← BackVALVOLINE INC · Miscellaneous Products of Petroleum & CoalVVV
Low riskNext report: Around Nov 18 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with growing sales.
Going well
- Sales up 24% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profitable every year for 10 years
- Brings in more cash than it spends
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions cut 0.3% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (226 bought, 178 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$31.93+1.0% that day
- Company value
- $4.1B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 39.9x
- You pay about $40 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 2.1x
- Company value is 2.1 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 2%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 26%
- Debt as a share of company value
From VVV's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26$544.6M+24% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $2.0B, up 16% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 19% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.78.4%
- MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.3.49x equity
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.12.3%
- PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$38.0M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-28.7% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.38.5%
- Revenue
- $1.7B
- +5.6% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +18.7%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $1.1B
- 3.49x equity
- Current ratio
- 0.70x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026- Revenue
- $544.6M
- +24.1% YoY
- EPS
- $0.51
- vs $0.44
- Op. margin
- 20.6%
- -1.0 pts
- Gross margin
- 39.5%
- -1.0 pts
- Free cash flow
- $67.3M
- Share count
- +0.2%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 1.6
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady-0.3%Institutions cut 0.3% from their holdings. 226 bought, 178 sold.
Shares held by institutions148.8M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-2.7%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
3.8x · $1.6B debtShares outstandingLatest reported
128MNext reportAround Nov 18 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedAug 5
- Results filedMay 7
- Results filedFeb 4
- Results filedNov 19, 2025
- Results filedAug 6, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
Stock awardLori Ann FleesPresident & CEO, Director
30 shares at $31.60 · $948
- +0% of holdings
- Now owns 15,811 shares
- Deferred Stock Units
- Filed 1 day after trade
Stock awardLori Ann FleesPresident & CEO, Director
31 shares at $30.78 · $954
- +0% of holdings
- Now owns 15,780 shares
- Deferred Stock Units
- Filed 1 day after trade
Stock awardLori Ann FleesPresident & CEO, Director
36 shares at $27.06 · $974
- +0% of holdings
- Now owns 15,749 shares
- Deferred Stock Units
- Filed 1 day after trade
Stock awardLori Ann FleesPresident & CEO, Director
30 shares at $31.69 · $951
- +0% of holdings
- Now owns 15,714 shares
- Deferred Stock Units
- Filed 1 day after trade
Option exerciseAdam C. WorshamSVP, Chief Franchising Officer
2,573 shares
- +38% of holdings
- Now owns 9,338 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
SoldJulie Marie O'danielChief Legal Officer
3,700 shares at $33.82 · $125K
- -21% of holdings
- Now owns 14,279 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 3 days after trade