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. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 2.06%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View Valvoline's Dividend History.

Valvoline Inc (NYSE:VVV) released its earnings results on Monday, February, 3rd. The basic materials company reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.05. The basic materials company had revenue of $607 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $581.85 million. Valvoline had a net margin of 9.34% and a negative return on equity of 110.76%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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 EPS 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Valvoline's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Valvoline's stock price to reach $22.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.2% 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.

News stories about VVV stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. 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 short-interest ratio is presently 4.3 days. Currently, 2.1% of the company's shares 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FIL Ltd (2.87%), State Street Corp (2.47%), FMR LLC (2.35%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.20%), Schroder Investment Management Group (1.86%) and Boston Partners (1.62%). 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, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Prudential Financial Inc., Credit Suisse AG, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and KBC Group NV. 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 $21.90.

Valvoline has a market capitalization of $4.13 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]