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. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.113 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.45 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.13%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 27th. This is an increase from Valvoline's previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. View Valvoline's Dividend History.

Valvoline Inc (NYSE:VVV) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.33 by $0.07. The basic materials company earned $629 million during 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 quarterly revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last 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 Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Valvoline.

Valvoline issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.37-1.48 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Valvoline's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Valvoline's stock price to reach $23.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.6% 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.

Press coverage about VVV stock has been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news 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 news impact score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning 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 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 volume of 910,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 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 (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 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Polianta Ltd, Alpine Global Management LLC and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. 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 $21.18.

Valvoline has a market capitalization of $3.99 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]