Valero Energy Dividend yield

Valero Energy is part of Oil and Gas Producers business, which is part of Oil and Gas industry. Valero Energy is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Valero Energy paid a total dividend of 1,357 million USD last year, for a market value of 31,787 millions (Market Cap 31,711 millions). Dividend per share of Valero Energy is 3.20 USD, and his stock market price 74.97 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Valero Energy has a dividend yield of 4.27%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Oil and Gas industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare Valero Energy dividend yield with other Oil and Gas Producers companies or firms from USA.

Valero Energy Dividend Payout

About the ability of Valero Energy to maintain his current dividend of USD 3.20 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.27%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Valero Energy payout on ernings is currently 61.90%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Oil and Gas industry, which are 40.41% and 45.26% respectively. Both figures show that Valero Energy can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Valero Energy is USD 12.93 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 3.20, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Valero Energy, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Oil and Gas industry and Oil and Gas Producers sector companies.

Valero Energy Stock performance

Finally, last moth Valero Energy showed a return of -6.20% compared to a worldwide -5.60% average, and a -8.37% of Oil and Gas firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -18.40% versus a worldwide performance of a -11.41%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Oil and Gas Producers firms.