Valvoline (VVV) Stock Price, News & Analysis

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Valvoline in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" VVV shares.
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9 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Valvoline's stock. Their VVV share price targets range from $36.00 to $50.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $42.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%.
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Valvoline's stock was trading at $37.58 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, VVV stock has increased by 16.1% and is now trading at $43.62.
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Valvoline saw a decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,200,000 shares, a decline of 17.2% from the March 31st total of 6,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,180,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.4 days. Approximately 4.0% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 8th 2024.
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Valvoline will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 8th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Valvoline Inc. (NYSE:VVV) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.29. The basic materials company had revenue of $373.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $380.10 million. Valvoline had a net margin of 92.04% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 41.83%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.16 EPS.

Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.00%. The dividend payout ratio is 1.49%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VVV will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.06% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (FXZ), Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF (OSCV), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 GARP ETF (EWMC), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 GARP ETF (GRPM), Invesco Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Momentum ETF (PYZ), FIS Biblically Responsible Risk Managed ETF (PRAY), Hilton Small-MidCap Opportunity ETF (SMCO) and SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT).

133 employees have rated Valvoline Chief Executive Officer Samuel J. Mitchell, Jr on Glassdoor.com. Samuel J. Mitchell, Jr has an approval rating of 75% among the company's employees.

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Valvoline (VVV) raised $645 million in an initial public offering on Friday, September 23rd 2016. The company issued 30,000,000 shares at $20.00-$23.00 per share. BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Scotiabank, BTIG, Mizuho Securities, PNC Capital Markets and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey were co-managers.

Valvoline's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wasatch Advisors LP (6.56%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (2.70%), Scharf Investments LLC (1.14%), Commerce Bank (0.92%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.82%) and Leeward Investments LLC MA (0.51%). Insiders that own company stock include Heidi J Matheys, Jamal K Muashsher, Julie Marie O'daniel, Lori Ann Flees, Mary E Meixelsperger, Michael S Ryan, Richard Joseph Freeland, Robert Travis Dobbins, Thomas A Gerrald II and Vada O Manager.
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Shares of VVV stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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