6 billion gallons a year and holds a 50% stake in Diamond Green Diesel, which can produce 1.2 billion gallons per year of renewable diesel.

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