NYSE:VVV - Valvoline Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Valvoline declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Valvoline's Dividend History.

Valvoline Inc (NYSE:VVV) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 3rd. The basic materials company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.05. The basic materials company earned $607 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $581.85 million. Valvoline had a net margin of 9.34% and a negative return on equity of 110.76%. Valvoline's revenue for the quarter was up 9.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.27 earnings per share. View Valvoline's Earnings History.

Valvoline is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Valvoline.

Valvoline updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, February, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.40-1.51 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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.

5 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Valvoline's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Valvoline's stock price to reach $22.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Valvoline.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Valvoline in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Valvoline.

Headlines about VVV stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Valvoline earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Valvoline.

Valvoline saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,940,000 shares, an increase of 58.2% from the December 31st total of 2,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 908,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Currently, 2.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Valvoline's Current Options Chain.

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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 $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 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, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Jefferies Group LLC, Newport Trust Co, First Trust Advisors LP and Barclays PLC. 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 for Valvoline.

VVV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Man Group plc, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Capital Research Global Investors, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Prudential Financial Inc. and Credit Suisse AG. 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 $22.34.

Valvoline has a market capitalization of $4.21 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]