HF Sinclair Corp vs Valero Energy Corp

HF Sinclair Corp (DINO) is undervalued and Valero Energy Corp (VLO) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, DINO trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +57%, against -128% for VLO.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

HF Sinclair Corp (DINO)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $245.68; the price of $106.69 is 57% below that value, and 79% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 100/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Valero Energy Corp (VLO)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.3% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $165.56; the price of $377.14 is 128% above that value, and 77% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 64/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricDINOVLO
VerdictUndervaluedOvervalued
Price$106.69$377.14
Intrinsic value$245.68$165.56
Margin of safety+57%-128%
Leak Score100/100 (3/12)64/100 (10/12)
Market cap$19.0B$108.6B
Revenue growth, 5 years19.1%13.6%
Operating margin8.6%7.6%
Net margin6.1%5.2%
Return on equity19.4%29.3%
Debt to equity0.320.45
P/E10.2x15.6x
Forward P/E9.1x9.8x
P/B1.8x4.3x
Dividend yield1.9%1.3%

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