NYSE:VVVValvoline Stock Price, Forecast & News

Valvoline's stock was trading at $17.47 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VVV stock has increased by 8.1% and is now trading at $18.88. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Valvoline is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Valvoline.

Valvoline Inc (NYSE:VVV) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.39. The basic materials company had revenue of $578 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $577.85 million. Valvoline had a net margin of 9.39% and a negative return on equity of 120.89%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.35 EPS. View Valvoline's earnings history.

Valvoline declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, May 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.113 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $0.45 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 28th. View Valvoline's dividend history.

Valvoline updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.39 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.33. The company issued revenue guidance of $578 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $587.44 million.

7 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Valvoline's shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Valvoline's share price to reach $21.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Valvoline.

Media stories about VVV stock have trended somewhat negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Valvoline earned a news sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutValvoline.

Valvoline saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,730,000 shares, an increase of 26.5% from the April 30th total of 3,740,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Valvoline's Current Options Chain.

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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 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 shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.04%), Capital Research Global Investors (6.08%), Wasatch Advisors Inc. (3.40%), Invesco Ltd. (2.61%), State Street Corp (2.53%) and Schroder Investment Management Group (2.36%). 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 Capital International Investors, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Spark Investment Management LLC, Capital Research Global Investors, and Balyasny Asset Management LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Advisory Research Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Wasatch Advisors Inc., Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, 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 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 $18.88.

Valvoline has a market capitalization of $3.49 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.

The official website for Valvoline is 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]