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VLO Valero Energy Corporation

Energy

quality needs a look, premium valuation.

Quality
Weak
Valuation
Expensive
Key signals
52-week adjusted-price high Top-quintile 6-month momentum
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Is Valero Energy Corporation a buy? Fundamentals and valuation first

  • Quality is weaker than peers. Operating margin is only around the 45th percentile. TTM ROE is about 17.6%.

  • Valuation is expensive. TTM P/E is in the 82th percentile, above most peers.

  • Recent volatility is moderate. 60-day annualized volatility is near the 36th percentile. Average 20-day dollar volume is about $1,032.1M.

  • Signals are active now. 52-week adjusted-price high, Top-quintile 6-month momentum currently holds; the tables below show what followed in this stock’s own history.

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Historical evidence

Signals active now

Each active condition is tested against this stock’s own history and benchmarked versus the S&P 500.

52-week adjusted-price high

Active

Adjusted close first reaches a 252-trading-day high; repeated hits within 20 days count once.

18 historical occurrences (since 2017-09-13)
Average forward return after 52-week adjusted-price high。20-day: Win 61.1%, Sample 18, Median +6.92%, Excess +5.16%, Beat mkt rate 61.1%；60-day: Win 68.8%, Sample 16, Median +9.83%, Excess +7.05%, Beat mkt rate 62.5%；120-day: Win 60%, Sample 15, Median +13.53%, Excess +4.48%, Beat mkt rate 60%

120 days after: historical avg +9.11%

20-day +5.13%
60-day +9.12%
120-day +9.11%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
61.1%
68.8%
60%
Sample
18
16
15
Median
+6.92%
+9.83%
+13.53%
Excess
+5.16%
+7.05%
+4.48%
Beat mkt rate
61.1%
62.5%
60%

Over 15 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 9.11%, beat the market by 4.48 pts; win rate 60%.

Top-quintile 6-month momentum

Active · now 92.62711864406779%

The stock ranks in the top 20% of the liquid US common-stock universe by 126-day adjusted return.

22 historical occurrences (since 2016-12-09)
Average forward return after Top-quintile 6-month momentum。20-day: Win 45.5%, Sample 22, Median -0.78%, Excess -0.83%, Beat mkt rate 45.5%；60-day: Win 59.1%, Sample 22, Median +0.95%, Excess -4.44%, Beat mkt rate 27.3%；120-day: Win 42.9%, Sample 21, Median -4.7%, Excess -3.33%, Beat mkt rate 33.3%

120 days after: historical avg +0.78%

20-day +0.11%
60-day -1.63%
120-day +0.78%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
45.5%
59.1%
42.9%
Sample
22
22
21
Median
-0.78%
+0.95%
-4.7%
Excess
-0.83%
-4.44%
-3.33%
Beat mkt rate
45.5%
27.3%
33.3%

Over 21 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 0.78%, lagged the market by 3.33 pts; win rate 42.9%.

Valuation regime and forward returns

Daily TTM P/E is converted into an expanding own-history percentile, then grouped into five valuation regimes. Forward returns use adjusted prices over the next 240 trading days.

PE percentile bandSample days240-day avg returnMedianWin rateAvg excess (vs index)
0-20 413+23.3% +10.4% 76.8% -0.7%
20-40 172-5.6% -9.3% 26.7% -18.3%
40-60 84+37.3% +31.7% 92.9% +22%
60-80 112+89.1% +62% 95.5% +72.9%
80-100 You are here283+82% +87.3% 89.8% +67%

Quarterly EPS is aligned by SEC filing date before it is forward-filled to daily prices. The expanding percentile uses only information available up to each day.

Current TTM P/E is about 29.96, placing it in the 82.9 own-history percentile, inside the 80-100 bucket.

Valuation × momentum analogs

Each historical day is grouped by own-history P/E tercile and 60-day momentum direction, then tested for the next 120-trading-day adjusted return.

Valuation
Momentum
Cheap (own-history bottom third)
Middle
Expensive (own-history top third)
60-day momentum up
+0.4%
Win rate 52.7% Excess -10.8%
260d
-4.9%
Win rate 36.5% Excess -12.3%
52d
Now
+36.9%
Win rate 95.9% Excess +28.5%
344d
60-day momentum down
+9%
Win rate 69.8% Excess -1.3%
248d
+16.3%
Win rate 39.6% Excess +10.1%
149d
+70.9%
Win rate 90.8% Excess +53.2%
131d

Currently in “Expensive (own-history top third) × 60-day momentum up”: across 344 historical days, 120-day forward avg gained 36.9%, win rate 95.9%, beat the market by 28.5%.

Days = trading days in this bucket; returns use adjusted prices, ex-costs. 60-day momentum: direction of this stock's price over the past 60 trading days.

Market-wide momentum baseline

Across 98,498 liquid US common-stock samples, top-quintile 6-month momentum was followed by an average 60-trading-day return of +6.12%, a 57.9% positive-return rate, and +2.77 percentage points of average excess return versus the S&P 500.

Baseline: weekly samples since 2016 where a liquid US common stock ranked in the top quintile by 126-trading-day momentum. Forward return is 60 trading days; excess return is versus S&P 500 (^GSPC).

Signals not active now

Inactive signals still show the stock-specific historical forward-return distribution for context.

Filed revenue acceleration

Pending

TTM revenue growth is at least 10% and improved versus the prior filed quarter; event date is the SEC filing date.

5 times historically; 60-day forward avg +2.18%, win rate 20%, beating the market by +7.59 pts on average.

EPS surprise beat

Pending

Reported EPS beat consensus estimate by at least 5%; event date is the earnings-surprise timestamp.

40 times historically; 60-day forward avg +4.36%, win rate 61.1%, beating the market by +1.47 pts on average.

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Method and limits

  • Returns use us_price:adj_close, adjusted for splits and dividends where available.
  • Excess returns use world_index:^GSPC as the S&P 500 benchmark proxy.
  • Quarterly fundamentals are aligned to SEC filing dates before daily valuation studies.
  • The promoted universe starts from active NYSE/NASDAQ common stocks, then applies price and dollar-volume gates.
  • Snapshot-only tables such as analyst consensus, DCF, us_ratios, and us_key_metrics are intentionally excluded from historical evidence.
  • Overlapping event windows are descriptive distributions, not independent samples.

This page is for historical data analysis and education only. It is not investment advice. Backtests and historical return distributions do not predict future performance; evaluate risk independently before trading.