Valvoline Inc (NYSE: VVV) is -8.82% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $31.01 and a high of $48.26 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The VVV stock was last observed hovering at around $38.97 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.09%.
Currently trading at $39.06, the stock is 4.09% and 8.96% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.53 million and changing 0.23% at the moment leaves the stock 4.34% off its SMA200. VVV registered 7.96% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 9.08%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $35.8464 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $37.4341.
The stock witnessed a 6.60% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 18.26%, and is -0.56% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.97% over the week and 2.42% over the month.
Valvoline Inc (VVV) has around 11500 employees, a market worth around $4.96B and $1.67B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.95 and Fwd P/E is 20.85. Profit margin for the company is 15.97%. Distance from 52-week low is 25.94% and -19.07% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (16.76%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 1.38% this year
536.0 institutions hold shares in Valvoline Inc (VVV), with institutional investors hold 105.17% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 127.10M, and float is at 126.80M with Short Float at 7.67%. Institutions hold 104.90% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 12.87 million shares valued at $555.89 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.9441 of the VVV Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 12.27 million shares valued at $530.19 million to account for 9.4844 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are WASATCH ADVISORS LP which holds 8.34 million shares representing 6.445 and valued at over $360.28 million, while FMR LLC holds 5.0641 of the shares totaling 6.55 million with a market value of $283.09 million.
Valvoline Inc (VVV) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Flees Lori Ann, the company’s President & CEO. SEC filings show that Flees Lori Ann bought 3,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 27 ’25 at a price of $33.78 per share for a total of $0.1 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 46614.0 shares.
Valvoline Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 25 ’25 that O’Daniel Julie Marie (Chief Legal Officer) sold a total of 6,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 25 ’25 and was made at $37.41 per share for $0.22 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 15305.0 shares of the VVV stock.
