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Also trades as: 0LK6.L (LSE) · $vol 2M

VLO Short Interest

Valero Energy Corporation
1W: -10.7% 1M: -0.6% 3M: +29.0% YTD: +135.7% 1Y: +127.8% 3Y: +215.9% 5Y: +455.9%
$387.34
-39.42 (-9.24%)
Pre-Market: $391.73 (+4.39, +1.13%)
Weekly Expected Move ±5.5%
$373 $396 $419 $442 $465
NYSE · Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · Tech Score Neutral · Power 60 · $111.5B mcap · 287M float · 1.05% daily turnover · Short 59% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 51% of companies Debt: 24.1% of company value Bonds: $159.4M held by 270 funds, 62 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $15.03 (down 96%), Valero Energy Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $35.42B against a stock market value of $111.53B.
Distance to default 5.03 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-09-30, debt counted $31.14B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 38.1%; Altman Z'' 7.20. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
58.8%
Short Ratio
of total volume
58.1%
20-Day Avg
60.7%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
0.5M
Short Volume
0.9M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 461,704 789,472 58.5%
NYSE 38,130 60,635 62.9%
BATS 8,809 14,497 60.8%

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