---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001035002-25-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VLO"
cik: "0001035002"
company_name: "VALERO ENERGY CORP/TX"
filed_at: "2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T05:03:59.272256+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valero Q4 net income $281M ($0.88 EPS); down 76% YoY; dividend raised 6% to $1.13

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP net income $281M ($0.88 diluted EPS) versus $1.2B ($3.55) in Q4 2023; adjusted EPS $0.64
- Refining segment operating income $437M, down from $1.6B; throughput 3.0M bpd
- Renewable diesel segment operating income $170M (vs $84M); ethanol segment $20M (vs $190M)
- Returned $601M to stockholders in Q4 ($339M dividends, $262M buybacks); full year $4.3B
- Quarterly dividend raised 6% to $1.13/share; SAF project at DGD Port Arthur completed

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001035002-25-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VLO
- cik: 0001035002
- company_name: VALERO ENERGY CORP/TX
- filed_at: 2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035002/000103500225000002/0001035002-25-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035002/000103500225000002/vlo-20250130.htm

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