Valero Energy Corporation vs Western Digital Corp — how do they compare? Valero Energy Corporation trades at $323.07 (market cap $93.27B), while Western Digital Corp trades at $452.08 (market cap $150.95B). The key difference: Western Digital Corp is the larger of the two by market cap, and Valero Energy Corporation pays the higher dividend (1.48%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VLO | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $93.27B | $150.95B |
Sector | Energy | Technology |
52-Week High | $323.92 | $746.23 |
52-Week Low | $133.38 | $74.66 |
Enterprise Value | $96.74B | $150.42B |
Dividend Yield | 1.48% | 0.14% |
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Valero Energy is one of the largest independent refiners in the United States. It operates 14 refineries with a total throughput capacity of 3.2 million barrels a day in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Valero also owns 14 ethanol plants with capacity of 1.7 billion gallons of ethanol a year and holds a 50% stake in Diamond Green Diesel, which has capacity to produce 700 million gallons per year of renewable diesel.
Read more on VLO →Western Digital is a vertically integrated supplier of data storage solutions, spanning both hard disk drives and solid-state drives. In the HDD market it forms a practical duopoly with Seagate, and it is the largest global producer of NAND flash chips for SSDs in a joint venture with competitor Kioxia.
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