NYSE:VVV - Valvoline Stock Price, Forecast & News

Valvoline's stock was trading at $17.47 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VVV shares have decreased by 23.2% and is now trading at $13.42. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Valvoline in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Valvoline.

Valvoline is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Valvoline.

Valvoline Inc (NYSE:VVV) released its earnings results on Monday, February, 3rd. The basic materials company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.05. The basic materials company had revenue of $607 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $581.85 million. Valvoline had a negative return on equity of 110.76% and a net margin of 9.34%. The company's revenue was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.27 earnings per share. View Valvoline's earnings history.

Valvoline declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.113 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $0.45 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Valvoline's dividend history.

Valvoline issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, February, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.40-1.51 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.43. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.49-2.53 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.51 billion.

7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Valvoline's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Valvoline's stock price to reach $23.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 71.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Valvoline.

News coverage about VVV stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Valvoline earned a media sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutValvoline.

Valvoline saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 2,870,000 shares, an increase of 24.8% from the February 13th total of 2,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,700,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.5% 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VVV."

Valvoline's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Capital Research Global Investors (6.19%), Capital International Investors (5.32%), FIL Ltd (2.87%), State Street Corp (2.47%), FMR LLC (2.35%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.20%). Company insiders that own Valvoline stock include Anthony R Puckett, Craig A Moughler, Frances E Lockwood, 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 Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, FIL Ltd, Schroder Investment Management Group, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Jefferies Group LLC, Newport Trust Co, and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold Valvoline company stock in the last year include Anthony R Puckett, Craig A Moughler, Frances E Lockwood, and Julie Marie O'daniel. View insider buying and selling activity for Valvoline.

VVV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Renaissance Technologies LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Man Group plc, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Capital Research Global Investors, Oxford Asset Management LLP, and Prudential Financial 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 activity 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 $13.42.

Valvoline has a market capitalization of $2.53 billion and generates $2.39 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $208 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.39 on an earnings per share basis. Valvoline employs 7,900 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]