Valvoline (VVV) Stock Price, News & Analysis

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Valvoline in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" VVV shares.
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9 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Valvoline's stock. Their VVV share price targets range from $36.00 to $50.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $42.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.4% from the stock's current price.
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Valvoline's stock was trading at $37.58 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, VVV shares have increased by 13.4% and is now trading at $42.60.
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Valvoline saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,280,000 shares, a decrease of 18.8% from the March 15th total of 7,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,200,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.2 days. Approximately 4.9% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 8th 2024.
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Valvoline will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 8th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Valvoline Inc. (NYSE:VVV) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.29. The basic materials company earned $373.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $380.10 million. Valvoline had a net margin of 92.04% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 41.83%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.16 EPS.

Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.00%. The dividend payout ratio is 1.49%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VVV will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.06% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (FXZ), Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF (OSCV), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 GARP ETF (EWMC), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 GARP ETF (GRPM), Invesco Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Momentum ETF (PYZ), FIS Biblically Responsible Risk Managed ETF (PRAY), Hilton Small-MidCap Opportunity ETF (SMCO) and SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT).

133 employees have rated Valvoline Chief Executive Officer Samuel J. Mitchell, Jr on Glassdoor.com. Samuel J. Mitchell, Jr has an approval rating of 75% among the company's employees.

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Valvoline (VVV) raised $645 million in an initial public offering 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wasatch Advisors LP (6.56%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (2.70%), Scharf Investments LLC (1.14%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.82%), Leeward Investments LLC MA (0.51%) and Congress Wealth Management LLC DE (0.29%). Insiders that own company stock include Heidi J Matheys, Jamal K Muashsher, Julie Marie O'daniel, Lori Ann Flees, Mary E Meixelsperger, Michael S Ryan, Richard Joseph Freeland, Robert Travis Dobbins, Thomas A Gerrald II and Vada O Manager.
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Shares of VVV stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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