NYSE:VVV - Valvoline Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Valvoline announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 14th. Investors of record on Friday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.113 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.45 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.15%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 27th. This is a positive change from Valvoline's previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. View Valvoline's Dividend History.

Valvoline Inc (NYSE:VVV) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.07. The basic materials company had revenue of $629 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $627.04 million. Valvoline had a net margin of 8.70% and a negative return on equity of 91.40%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.34 earnings per share. View Valvoline's Earnings History.

Valvoline is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Valvoline.

Valvoline will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, February 3rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Valvoline updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.37-1.48 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.45. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.49-2.53 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.50 billion.

4 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Valvoline's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 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 9.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Valvoline.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Valvoline in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Valvoline.

Media coverage about VVV stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Valvoline earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Valvoline.

Valvoline saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,940,000 shares, an increase of 58.2% from the December 15th total of 2,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 910,300 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 acted 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.19%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.17%), Deane Retirement Strategies Inc. (0.04%), Polianta Ltd (0.03%), Diligent Investors LLC (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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 Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Deane Retirement Strategies Inc., Diligent Investors LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Valvoline company stock in the last year include Anthony R Puckett, Craig A Moughler and Julie Marie O'daniel. View Insider Buying and Selling for Valvoline.

VVV stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Polianta Ltd, Alpine Global Management LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Savior LLC. 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 $20.99.

Valvoline has a market capitalization of $3.96 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]