profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Valvoline
$35.90+0.48% today
+13.2% in 1 year
1-year low $26.621-year high $40.27
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $21.74 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Valvoline sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.24 billion in 2022 to $1.71 billion in 2025, with $211 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Valvoline handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $77M
Free cash flow 2025$38M
Bought back its own shares$77M
Paid as dividends$0
Cash vs. debt$52M vs. $1.4B
Valvoline vs. similar companies
Valvoline grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valvoline | 21.7× · Fair price | ||
 Reliance Industries | 22.4× · Fair price | ||
 Marathon Petroleum | 27.1× · Fair price | ||
 Valero Energy | 43.2× · Expensive | ||
 Phillips 66 | 22.9× · Fair price |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Valvoline's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 727 | 1,037 | 1,236 | 1,444 | 1,619 | 1,710 | |
| 301 | 432 | 476 | 545 | 619 | 659 | |
| 160 | 240 | 241 | 280 | 367 | 391 | |
| 191 | 303 | 312 | 369 | 472 | 511 | |
| 317 | 420 | 424 | 1,420 | 212 | 211 | |
| 1.69 | 2.29 | 2.35 | 8.71 | 1.61 | 1.64 | |
| 41.4% | 41.7% | 38.5% | 37.7% | 38.2% | 38.5% | |
| 22.0% | 23.1% | 19.5% | 19.4% | 22.6% | 22.9% | |
| 43.5% | 40.5% | 34.3% | 98.4% | 13.1% | 12.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,051 | 3,191 | 3,417 | 2,890 | 2,439 | 2,670 |
| Cash | 640 | 123 | 23 | 409 | 68 | 52 |
| Total debt | 2,193 | 1,863 | 1,917 | 1,833 | 1,374 | 1,389 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 3,110 | 2,687 | 2,253 | 2,332 |
| -76 | 135 | 307 | 203 | 186 | 339 | |
| 188 | 184 | 180 | 163 | 131 | 129 | |
| 6.0% | 9.5% | 8.6% | 10.9% | 18.6% | 17.9% | |
| -416.6% | 312.5% | 138.4% | 698.7% | 114.0% | 62.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 372 | 404 | 284 | -41 | 265 | 297 | |
| 94 | 103 | 132 | 181 | 224 | 259 | |
| 278 | 301 | 152 | -221 | 41 | 38 | |
| Dividends paid | 84 | 91 | 89 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | 127 | 143 | 1,525 | 227 | 77 | |
| 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
Valuation
- 21.7×
- 21.1×
- –
- 12.5×
- 2.7×
- 120.5×
- 11.6×
- 0.8%
- 4.6%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 38.5%
- 22.9%
- 12.3%
- 22.7%
- 6.2%
- 24.2%
- 28.5%
- 2.7%
- 10.9%
- –
Growth
- +18.7%
- −0.6%
- −6.6%
- +17.7%
- −8.5%
Financial health
- 4.6×
- 5.75
- 59.3%
- 4.2×
- 0.73
- 0.61
- 0.54
How it ranks in Energy
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 39%of 467
Top 30%of 466
Bottom 37%of 386
Top 14%of 460
Bottom 27%of 459
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $41.40
- Range
- $38.00 – $46.00
- 6 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 0.41 | 0.35 | +17.1% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 0.37 | 0.34 | +8.8% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 0.45 | 0.47 | −3.8% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 0.47 | 0.46 | +2.2% |
| May 8, 2025 | 0.34 | 0.36 | −5.6% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 0.32 | 0.31 | +3.2% |
| Nov 19, 2024 | 0.46 | 0.42 | +9.5% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 0.45 | 0.48 | −6.2% |
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
40No pass
Benjamin Graham
35No pass
Philip Fisher
56No pass
Peter Lynch
30No pass
Joel Greenblatt
33No pass
Charlie Munger
49No pass
Terry Smith
40No pass
Questions about Valvoline
Is Valvoline a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Valvoline AI analysis
What does Valvoline do?
Valvoline Inc. manufactures, markets, and supplies, engine and automotive maintenance products and services. It operates through two segments, Retail Services and Global Products. It is in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing, based in Lexington, KY, United States, with 10,600 employees.
Does Valvoline pay a dividend?
No. Valvoline does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $76.8 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Valvoline stock halal?
Questionable. Valvoline sits in a grey zone: its debt is 30% of its market value, between 30% and 33%. How we check
How has Valvoline stock done over the past year?
Up 13.2% over the past twelve months, to $35.90. It traded between $26.62 and $40.27 and is 10.9% below its high.
Who are Valvoline's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Reliance Industries, Marathon Petroleum, Valero Energy and Phillips 66. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Valvoline's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.