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VLO — structural market context

Valero Energy Corporation

Structural market context from public regulatory and market data, shown with its as-of dates. Descriptive only: nothing on this page is a recommendation, a prediction, or advice to buy or sell any security.

What changed

As of the close on Oct 23. Each line shows the earlier value, the later value and their dates.

Price

Close $419.28 (Oct 23) vs $426.28 (Oct 22): −1.64%.

Volume

0.94× its 20-session average (2.6M) on Oct 23.

Includes pre- and post-market trading.

Short interest

Short interest 9.0M shares (settlement Sep 30) vs 9.7M (Sep 15).

No new publication in this window. Latest: settlement Sep 30, published Oct 10.

Fails-to-deliver

Latest file (settlements Sep 15–Sep 30, published Oct 16): 5 days with fails, largest 3K shares on Sep 29.

Previous file (settlements Sep 1–Sep 14, published Sep 30): 2 days with fails, largest 15K shares on Sep 4.

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Analyst rating actions

2 rating actions recorded.

Barclays — Price target change — Oct 23

Citigroup — Rating maintained — Oct 23

Insider filings (Form 4)

None recorded in this window.

VLO events and their magnitude

Latest SEC filing in the event study

8-K 2.02 · Earnings release · filed 2026-10-22 · View on sec.gov ↗

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VLO short interest & days to cover

SHARES SHORT
9.0M
% OF FLOAT
3.1%
DAYS TO COVER
1.9
CHANGE VS PRIOR
-7.2%

FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice a month and published ~2 weeks after each settlement date. % of float uses reported free float. · as of 2026-09-30 (24d ago)

VLO fails-to-deliver (FTD)

Settlement dateFailed sharesPrice
2026-09-29 · 25d3K$389.57
2026-09-28 · 26d402$387.18
2026-09-22 · 32d617$393.27

SEC fails-to-deliver files, published twice a month with ~6 weeks of delay.

VLO analyst ratings

FirmActionRatingPublished
CitigroupholdNeutral2026-10-23
Barclaysprice_target—2026-10-23
DBS BankdowngradeHold2026-10-19
Raymond JamesholdStrong Buy2026-10-19
Raymond Jamesprice_target—2026-10-19

Rating actions as published by the firms, from public feeds. They are not graded here.

Frequently asked questions

What is VLO's short interest?
As of the FINRA settlement date 2026-09-30, VLO had 9.0M shares sold short — 3.1% of its float, with 1.9 days to cover at average volume. FINRA publishes this data roughly two weeks after each twice-monthly settlement, so it is inherently delayed. A short-interest figure describes an aggregate position; it does not predict what the stock will do.
What do analysts say about VLO?
The most recent action: Citigroup hold to Neutral on 2026-10-23. Rating actions are shown as published by the firms; they are not graded here.
Is this page telling me to buy or sell VLO?
No. Everything on this page is descriptive, structural market context from public data, shown with its as-of dates. TradeAI News does not issue directional recommendations, price predictions, or buy/sell advice — for any ticker.
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