What the executives and directors of Valero Energy actually did with their own shares, decoded from three years of SEC Form 4 filings.
The tape: three years of insider trades
Every marker sits at the exact price reported on the Form 4. The line is the monthly median of all prices insiders reported, so the chart needs no market feed; the gray strip is routine flow (vestings, tax withholding, gifts) that headlines love to miscount as selling.
Where the shares went, last 12 months
Every Form 4 movement decomposed: what flowed in (grants, vested equity, purchases) and what flowed out (tax withholding, plan sales, discretionary sales, gifts). Counted in shares, because grants carry no price.
Skin in the game
Directly held shares as reported after each trade, indexed to 100 five years back. Direct holdings only: trust and family-entity positions are per-entity in the filings and do not sum honestly, so this chart refuses to guess. The steps are the trades.
Who holds what
| Insider | Role | Shares held | Buys 12 m | Sales 12 m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorder Joseph W | Director | 505K | — | — |
| Riggs R. Lane CEO & President | CEO | 404K | — | — |
| Simmons Gary K. EVP & COO | COO | 239.6K | — | — |
| Fraser Jason W. EVP & CFO | CFO | 144.1K | — | $1.7M |
| WEISENBURGER RANDALL J | Director | 113.1K | — | — |
| Walsh Richard Joe EVP & GC | Officer | 103.7K | — | — |
| PROFUSEK ROBERT | Director | 45K | — | — |
| WILKINS RAYFORD JR | Director | 43.4K | — | — |
| Nickles Donald L | Director | 33.5K | — | — |
| Majoras Deborah P | Director | 30.6K | — | — |
| Bhullar Harminder S. SVP & CFO | CFO | 29.1K | — | — |
| Fisher Eric A SVP | Officer | 19.7K | — | $7.7M |
| EBERHART PAULETT | Director | 16.2K | — | — |
| Greene Kimberly S, | Director | 16K | — | — |
Open-market trade log
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | Fisher Eric A (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 7,500 | $268.17 | $2M |
| 2026-06-18 | Fisher Eric A (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 7,500 | $236.90 | $1.8M |
| 2026-05-18 | Fisher Eric A (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 7,500 | $251.61 | $1.9M |
| 2026-03-12 | Fisher Eric A (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 200 | $238.47 | $48K |
| 2026-03-12 | Fisher Eric A (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 200 | $238.73 | $48K |
| 2026-03-11 | Fisher Eric A (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 8,311 | $227.69 | $1.9M |
| 2025-11-21 | Fraser Jason W. (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 9,933 | $174.02 | $1.7M |
| 2024-05-09 | Greene Kimberly S, (Director) | Discretionary sale | 720 | $158.13 | $114K |
| 2023-08-14 | Gorder Joseph W (Director) | Discretionary sale | 31.8K | $135.99 | $4.3M |
| 2023-08-14 | Gorder Joseph W (Director) | Discretionary sale | 43.8K | $135.99 | $6M |
| 2022-11-16 | Simmons Gary K. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,750 | $135.16 | $237K |
| 2022-10-28 | Gorder Joseph W (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 37.6K | $127.00 | $4.8M |
| 2022-05-27 | Riggs R. Lane (COO) | Discretionary sale | 2,667 | $131.53 | $351K |
| 2022-05-27 | Riggs R. Lane (COO) | Discretionary sale | 15.1K | $131.53 | $2M |
| 2021-10-25 | Gorder Joseph W (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 26.8K | $82.33 | $2.2M |
| 2020-12-03 | Gorder Joseph W (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 36K | $58.60 | $2.1M |
| 2020-12-02 | Gorder Joseph W (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 3,200 | $56.45 | $181K |
| 2020-03-13 | Pfeiffer Philip J. (Director) | Open-market buy | 1,310 | $43.82 | $57K |
| 2020-03-12 | WEISENBURGER RANDALL J (Director) | Open-market buy | 45K | $47.31 | $2.1M |
| 2019-12-16 | Gorder Joseph W (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 21.4K | $95.57 | $2M |
| 2019-02-20 | Waters Stephen M (Director) | Open-market buy | 500 | $84.97 | $42K |
| 2018-12-11 | WEISENBURGER RANDALL J (Director) | Open-market buy | 25K | $72.74 | $1.8M |
| 2018-10-29 | EBERHART PAULETT (Director) | Open-market buy | 60 | $86.23 | $5K |
| 2018-07-30 | Waters Stephen M (Director) | Discretionary sale | 1,000 | $116.76 | $117K |
| 2018-05-23 | Waters Stephen M (Director) | Discretionary sale | 1,000 | $121.04 | $121K |
| 2018-05-21 | Gorder Joseph W (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 85.5K | $121.23 | $10.4M |
| 2018-01-03 | CISKOWSKI MICHAEL S (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 251.5K | $93.29 | $23.5M |
| 2017-12-20 | CISKOWSKI MICHAEL S (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 21K | $88.79 | $1.9M |
| 2017-12-20 | CISKOWSKI MICHAEL S (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 24.6K | $89.02 | $2.2M |
| 2017-12-13 | Waters Stephen M (Director) | Discretionary sale | 1,000 | $87.23 | $87K |
| 2017-11-14 | Pfeiffer Philip J. (Director) | Discretionary sale | 1,500 | $81.42 | $122K |
| 2017-10-31 | Waters Stephen M (Director) | Discretionary sale | 1,600 | $78.87 | $126K |
| 2017-09-28 | Waters Stephen M (Director) | Discretionary sale | 656 | $75.86 | $50K |
| 2017-09-19 | CISKOWSKI MICHAEL S (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 10.5K | $72.89 | $768K |
| 2017-09-19 | CISKOWSKI MICHAEL S (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 42.5K | $72.88 | $3.1M |
| 2017-09-06 | Waters Stephen M (Director) | Discretionary sale | 1,500 | $68.00 | $102K |
| 2017-06-21 | PURCELL SUSAN KAUFMAN (Director) | Discretionary sale | 5,151 | $64.68 | $333K |
| 2017-05-05 | Riggs R. Lane (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,333 | $65.15 | $347K |
| 2017-05-05 | Riggs R. Lane (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 6,630 | $65.15 | $432K |
| 2017-05-05 | Riggs R. Lane (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 7,789 | $65.15 | $507K |
| 2017-05-05 | Riggs R. Lane (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 11.8K | $65.15 | $767K |
| 2017-02-22 | Waters Stephen M (Director) | Discretionary sale | 1,000 | $66.19 | $66K |
| 2017-01-26 | Gorder Joseph W (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 39.1K | $67.85 | $2.7M |
| 2016-12-08 | CISKOWSKI MICHAEL S (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 57.9K | $68.70 | $4M |
| 2016-02-24 | Riggs R. Lane (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,500 | $60.00 | $90K |
| 2016-02-24 | Riggs R. Lane (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 8,560 | $60.00 | $514K |
| 2015-11-24 | Crownover R. Michael (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,431 | $72.98 | $177K |
| 2015-11-24 | Crownover R. Michael (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,101 | $72.98 | $299K |
| 2015-11-24 | Crownover R. Michael (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,466 | $72.98 | $326K |
| 2015-11-24 | Crownover R. Michael (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 6,106 | $72.98 | $446K |
| 2015-08-11 | CISKOWSKI MICHAEL S (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 29.9K | $68.14 | $2M |
| 2015-07-31 | Waters Stephen M (Director) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $65.54 | $262K |
| 2015-06-19 | Waters Stephen M (Director) | Discretionary sale | 5,000 | $60.47 | $302K |
| 2015-04-30 | Waters Stephen M (Director) | Discretionary sale | 10.7K | $56.13 | $601K |
| 2015-03-19 | CISKOWSKI MICHAEL S (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 65.1K | $61.20 | $4M |
| 2015-03-13 | Nickles Donald L (Director) | Discretionary sale | 3,000 | $58.00 | $174K |
| 2015-02-06 | Waters Stephen M (Director) | Discretionary sale | 6,000 | $54.66 | $328K |
| 2015-02-05 | Riggs R. Lane (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,611 | $55.00 | $199K |
| 2014-11-14 | KLESSE WILLIAM R (Director) | Discretionary sale | 17.9K | $49.50 | $888K |
| 2014-11-13 | KLESSE WILLIAM R (Director) | Discretionary sale | 20K | $50.34 | $1M |
“Since trade” compares with the latest insider-implied price, not a market quote; this site carries no market data by design.
Filing hygiene
How to read this
A Form 4 transaction code decides everything. P is an open-market purchase and S an open-market sale; those two are the only codes where an insider chose to trade. A is a grant, M an option exercise or vesting, F shares withheld to cover tax, G a gift. Most “insiders dumped billions” headlines are code F and M mechanics.
Sales flagged 10b5-1 run on a plan the insider adopted in advance; since 2023 every Form 4 carries that flag. Buys have historically predicted returns, sales mostly have not, and this page states filings, not advice.