Business Segments · Cost of materials and other
Ethanol — Cost of materials and other
Valero Energy Ethanol — Cost of materials and other decreased by 6.0% to $894.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 13.4%, from $1.03B to $894.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Ethanol — Cost of materials and other shows a downward trend with a -3.0% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
StatementSegment
CategoryEfficiency
SignalLower is better
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2016
Last reportedQ1 2026
How to read this metric
An increase suggests rising feedstock prices or higher production volumes.
Detailed definition
Includes the direct costs of raw materials, primarily corn and other feedstocks, used in the ethanol production process....
Peer comparison
Comparable to cost of goods sold (COGS) for agricultural or biofuel processing segments.
Metric ID:
vlo_segment_ethanol_cost_of_materials_and_otherHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.13B | $1.15B | $1.22B | $1.10B | $1.23B | $1.20B | $1.10B | $1.13B | $1.20B | $1.09B | $973.00M | $909.00M | $874.00M | $842.00M | $933.00M | $1.03B | $988.00M | $942.00M | $951.00M | $894.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +1.8% | +6.4% | -9.8% | +11.1% | -1.9% | -9.0% | +3.3% | +6.0% | -8.9% | -10.9% | -6.6% | -3.9% | -3.7% | +10.8% | +10.6% | -4.3% | -4.7% | +1.0% | -6.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +8.5% | +4.6% | -10.5% | +2.4% | -2.2% | -9.2% | -11.1% | -19.6% | -27.1% | -22.9% | -4.1% | +13.5% | +13.0% | +11.9% | +1.9% | -13.4% |
Range$842.00M – $1.23B
CAGR-4.8%
Avg YoY Growth-4.0%
Median YoY Growth-3.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Valero Energy's ethanol — cost of materials and other?
- Valero Energy (VLO) reported ethanol — cost of materials and other of $894.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Valero Energy's ethanol — cost of materials and other changed year-over-year?
- Valero Energy's ethanol — cost of materials and other decreased by 13.4% year-over-year, from $1.03B to $894.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Valero Energy's ethanol — cost of materials and other?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Valero Energy's ethanol — cost of materials and other has grown at a -3.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $4.43B to $3.91B.
- What does ethanol — cost of materials and other mean?
- The cost of raw materials used to produce ethanol.