Valero Energy Corporation vs Western Digital Corp — how do they compare? Valero Energy Corporation trades at $313.92 (market cap $93.03B), while Western Digital Corp trades at $559 (market cap $168.00B). The key difference: Western Digital Corp is the larger of the two by market cap, and Valero Energy Corporation pays the higher dividend (1.53%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VLO | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $93.03B | $168.00B |
Sector | Energy | Technology |
52-Week High | $313.31 | $746.23 |
52-Week Low | $131.77 | $67.06 |
Enterprise Value | $98.79B | $166.35B |
Dividend Yield | 1.53% | 0.12% |
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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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