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VLO vs MPC vs PSX

161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
VLO74.5
Valero Energy Corporation
Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
$444.71 +0.17%$128.0B mkt cap
Score DNA
MPC72.5
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
$478.07 +0.25%$134.3B mkt cap
Score DNA
PSX70.9
Phillips 66
Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
$293.17 +1.37%$117.5B mkt cap
Score DNA

Price, rebased to 100 three years ago

VLO   MPC   PSX   · weekly adjusted closes
100150200250300350400Jan 24Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26VLO 378MPC 338PSX 287
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry. n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.

Smart money

8 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
Insider open-market buys, 180d 0 0 1
Insider $ bought, 180d — — $0.03M
Congress purchases, 180d 0 0 0
Last Congress purchase — — —
13F net change in holders — +59 −18
ETFs adding shares, 30d 1,177 1,152 1,229
ETFs trimming, 30d 1,179 1,088 970
Net ETF funds, 30d −2 +64 +259

Valuation

16 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
P/E (TTM) 17.8x
78th
15.7x
44th
16.6x
67th
PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) — — —
Price / sales 1.0x
92nd
0.9x
85th
0.8x
77th
Price / book 5.1x
67th
7.0x
75th
3.7x
58th
Price / tangible book 3.1x
50th
10.4x
90th
2.3x
40th
Price / free cash flow 12.7x
60th
10.4x
40th
18.4x
100th
Price / operating cash flow 11.7x
69th
7.8x
46th
13.2x
77th
Enterprise value $131.5B
85th
$160.8B
100th
$134.0B
92nd
EV / sales 1.0x
77th
1.0x
85th
0.9x
62nd
EV / EBITDA 9.9x
62nd
9.2x
46th
10.4x
69th
EV / EBIT 12.9x
60th
11.4x
40th
13.4x
70th
EV / free cash flow 13.0x
50th
12.5x
40th
21.0x
90th
Earnings yield 5.6%
46th
6.4%
69th
6.0%
54th
FCF yield 7.9%
54th
9.6%
69th
5.4%
23rd
Operating cash flow yield 8.5%
31st
12.8%
54th
7.6%
23rd
Graham number (per share) $216.65
100th
$208.23
89th
$176.12
78th

Profitability (TTM)

12 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
Gross margin 11.3%
62nd
11.6%
69th
9.8%
46th
EBITDA margin 10.0%
77th
11.3%
85th
8.4%
46th
Operating margin 7.5%
77th
8.0%
85th
6.7%
69th
EBIT margin 7.7%
77th
9.2%
92nd
6.5%
62nd
Net margin 5.4%
77th
5.6%
85th
4.6%
69th
NOPAT margin 5.8%
77th
6.4%
85th
5.4%
69th
FCF margin 7.6%
92nd
8.4%
100th
4.2%
54th
Operating cash flow margin 8.2%
69th
11.1%
100th
5.8%
46th
R&D / revenue 0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
SG&A / revenue 0.8%
8th
2.2%
69th
1.6%
38th
Stock comp / revenue 0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
Effective tax rate 22.7%
62nd
19.3%
15th
19.0%
8th

Returns on capital

11 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
ROE (on average equity) 29.4%
75th
47.9%
83rd
24.0%
67th
ROA 11.6%
92nd
9.9%
77th
9.0%
62nd
ROIC 27.2%
92nd
21.7%
85th
17.3%
54th
ROCE 22.2%
92nd
21.1%
85th
15.8%
62nd
Return on tangible assets 16.4%
92nd
16.4%
85th
12.7%
62nd
Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) 38.3%
92nd
37.6%
85th
18.6%
46th
Gross profitability (GP / assets) 23.3%
77th
19.0%
62nd
18.4%
54th
ROIC, 3-yr average 14.5%
92nd
13.2%
83rd
10.2%
75th
ROIC, 5-yr average 21.5%
100th
17.5%
82nd
15.1%
73rd
ROE, 5-yr average 26.3%
82nd
34.4%
91st
21.0%
55th
Incremental ROIC 439.9%
91st
121.7%
45th
189.4%
64th

Growth

17 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
Revenue growth (TTM YoY) 7.4%
17th
15.3%
75th
15.6%
83rd
Revenue growth (QoQ) 13.2%
23rd
50.4%
85th
49.7%
77th
Revenue CAGR, 3 yr -5.4%
33rd
-0.6%
83rd
-0.1%
92nd
Revenue CAGR, 5 yr 10.4%
42nd
11.9%
50th
13.6%
75th
Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr -1.9%
42nd
-3.9%
33rd
8.2%
67th
Operating income CAGR, 3 yr -12.4%
30th
-13.3%
20th
4.9%
60th
Net income growth (TTM YoY) 844.0%
100th
300.7%
50th
312.9%
75th
Net income CAGR, 3 yr -13.0%
43rd
-12.5%
57th
-13.4%
29th
EPS growth (TTM YoY) 901.8%
100th
325.4%
75th
318.3%
50th
EPS CAGR, 3 yr -7.1%
43rd
-1.1%
86th
-9.8%
29th
EPS CAGR, 5 yr — 20.5% —
FCF growth (TTM YoY) 169.8%
57th
253.7%
71st
329.7%
86th
FCF CAGR, 3 yr 2.0%
100th
0.9%
88th
-5.9%
62nd
Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr 0.3%
67th
4.7%
83rd
-3.9%
58th
Book value CAGR, 3 yr 5.6%
73rd
2.2%
45th
6.1%
82nd
Dividend CAGR, 3 yr 7.2%
70th
14.0%
90th
5.7%
60th
Sustainable growth rate 23.6%
67th
41.4%
78th
17.3%
44th

Margin history & stability

7 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
Gross margin, 3-yr average 6.8%
42nd
8.9%
58th
6.3%
33rd
Operating margin, 3-yr average 4.7%
75th
6.3%
92nd
3.8%
58th
Net margin, 3-yr average 3.4%
83rd
4.0%
92nd
3.1%
67th
FCF margin, 3-yr average 5.2%
83rd
5.7%
100th
2.7%
58th
Revenue stability (0-1) 0.28
42nd
0.52
67th
0.54
75th
Earnings stability (0-1) 0.05
42nd
0.09
58th
0.11
75th
Margin stability (0-1) 0.17
33rd
0.60
67th
0.38
58th

Liquidity (latest quarter)

7 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
Cash & short-term investments $7.9B
100th
$7.8B
92nd
$4.1B
85th
Net cash (− = net debt) −$3.5B
23rd
−$26.5B
0th
−$16.5B
8th
Working capital $11.9B
100th
$6.9B
92nd
$5.9B
85th
Current ratio 1.64
85th
1.25
38th
1.32
46th
Quick ratio 1.23
92nd
0.89
38th
1.00
69th
Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) 0.42
69th
0.28
62nd
0.22
54th
Defensive interval (days) 1,576 days
75th
1,520 days
67th
1,209 days
50th

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

13 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
Total debt $11.3B
85th
$34.3B
100th
$20.6B
92nd
Debt / equity 0.45
17th
1.80
67th
0.65
42nd
Net debt / equity 0.14
8th
1.39
67th
0.52
42nd
Debt / assets 17.6%
23rd
36.4%
62nd
25.1%
31st
Debt / capital 31.2%
17th
64.3%
67th
39.5%
42nd
Debt / EBITDA 0.85
8th
1.97
46th
1.60
38th
Net debt / EBITDA 0.26
8th
1.52
54th
1.28
31st
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) 18.3x
92nd
9.1x
67th
8.7x
58th
Cash interest coverage 19.5x
85th
11.0x
69th
7.7x
54th
Debt payback (years of OCF) 1.0 yrs
8th
2.0 yrs
23rd
2.3 yrs
38th
Liabilities / assets 56.3%
23rd
72.7%
54th
60.0%
38th
IS credit model rating AA+ A+ A+
Implied credit spread (bps) 65
0th
125
23rd
125
23rd

Efficiency

11 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
Asset turnover 2.14
62nd
1.78
31st
1.95
46th
Fixed asset turnover 4.75
62nd
3.90
38th
3.87
31st
Inventory turnover 15.5
54th
13.6
38th
24.1
69th
Receivables turnover 10.6
8th
11.5
15th
13.7
31st
Days sales outstanding 34 days
92nd
32 days
85th
27 days
69th
Days inventory outstanding 23 days
46th
27 days
62nd
15 days
31st
Days payables outstanding 39 days
85th
44 days
92nd
30 days
69th
Cash conversion cycle (days) 18 days
62nd
15 days
46th
12 days
38th
Capex / revenue 0.6%
8th
2.7%
77th
1.6%
38th
Capex / depreciation 0.26
0th
1.27
85th
0.90
69th
Operating expense ratio 5.3%
58th
3.1%
42nd
4.6%
50th

Cash flow & earnings quality

7 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
Operating cash flow / net income 1.51
50th
2.00
60th
1.26
30th
FCF / net income 1.40
60th
1.51
70th
0.90
40th
FCF / operating cash flow 92.5%
100th
75.3%
69th
71.6%
54th
Capex / operating cash flow 7.5%
0th
24.7%
31st
28.4%
46th
Accruals ratio -6.0%
38th
-9.9%
23rd
-2.3%
69th
Sloan accruals ratio -0.5%
62nd
-1.1%
54th
2.1%
85th
Earnings quality score (0-1) 0.75
10th
0.75
10th
1.00
70th

Dividends & buybacks

9 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
Dividend yield 1.1%
31st
0.8%
15th
1.7%
62nd
Dividend per share (TTM) $4.73
92nd
$4.00
85th
$5.01
100th
Payout ratio (dividends / net income) 19.5%
40th
13.6%
30th
28.0%
60th
Dividends / FCF 14.0%
50th
9.0%
30th
31.0%
80th
Dividend growth (YoY) 7.5%
60th
9.2%
80th
5.5%
50th
Buyback yield 3.8%
92nd
3.7%
85th
1.0%
46th
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) 4.9%
69th
4.5%
62nd
2.7%
46th
Share count change (YoY) -5.8%
17th
-5.8%
8th
-1.3%
58th
Buybacks, last 5 years $13.7B
92nd
$21.4B
100th
$7.3B
85th

Scores & forensic checks

15 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
IS score 74
92nd
72
85th
71
77th
IS profitability 54
92nd
51
85th
44
77th
IS growth 65
8th
73
75th
71
42nd
IS value 74
62nd
74
69th
76
77th
IS momentum 89
50th
94
75th
94
83rd
IS risk (safety) 100
77th
90
46th
90
46th
IS quality 83
100th
72
62nd
78
85th
IS balance sheet 79
92nd
49
46th
65
69th
IS earnings quality 78
54th
70
38th
88
85th
IS cash flow 75
100th
67
85th
60
69th
Piotroski F-score (0-9) 9
69th
9
69th
9
69th
Altman Z-score 5.1
92nd
3.5
46th
3.8
69th
Beneish M-score −2.99
33rd
−2.67
42nd
−2.66
50th
Ohlson O-score −9.51
8th
−8.25
38th
−8.83
15th
IS credit score 94
100th
80
69th
80
69th

Per share

7 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
EPS, diluted (TTM) $24.53
92nd
$29.40
100th
$17.62
85th
Book value per share $85.04
100th
$65.56
85th
$78.25
92nd
Tangible book per share $96.15
100th
$47.40
77th
$75.61
92nd
Revenue per share $452.14
85th
$529.02
92nd
$381.50
77th
FCF per share $34.32
92nd
$44.33
100th
$15.88
85th
Operating cash flow per share $37.10
92nd
$58.85
100th
$22.17
85th
Cash per share $26.78
100th
$26.69
92nd
$10.18
77th

Size (TTM)

8 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
Market cap $128.0B
92nd
$134.3B
100th
$117.5B
85th
Revenue $132.9B
85th
$153.9B
100th
$153.6B
92nd
EBITDA $13.3B
92nd
$17.4B
100th
$12.8B
85th
Net income $7.2B
92nd
$8.6B
100th
$7.1B
85th
Free cash flow $10.1B
92nd
$12.9B
100th
$6.4B
85th
Total assets $64.7B
85th
$94.3B
100th
$81.8B
92nd
Shareholders' equity $25.0B
92nd
$19.1B
85th
$31.5B
100th
Employees 9,785
77th
18,500
100th
12,600
85th

Price performance

9 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
1 day +0.2% +0.2% +1.4%
1 week +2.5% +5.1% +5.4%
1 month +7.8% +13.3% +6.9%
3 months +42.5% +51.6% +40.4%
6 months +98.9% +123.8% +87.5%
Year to date +170.7% +191.0% +126.4%
1 year +178.1% +161.4% +128.2%
3 years, cumulative +267.3% +237.6% +182.8%
5 years, cumulative +551.0% +710.8% +319.3%

Technicals

4 measures
MeasureVLOMPCPSX
RSI 14 66.4 74.7 70.7
From 52-week high −3.6% −1.5% −1.4%
From 52-week low +188.2% +196.0% +132.9%
Beta 0.59 0.54 0.70
InsiderStreet reports findings from filings and market data. A comparison is not a recommendation to buy or sell either stock.Every figure is computed in code · data as of 2026-10-17

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