SAN ANTONIO (AP) — SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Valero $VLO Energy Corp. (VLO) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter profit of $1.2 billion.
On a per-share basis, the San Antonio-based company said it had profit of $3.55.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.95 per share.
The oil refiner posted revenue of $35.41 billion in the period, which fell short of Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $37.11 billion.
For the year, the company reported profit of $8.84 billion, or $24.92 per share. Revenue was reported as $144.77 billion.
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