Valvoline Inc [NYSE: VVV] jumped around 2.74 points on Thursday, while shares priced at $39.58 at the close of the session, up 7.44%.
Compared to the average trading volume of 1.50M shares, VVV reached a trading volume of 3768668 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Valvoline Inc [VVV]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for VVV shares is $43.58 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on VVV stock is a recommendation set at 2.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Morgan Stanley have made an estimate for Valvoline Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Equal-Weight, with their previous recommendation back on January 21, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Stifel raised their target price to Hold. The new note on the price target was released on December 20, 2024, representing the official price target for Valvoline Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $49, while Stephens analysts kept a Overweight rating on VVV stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Valvoline Inc is set at 0.93, with the Price to Sales ratio for VVV stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.14. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 27.40, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.54. Price to Free Cash Flow for VVV in the course of the last twelve months was 124.76 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.61.
How has VVV stock performed recently?
Valvoline Inc [VVV] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 4.88. With this latest performance, VVV shares gained by 11.78% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -7.95% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 9.94% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for VVV stock in for the last two-week period is set at 67.57, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 74.75, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 61.63 for Valvoline Inc [VVV]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 37.28, while it was recorded at 37.36 for the last single week of trading, and 40.81 for the last 200 days.
Valvoline Inc [VVV]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Valvoline Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.61 and a Current Ratio set at 0.72.
Earnings analysis for Valvoline Inc [VVV]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for VVV. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Valvoline Inc go to 13.43%.
Insider trade positions for Valvoline Inc [VVV]
There are presently around $101.42%, or 102.05%% of VVV stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of VVV stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 12.87 million shares, which is approximately 9.9135%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 12.27 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$530.19 million in VVV stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$360.28 million in VVV stock with ownership which is approximately 6.4251%.
