---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-017279"
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: "2026-05-27T05:04:22.809459+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 plunges 77% to $281M; FY2024 EPS $8.58 vs $24.93

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $30.8B, down 13% YoY from $35.4B; operating income $348M vs $1.55B.
- Net income attributable to Valero: $281M ($0.89 diluted EPS) vs $1.20B ($3.55) in Q4 2023.
- Full-year 2024 net income $2.77B ($8.58 EPS), down from $8.84B ($24.92 EPS) in 2023.
- IRS approved cellulosic ethanol tax credit; $79M current income tax benefit recognized for 2020-2024 volumes.
- Recorded $29M charge in FY2024 related to canceled Navigator carbon capture pipeline project.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-017279
- 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: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035002/000119312525017279/0001193125-25-017279-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035002/000119312525017279/d932187d8k.htm

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