Valero (VLO) Stock Price Cools After Q3 Earnings Cash Surge

Valero Energy just posted one of the punchiest refinery quarters on record. Q3 2026 net income reached US$6.8b, or US$23.96 per share, yet the stock slipped 1.7% to US$419.16 on the first full trading day after the release. That gap between a softer share price and heavy earnings firepower is the story. Investors came in after a strong 90 day run and found a refiner printing US$46.1b of quarterly revenue and US$6.9b of operating cash flow. The headline is simple: profit strength is colliding...