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 16.9% and is now trading at $20.42. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Valvoline in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." 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) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 23rd. The basic materials company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.06. The basic materials company earned $578 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $589.02 million. Valvoline had a net margin of 9.39% and a negative return on equity of 120.89%. View Valvoline's earnings history.

Valvoline announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 29th will be given a dividend of $0.113 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $0.45 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.21%. 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 earnings per share estimate of $0.33. The company issued revenue guidance of $578 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $587.44 million.

6 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Valvoline's shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Valvoline's share price to reach $21.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Valvoline.

Press coverage about VVV stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles 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 effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Valvoline.

Valvoline saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,370,000 shares, an increase of 48.6% from the June 15th total of 2,940,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,170,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 2.4% 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 initial public offering (IPO) 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VVV."

Valvoline's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.17%), Polianta Ltd (0.03%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.01%). 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. 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 Polianta Ltd, and Envestnet Asset Management 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 $20.42.

Valvoline has a market capitalization of $3.78 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]