secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     VALERO ENERGY CORP/TX (VLO)
CIK:        0001035002
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001035002-25-000002
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035002/000103500225000002/0001035002-25-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035002/000103500225000002/vlo-20250130.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001035002-25-000002

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