Valvoline (VVV) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Valvoline in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" VVV shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in VVV, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Valvoline's stock. Their VVV share price forecasts range from $36.00 to $43.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $39.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.0% from the stock's current price.
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Valvoline's stock was trading at $32.65 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, VVV stock has decreased by 2.3% and is now trading at $31.91.
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Valvoline saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,910,000 shares, a drop of 13.4% from the August 31st total of 5,670,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,650,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 3.6% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 21st 2023.
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Valvoline Inc. (NYSE:VVV) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 9th. The basic materials company reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.37 by $0.06. The basic materials company had revenue of $376.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $367.53 million. Valvoline had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 42.99% and a net margin of 110.05%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 18.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.58 earnings per share.

Valvoline announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 21st. Investors of record on Friday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.125 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 1st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) stock in their portfolio include Invesco Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Momentum ETF (PYZ), Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF (OSCV), FIS Biblically Responsible Risk Managed ETF (PRAY), LeaderShares AlphaFactor US Core Equity ETF (LSAF), iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (IYM), John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF (JHSC) and Gotham 1000 Value ETF (GVLU).JPMorgan Diversified Return U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF (JPME).

Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.38%. The dividend payout ratio is 1.47%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VVV will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.69% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Valvoline updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 10th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.40 billion-$1.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.43 billion.

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

Valvoline trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VVV."

Valvoline's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.04%), Wasatch Advisors LP (3.32%), State Street Corp (3.23%), Scharf Investments LLC (2.23%), Boston Partners (1.98%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.70%). Insiders that own company stock include Craig A Moughler, 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of VVV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.91.

Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) has a market capitalization of $4.42 billion and generates $1.24 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $424.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.83 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 8,900 workers across the globe.

Valvoline's mailing address is 100 VALVOLINE WAY, LEXINGTON KY, 40509. The official website for the company is www.valvoline.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (859) 357-7777, via email at scornett@valvoline.com, or via fax at 859-357-2686.