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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Valvoline's stock. Their VVV share price targets range from $36.00 to $50.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $42.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.1% from the stock's current price.
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Valvoline's stock was trading at $37.58 at the start of the year. Since then, VVV shares have increased by 11.4% and is now trading at $41.86.
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Valvoline saw a decrease in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,200,000 shares, a decrease of 17.2% from the March 31st total of 6,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,180,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.4 days. Approximately 4.0% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 14th 2024.
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Valvoline Inc. (NYSE:VVV) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 8th. The basic materials company reported $0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $388.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $390.75 million. Valvoline had a net margin of 11.78% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 136.59%. The company's revenue was up 12.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.23 earnings per share.

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 9.52%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VVV will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.03% 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).

Valvoline updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.45-1.65 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.60. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.60-1.65 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.63 billion.

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 (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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.87%), Wasatch Advisors LP (6.56%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (2.70%), Lord Abbett & CO. LLC (1.34%), Scharf Investments LLC (1.14%) and Commerce Bank (0.92%). 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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