Seasonality
VLO seasonality — Valero Energy
Over the last 11 years, VLO's strongest month on average has been January (+5.5%) and its weakest October (+0.1%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +5.52% | +7.67% | 70% | +17.1% | -10.0% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.31% | -0.53% | 50% | +36.4% | -21.4% | 10 |
| Mar | +3.56% | +3.30% | 70% | +21.6% | -31.5% | 10 |
| Apr | +4.26% | +2.76% | 60% | +39.7% | -17.9% | 10 |
| May | +1.19% | +1.74% | 50% | +16.2% | -22.4% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.01% | +1.99% | 50% | +21.6% | -18.0% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.96% | +2.70% | 70% | +20.1% | -14.2% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.18% | -0.69% | 40% | +14.7% | -11.7% | 10 |
| Sep | +2.38% | +7.21% | 60% | +13.2% | -17.6% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.10% | +1.07% | 50% | +17.5% | -19.9% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.12% | +4.25% | 56% | +39.3% | -13.4% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.65% | +0.89% | 50% | +12.2% | -11.9% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — VLO
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11.4 | 12.8 | 20.7 | 2.2 | -3.1 | 6.4 | 20.1 | 14.7 | 8.0 | 3.1 | -13.3 | +112.8% | |
| 2025 | 8.5 | -1.7 | 1.0 | -12.1 | 11.1 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 10.7 | 12.0 | -0.4 | 4.2 | -7.9 | +32.8% |
| 2024 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 20.7 | -6.3 | -1.7 | -0.2 | 3.2 | -9.3 | -8.0 | -3.9 | 7.2 | -11.9 | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 10.4 | -5.9 | 6.0 | -17.9 | -6.7 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 0.8 | 9.1 | -10.4 | -1.3 | 3.7 | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 10.5 | 0.7 | 21.6 | 9.8 | 16.2 | -18.0 | 4.2 | 5.7 | -8.8 | 17.5 | 6.4 | -5.1 | +68.9% |
| 2021 | -0.2 | 36.4 | -7.0 | 3.3 | 8.7 | -2.9 | -14.2 | -1.0 | 6.4 | 9.6 | -13.4 | 12.2 | +32.8% |
| 2020 | -10.0 | -21.4 | -31.5 | 39.7 | 5.2 | -11.7 | -4.4 | -6.5 | -17.6 | -10.9 | 39.3 | 5.2 | -39.6% |
| 2019 | 17.1 | -7.1 | 4.0 | 6.9 | -22.4 | 21.6 | -0.4 | -11.7 | 13.2 | 13.8 | -1.5 | -1.9 | +24.9% |
| 2018 | 4.4 | -5.8 | 2.6 | 19.6 | 9.3 | -8.6 | 6.8 | -0.4 | -3.5 | -19.9 | -12.3 | -6.2 | -18.4% |
| 2017 | -3.8 | 3.3 | -2.4 | -2.5 | -4.9 | 9.7 | 2.2 | -1.3 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 7.3 | +34.5% |
| 2016 | 11.0 |