Valero Q2 FY2026: net income $3.72 billion as refining margins surge
Valero's second quarter was a step-change, not a grind: revenue rose 48.8% to $44.48 billion and net income hit $3.72 billion, versus $714 million a year earlier. The driver is refining margins, which lifted gross margin to 12.3% from 4.2%. Adjusted EPS of $12.54 beat the $10.2192 consensus by 22.7%. Read this as a peak-margin quarter, not a new baseline.
1 · Expected vs. Actual
Free preview belowGAAP diluted EPS was $12.62 and adjusted EPS was $12.54, against a consensus estimate of $10.2192, a 22.7% beat. The two figures nearly match because adjustments were small: a $44 million LIFO liquidation gain and $15 million of Port Arthur Refinery fire expenses. A year ago the same quarter earned $2.28 per share.
Revenue of $44.48 billion was up 48.8% from $29.89 billion a year earlier and 37.3% above the $32.38 billion booked in Q1 2026. Essentially all of it came from Refining, which reported $42.30 billion of external revenue. This is a price-and-margin story more than a volume story: refining throughput averaged 3.0 million barrels per day, only slightly above the prior-year level.
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Figures on this page come from the company's original SEC filings. The analysis is generated automatically and checked against validation rules, but may still contain errors or omissions. Not investment advice. · Generated 2026-09-17
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