NYSE:VVV - Valvoline Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Valvoline announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.106 per share on Monday, September 16th. This represents a $0.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.92%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 29th. View Valvoline's Dividend History.

Valvoline Inc (NYSE:VVV) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 31st. The basic materials company reported $0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.04. The basic materials company had revenue of $613 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $610.42 million. Valvoline had a net margin of 9.60% and a negative return on equity of 80.89%. Valvoline's revenue was up 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.32 EPS. 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 EPS 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.

9 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Valvoline's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $27.00. On average, they expect Valvoline's stock price to reach $22.7143 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Valvoline.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Valvoline in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Valvoline.

Headlines about VVV stock have been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 news sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Valvoline.

Valvoline saw a decline in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,712,800 shares, a decline of 6.2% from the June 30th total of 6,093,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,030,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.5 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's stock 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 served 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 acquired 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., Eaton Vance Management, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. 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, Scottrade, 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]