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 paid 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 1.91%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 29th. View Valvoline's Dividend History.

Valvoline Inc (NYSE:VVV) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 31st. The basic materials company reported $0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.04. The basic materials company had revenue of $613 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $610.42 million. Valvoline had a net margin of 9.60% and a negative return on equity of 80.89%. Valvoline's revenue for the quarter was up 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.32 EPS. 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 earnings per share guidance of $1.30-1.33 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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.

9 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Valvoline's stock. Their predictions range from $19.00 to $27.00. On average, they anticipate Valvoline's stock price to reach $22.7143 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Valvoline.

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

News coverage about VVV stock has been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Valvoline earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Valvoline.

Valvoline saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,712,800 shares, a drop of 6.2% from the June 30th total of 6,093,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,030,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.5 days. Approximately 3.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View Valvoline's Current Options Chain.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.70%), BlackRock Inc. (8.96%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (6.34%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.40%), Wasatch Advisors Inc. (2.38%) and Schroder Investment Management Group (2.07%). 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 purchased 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., Eaton Vance Management, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VVV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $22.24.

Valvoline has a market capitalization of $4.19 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]