Valvoline Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:VVV)

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

Valvoline declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 18th. Shareholders 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 yield of 1.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 29th. View Valvoline's Dividend History.

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

7 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Valvoline's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $27.00. On average, they expect Valvoline's share price to reach $23.1667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Valvoline.

7 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 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Valvoline.

Media stories about VVV stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Valvoline earned a media sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Valvoline.

Valvoline saw a drop in short interest during 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 volume of 1,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Valvoline's Current Options Chain.

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

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(VVV) raised $645 million in an 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 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 variety 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 bought 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 $22.03.

Valvoline has a market capitalization of $4.15 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]