VLO
StockValero Energy Corporation
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Valero Energy Corporation is at — or within a whisker of — its all-time high. Nothing to measure; go live your life, we're watching.
At All-Time High
Current Drawdown
0.0%
Days in Drawdown
0
Avg Max Drawdown
7.0%
Avg Length
77
Drawdown Severity Score™
0.0
VLO - Price & High Water Mark
VLO - Drawdown Timeline
How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.
Valuation vs Its Own History
Data as of October 5, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within VLO's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
Valero Energy Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 100% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
Valero Energy Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 72% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
Valero Energy Corporation is currently at or near its all-time high. As of 2026-10-07, the stock is trading at $424.10, which matches its all-time high of $424.10. There is no current drawdown to report.
Based on its full tracked price history, Valero Energy Corporation typically experiences drawdowns averaging 7.0% in depth, with an average duration of 77 days. Valero Energy Corporation has gone through 186 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for Valero Energy Corporation was 81.5%, beginning in 2007. The longest drawdown duration on record was 2785 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for Valero Energy Corporation currently stands at 0.00. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. With the stock at all-time highs, there is no drawdown to measure.
Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing Valero Energy Corporation's historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.
📜 Historical Drawdown Events
Showing the most recent and the deepest of 186 tracked pullbacks (65 listed). Each row shows when a drawdown started, how deep it went, and how long recovery took.
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-02 | 2026-07-06 | 5 days | -0.6% | $269.44 | $267.76 | $270.32 |
| 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-01 | 2 days | -2.2% | $266.32 | $260.44 | $269.44 |
| 2026-05-20 | 2026-06-29 | 41 days | -10.0% | $262.62 | $236.30 | $266.32 |
| 2026-03-30 | 2026-05-18 | 50 days | -12.1% | $254.32 | $223.65 | $258.52 |
| 2026-03-20 | 2026-03-26 | 7 days | -3.1% | $242.07 | $234.54 | $248.14 |
| 2026-03-13 | 2026-03-17 | 5 days | -2.2% | $235.81 | $230.59 | $235.96 |
| 2026-03-06 | 2026-03-11 | 5 days | -5.3% | $228.03 | $215.95 | $231.05 |
| 2026-02-12 | 2026-02-27 | 16 days | -3.4% | $203.92 | $196.91 | $204.64 |
| 2026-02-09 | 2026-02-11 | 3 days | -1.6% | $202.68 | $199.50 | $203.92 |
| 2026-02-05 | 2026-02-06 | 2 days | -1.7% | $197.41 | $194.14 | $202.68 |
| 2026-01-09 | 2026-02-03 | 26 days | -6.1% | $191.32 | $179.62 | $192.27 |
| 2025-11-19 | 2026-01-08 | 51 days | -12.1% | $184.27 | $161.94 | $191.32 |
| 2025-11-17 | 2025-11-18 | 2 days | -1.8% | $180.62 | $177.28 | $184.27 |
| 2025-11-12 | 2025-11-14 | 3 days | -2.8% | $179.73 | $174.68 | $180.62 |
| 2025-11-07 | 2025-11-10 | 4 days | -0.2% | $174.91 | $174.52 | $178.06 |
| 2025-09-29 | 2025-11-06 | 39 days | -11.0% | $174.53 | $155.41 | $174.91 |
| 2024-04-08 | 2025-09-26 | 537 days | -41.2% | $174.08 | $102.32 | $174.53 |
| 2024-03-22 | 2024-04-01 | 11 days | -2.2% | $162.30 | $158.76 | $163.87 |
| 2024-02-27 | 2024-03-07 | 10 days | -4.1% | $137.72 | $132.14 | $141.46 |
| 2023-09-29 | 2024-02-26 | 151 days | -18.5% | $137.54 | $112.06 | $137.72 |
| 2023-09-26 | 2023-09-28 | 3 days | -3.4% | $136.94 | $132.30 | $137.54 |
| 2023-01-27 | 2023-09-25 | 241 days | -29.9% | $136.75 | $95.82 | $136.94 |
| 2023-01-25 | 2023-01-26 | 2 days | -1.2% | $132.26 | $130.72 | $136.75 |
| 2022-06-08 | 2023-01-23 | 230 days | -31.9% | $130.24 | $88.65 | $130.48 |
| 2022-05-31 | 2022-06-01 | 2 days | -1.7% | $118.33 | $116.34 | $118.99 |
| 2022-05-09 | 2022-05-27 | 19 days | -8.3% | $115.03 | $105.47 | $118.33 |
| 2022-05-05 | 2022-05-06 | 2 days | -1.9% | $114.18 | $112.05 | $115.03 |
| 2022-04-29 | 2022-05-02 | 4 days | -3.5% | $102.87 | $99.27 | $103.83 |
| 2022-04-19 | 2022-04-28 | 10 days | -8.6% | $98.26 | $89.83 | $102.87 |
| 2022-04-08 | 2022-04-13 | 6 days | -2.5% | $92.01 | $89.75 | $92.55 |
| 2018-06-05 | 2022-04-06 | 1402 days | -71.9% | $91.88 | $25.84 | $91.98 |
| 2018-05-31 | 2018-06-01 | 2 days | -0.8% | $90.23 | $89.49 | $91.39 |
| 2018-05-22 | 2018-05-30 | 9 days | -2.7% | $90.12 | $87.67 | $90.23 |
| 2018-05-16 | 2018-05-17 | 2 days | -0.1% | $84.99 | $84.90 | $88.39 |
| 2018-05-10 | 2018-05-14 | 5 days | -0.3% | $84.19 | $83.95 | $84.96 |
| 2018-05-08 | 2018-05-09 | 2 days | -0.4% | $83.35 | $83.00 | $84.19 |
| 2018-04-27 | 2018-05-02 | 6 days | -1.6% | $81.79 | $80.50 | $82.31 |
| 2018-04-24 | 2018-04-26 | 3 days | -0.9% | $80.12 | $79.41 | $81.79 |
| 2018-01-23 | 2018-04-10 | 77 days | -12.3% | $71.90 | $63.05 | $72.51 |
| 2018-01-18 | 2018-01-22 | 5 days | -1.1% | $70.89 | $70.09 | $71.90 |
| 2018-01-16 | 2018-01-17 | 2 days | -0.6% | $70.30 | $69.86 | $70.89 |
| 2018-01-09 | 2018-01-11 | 3 days | -0.1% | $68.46 | $68.37 | $68.70 |
| 2017-12-29 | 2018-01-02 | 5 days | -0.4% | $67.07 | $66.78 | $67.43 |
| 2017-12-19 | 2017-12-20 | 2 days | -1.0% | $64.62 | $63.99 | $65.51 |
| 2017-12-11 | 2017-12-15 | 5 days | -0.8% | $63.65 | $63.17 | $64.08 |
| 2017-12-06 | 2017-12-08 | 3 days | -0.9% | $62.33 | $61.74 | $63.65 |
| 2017-12-01 | 2017-12-05 | 5 days | -2.3% | $62.21 | $60.77 | $62.33 |
| 2017-11-22 | 2017-11-30 | 9 days | -2.0% | $60.89 | $59.67 | $62.21 |
| 2017-11-20 | 2017-11-21 | 2 days | -0.1% | $59.71 | $59.65 | $60.89 |
| 2017-11-08 | 2017-11-16 | 9 days | -1.4% | $58.96 | $58.12 | $59.17 |
| 2015-11-25 | 2017-01-03 | 406 days | -34.0% | $48.95 | $32.32 | $49.17 |
| 2007-07-11 | 2015-02-23 | 2785 days | -81.5% | $40.25 | $7.43 | $41.06 |
| 2006-04-25 | 2007-04-25 | 366 days | -30.1% | $35.51 | $24.81 | $36.36 |
| 2006-01-31 | 2006-04-12 | 71 days | -21.2% | $32.44 | $25.57 | $32.78 |
| 2005-09-29 | 2006-01-13 | 107 days | -20.0% | $29.77 | $23.83 | $29.89 |
| 2005-04-07 | 2005-06-20 | 75 days | -24.2% | $20.50 | $15.54 | $20.73 |
| 2001-05-22 | 2004-01-20 | 974 days | -54.1% | $6.39 | $2.93 | $6.60 |
| 2000-11-16 | 2001-02-07 | 84 days | -21.3% | $4.72 | $3.71 | $4.72 |
| 1998-03-03 | 2000-11-10 | 984 days | -53.4% | $4.32 | $2.01 | $4.32 |
| 1997-09-05 | 1998-02-19 | 168 days | -20.4% | $4.11 | $3.27 | $4.12 |
| 1992-02-24 | 1996-11-29 | 1741 days | -47.7% | $2.37 | $1.24 | $2.38 |
| 1991-04-25 | 1991-08-26 | 124 days | -23.0% | $1.85 | $1.43 | $1.86 |
| 1990-11-23 | 1991-03-01 | 99 days | -27.2% | $1.42 | $1.04 | $1.43 |
| 1989-04-21 | 1990-09-11 | 509 days | -28.7% | $1.29 | $0.92 | $1.30 |
| 1986-01-07 | 1989-03-23 | 1172 days | -67.9% | $0.96 | $0.31 | $0.96 |
How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).
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Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) is trading at $424.10 as of Oct 7, 2026. It is at its high of $424.10. The drawdown has lasted 0 days. Severity score: 0.0 (At All-Time High).
VLO Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$424.10
High-water mark
$424.10
Current drawdown
0.0%
Days in drawdown
0
This VLO page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior Valero Energy Corporation drawdowns.
What History Says About VLO
Valero Energy Corporation has dropped 30%+ from its high 10 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 1060 days with an average max drop of -51.4%.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2007 to Feb 2015 | -81.5% | 2785 days |
| Jun 2018 to Apr 2022 | -71.9% | 1402 days |
| Jan 1986 to Mar 1989 | -67.9% | 1172 days |
| May 2001 to Jan 2004 | -54.1% | 974 days |
| Mar 1998 to Nov 2000 | -53.4% | 984 days |
| Feb 1992 to Nov 1996 | -47.7% | 1741 days |
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