NYSE:VVV - Valvoline Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Valvoline announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.106 per share on Monday, September 16th. This represents a $0.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 29th. View Valvoline's Dividend History.

Valvoline Inc (NYSE:VVV) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The basic materials company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.04. The basic materials company earned $613 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $610.42 million. Valvoline had a negative return on equity of 80.89% and a net margin of 9.60%. Valvoline's quarterly revenue was up 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.32 earnings per share. View Valvoline's Earnings History.

Valvoline is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 4th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Valvoline.

Valvoline issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.30-1.33 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.30. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.38-2.42 billion (+4-6%), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.39 billion.

8 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Valvoline's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $27.00. On average, they anticipate Valvoline's stock price to reach $23.1667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Valvoline.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Valvoline in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Valvoline.

News stories about VVV stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Valvoline earned a media sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Valvoline.

Valvoline saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,148,600 shares, a drop of 27.4% from the July 31st total of 5,712,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,060,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Valvoline's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Valvoline include Cenovus Energy (CVE), ArcelorMittal (MT), Nucor (NUE), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Celanese (CE), ASAHI KASEI COR/ADR (AHKSY), UPM-Kymmene (UPMKY), KIRKLAND/IDR UNRESTR (KLA), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), NIPPON STL & SU/S (NSSMY), South32 (S32), HeidelbergCement (HEI), NOVOZYMES A/S/S (NVZMY) and Goldcorp (G).

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(VVV) raised $645 million in an initial public offering (IPO) 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's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.70%), BlackRock Inc. (8.96%), BlackRock Inc. (8.96%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (6.34%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.40%) and Wasatch Advisors Inc. (2.38%). Company insiders that own Valvoline stock include Anthony R Puckett, Craig A Moughler, Julie Marie O'daniel, Mary E Meixelsperger, Samuel J Mitchell and Thomas A Gerrald II. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Valvoline.

VVV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Comerica Bank, Wells Fargo & Company MN and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Valvoline company stock in the last year include Anthony R Puckett, Craig A Moughler, Julie Marie O'daniel and Thomas A Gerrald II. View Insider Buying and Selling for Valvoline.

VVV stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including HG Vora Capital Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Wasatch Advisors Inc., Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Boston Partners, Eaton Vance Management and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Valvoline stock in the last two years include Mary E Meixelsperger and Samuel J Mitchell. View Insider Buying and Selling for Valvoline.

Shares of VVV can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VVV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.95.

Valvoline has a market capitalization of $4.13 billion and generates $2.29 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $166 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.29 on an earnings per share basis. Valvoline employs 6,700 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Valvoline.

The official website for Valvoline is http://www.valvoline.com/.

Valvoline's mailing address is 100 VALVOLINE WAY, LEXINGTON KY, 40509. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 859-357-7777 or via email at [email protected]