Valero Energy
VLO · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
$419.28
1.6%World Kinect
WKC · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
$36.54
0.1%The short version
- Valero Energy is the larger business, with $122.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $36.9B for World Kinect, about 3.3 times as much.
- Valero Energy grew revenue faster (−5.5%, against −12.5%).
- Valero Energy kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (2.6% operating margin, against −1.5% operating margin).
- Valero Energy earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (7.2%, against −20.9%).
| Latest fiscal year | VLO · FY25 | WKC · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $123.3B | $1.9B |
| Revenue | $122.7B | $36.9B |
| Free cash flow | — | $227M |
| Net income | $2.3B | −$614M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −5.5% | −12.5% |
| 5-year growth | 13.6% | 12.6% |
| Share count change | −4.0% | −6.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 4.4% | 2.6% |
| Operating margin | 2.6% | −1.5% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | −1.7% |
| FCF margin | — | 0.6% |
| Return on capital | 7.2% | −20.9% |
| Return on equity | 9.7% | −37.8% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $5.9B | $504M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.9x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $4.0B | $126M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 17.4x | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 5 |
FY16
VLO $75.7B
WKC $27.0B
FY17
VLO $94.0B
WKC $33.7B
FY18
VLO $117.0B
WKC $39.8B
FY19
VLO $108.3B
WKC $36.8B
FY20
VLO $64.9B
WKC $20.4B
FY21
VLO $114.0B
WKC $31.3B
FY22
VLO $176.4B
WKC $59.0B
FY23
VLO $144.8B
WKC $47.7B
FY24
VLO $129.9B
WKC $42.2B
FY25
VLO $122.7B
WKC $36.9B
VLO
WKC
FY16
VLO 4.7%
WKC 0.7%
FY17
VLO 3.8%
WKC 0.1%
FY18
VLO 3.9%
WKC 0.7%
FY19
VLO 3.5%
WKC 0.8%
FY20
VLO −2.4%
WKC 0.7%
FY21
VLO 1.9%
WKC 0.5%
FY22
VLO 8.9%
WKC 0.5%
FY23
VLO 8.2%
WKC 0.4%
FY24
VLO 2.9%
WKC 0.5%
FY25
VLO 2.6%
WKC −1.5%
VLO
WKC
FY16
VLO $2.8B
WKC $14.6M
FY17
VLO $3.5B
WKC −$188M
FY18
VLO $995M
WKC −$255M
FY19
VLO $2.7B
WKC $148M
FY20
VLO −$1.5B
WKC $553M
FY21
VLO $3.4B
WKC $134M
FY22
VLO $9.8B
WKC $59.9M
FY23
VLO $7.3B
WKC $184M
FY24
VLO $4.6B
WKC $192M
FY25
VLO —
WKC $227M
VLO
WKC
FY16
VLO 11.1%
WKC 7.5%
FY17
VLO 14.5%
WKC 1.5%
FY18
VLO 13.5%
WKC 7.9%
FY19
VLO 10.6%
WKC 9.8%
FY20
VLO −4.1%
WKC 4.5%
FY21
VLO 5.9%
WKC 6.0%
FY22
VLO 39.4%
WKC 10.1%
FY23
VLO 27.6%
WKC 6.3%
FY24
VLO 9.0%
WKC 6.0%
FY25
VLO 7.2%
WKC −20.9%
VLO
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