$430,000 of VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION lobbying was just disclosed, from Q2 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Renewable Fuel Standard, H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act, issues related to sustainable aviation fuel, H.J.Res. 88 Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision., issues related to vehicle fuel economy standards, issues related to domestic fuel market. H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act, LIFO, issues related to sustainable aviation fuels Issues related to importation of renewable fuel feedstock, Issues related to renewable fuel exports, and issues related to crude oil. Issues related to proxy advisor reform"
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
VLO Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $VLO stock 7 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 3 have been purchases and 4 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $VLO stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT BRESNAHAN has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 05/15 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 04/08.
- SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $100,000 on 05/13 and 1 sale worth up to $100,000 on 04/08.
- SENATOR JOHN BOOZMAN sold up to $15,000 on 05/13.
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $50,000 on 03/13 and 1 sale worth up to $50,000 on 04/07.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
VLO Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 636 institutional investors add shares of VLO stock to their portfolio, and 661 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ added 7,931,018 shares (+276.9%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $1,047,449,547
- VANGUARD GROUP INC added 4,155,522 shares (+12.0%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $548,819,790
- GAMMA INVESTING LLC removed 1,343,132 shares (-99.1%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $180,543,803
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 1,289,634 shares (+95.7%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $170,321,962
- INVESCO LTD. added 1,247,196 shares (+34.1%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $164,717,175
- PACER ADVISORS, INC. removed 1,204,177 shares (-29.6%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $159,035,656
- JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC removed 1,162,695 shares (-86.1%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $153,557,128
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
VLO Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $VLO in the last several months. We have seen 10 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 07/16/2025
- Raymond James issued a "Strong Buy" rating on 07/15/2025
- Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 07/09/2025
- Mizuho issued a "Outperform" rating on 05/13/2025
- Goldman Sachs issued a "Buy" rating on 05/13/2025
- Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 05/12/2025
- Piper Sandler issued a "Overweight" rating on 05/09/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for VLO, check out Quiver Quantitative's $VLO forecast page.
VLO Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $VLO recently. We have seen 12 analysts offer price targets for $VLO in the last 6 months, with a median target of $157.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- An analyst from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $160.0 on 07/16/2025
- Vikram Bagri from Citigroup set a target price of $150.0 on 07/16/2025
- Justin Jenkins from Raymond James set a target price of $172.0 on 07/15/2025
- Ryan Todd from Piper Sandler set a target price of $160.0 on 07/10/2025
- Roger Read from Wells Fargo set a target price of $168.0 on 07/09/2025
- Manav Gupta from UBS set a target price of $164.0 on 07/08/2025
- Stephen Richardson from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $135.0 on 06/18/2025
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