Valero Energy is a multinational manufacturer and marketer of petroleum-based and low-carbon liquid transportation fuels and petrochemical products. Co.'s operations are managed through the following segments: Refining, which includes the operations of its petroleum refineries, the associated activities to market its refined petroleum products, and the logistics assets that support those operations; Renewable Diesel, which includes the operations of its subsidiary, Diamond Green Diesel Holdings LLC, and the associated activities to market renewable diesel; and Ethanol, which includes the operations of its ethanol plants and the associated activities to market its ethanol and co-products. We show 56 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our VLO shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute VLO market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing Valero Energy market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing Valero Energy's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of Valero Energy versus a peer is one thing; comparing
Valero Energy market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like Valero Energy can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching Valero Energy by allowing them to research the Valero Energy market cap history. |
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