VVV Consumer Cyclical

Valvoline Inc.

$33.74-1.83%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 1, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Auto & Truck Dealerships
Country: United States
Market cap: 4.3B USD
Enterprise value: 5.5B USD
Full-time employees: 10,600

Overall health

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 0.99 vs a peer median of 0.63), though less than the overall market, less short-term liquidity (current ratio 0.70 vs a peer median of 1.48) and more debt relative to equity (3.84× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 0.99 vs peers 0.63), less liquidity (current ratio 0.70 vs peers 1.48) and more debt vs equity (3.84× vs peers 0.46×)
About average: growth

Ranks #1,079 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 29%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Much more borrowing than peers. Debt is 3.8× equity vs a peer median of 0.5×.Debt is 3.8× equity vs peers 0.5×.
Debt is 3.8× shareholders' equity, against a peer median of 0.5×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.Debt is 3.8× shareholders' equity, vs peers 0.5×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.
Share count shrinking. Shares outstanding down 28% from September 2022 to July 2026.
Valvoline had 28% fewer shares at July 2026 than at September 2022, mainly through buybacks, so each remaining share owns a larger slice of the business.
Annual revenue rose 5 years in a row. Fiscal-year revenue rose from $727M in FY Sep 2020 to $1.7B in FY Sep 2025.
Valvoline's fiscal-year revenue rose in each of the five years to FY Sep 2025, from $727M to $1.7B.
Profit is backed by cash. Free cash flow is 133% of reported profit.
Valvoline's free cash flow is 133% of its reported profit, so its earnings are turning into cash it can reinvest, pay out or use to reduce debt.

StockQuotient Score

40/ 100▼ 1 since Oct 27 close

Oct 5 41 → Nov 4 40 (-1)

Valuation

Is the price right?

33/100

Weak▼ 2 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 35 → 33

Share price +5.9%-3
Company's reported figures updated+1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ FCF yield
▼ Earnings yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield2.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value30% base weight · Z-score -0.62Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0329

EBITDA yield7.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value50% base weight · Z-score -0.33Sector median: 0.0877 · MAD: 0.0461

Free cash flow yield3.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score -0.55Sector median: 0.0614 · MAD: 0.0545

Other data (not scored)

Book yield9.7%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5650 · MAD: 0.3500

Growth

Is it growing?

54/100

Moderate

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

12-month revenue up 5.7%

Why

Mixed versus peers:

▲ Revenue growth
▲ 3-yr revenue
▼ EPS growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growth-63.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.67Sector median: 0.0420 · MAD: 0.2537

3-year revenue growth12.2%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.26Sector median: 0.0425 · MAD: 0.0636

Revenue growth16.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.89Sector median: 0.0373 · MAD: 0.0653

Profitability

Does it earn well?

70/100

Moderate

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Operating margin
▲ ROIC

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin15.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.94Sector median: 0.0638 · MAD: 0.0461

Return on assets2.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.16Sector median: 0.0331 · MAD: 0.0254

Return on invested capital12.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.83Sector median: 0.0733 · MAD: 0.0600

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin38.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3025 · MAD: 0.1399

Return on equity24.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0746 · MAD: 0.0674

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Debt / equity
▼ Current ratio
▼ Beta

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta0.99

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.20Sector median: 0.6345 · MAD: 0.2980

Current ratio0.70×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.40Sector median: 1.4800 · MAD: 0.5570

Debt / equity3.84×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -9.02Sector median: 0.4646 · MAD: 0.3556

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Valvoline

Is Valvoline getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 5, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is 40/100, down 1 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Valvoline valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 33/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Free cash flow yield 3.1% vs a peer median of 6.1% (weaker than 68% of peers).Free cash flow yield 3.1% vs peers 6.1% (weaker than 68% of peers).
Is Valvoline growing?: At about the same pace as its peers. Growth scores 54/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Revenue growth 16.1% vs a peer median of 3.7% (stronger than 85% of peers).Revenue growth 16.1% vs peers 3.7% (stronger than 85% of peers). Earnings per share growth -63.6% vs a peer median of 4.2% (weaker than 95% of peers).Earnings per share growth -63.6% vs peers 4.2% (weaker than 95% of peers).
How profitable is Valvoline?: More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 70/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Operating margin 15.3% vs a peer median of 6.4% (stronger than 84% of peers).Operating margin 15.3% vs peers 6.4% (stronger than 84% of peers).
How risky is Valvoline?: Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Debt / equity 3.84× vs a peer median of 0.46× (weaker than 100% of peers).Debt / equity 3.84× vs peers 0.46× (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Aug 5, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

No major changes

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	1.9B USD	2.0B USD	+5.7%
Net income (12 months)	93.5M USD	101.5M USD	+8.6%
Operating margin	15.3%	15.3%	+0.1 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	100.0M USD	135.3M USD	+35.3%
Debt	1.7B USD	1.6B USD	−3.4%
Cash	84.7M USD	84.2M USD	−0.6%
Shares outstanding	127.5M	127.6M	+0.0%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Consumer Cyclical · 182 companies

Valuations in Consumer Cyclical are within their usual range since 2016.

36% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
15% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +0% and earnings +10% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −55% vs the whole market, against a usual −41%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Consumer Cyclical: too few Auto & Truck Dealerships companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY Sep 2021	FY Sep 2022	FY Sep 2023	FY Sep 2024	FY Sep 2025	Change
Gross margin	41.7%	38.5%	37.7%	38.2%	38.5%	▲ 0.3 pts
Operating margin	23.1%	17.8%	17.1%	22.7%	22.8%	▲ 0.1 pts
Net margin	40.5%	34.3%	98.4%	13.1%	12.3%	▼ 0.7 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	13.2%	12.4%	49.1%	8.7%	7.9%	▼ 0.8 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	312.5%	138.4%	698.7%	114.0%	62.2%	▼ 52 pts
Free cash flow margin	29.0%	12.3%	-15.3%	2.5%	2.2%	▼ 0.3 pts
Current ratio	1.82×	1.76×	2.59×	0.72×	0.70×	▼ 2.8%
Quick ratio	1.78×	1.73×	2.49×	0.61×	0.58×	▼ 5.0%
Debt to equity	12.30×	5.50×	7.81×	5.89×	3.17×	▼ 46%

VVV price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 0.99 vs a peer median of 0.63), though less than the overall market, less short-term liquidity (current ratio 0.70 vs a peer median of 1.48) and more debt relative to equity (3.84× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 0.99 vs peers 0.63), less liquidity (current ratio 0.70 vs peers 1.48) and more debt vs equity (3.84× vs peers 0.46×)

About average: growth

Ranks #1,079 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 29%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Much more borrowing than peers. Debt is 3.8× equity vs a peer median of 0.5×.Debt is 3.8× equity vs peers 0.5×.

Debt is 3.8× shareholders' equity, against a peer median of 0.5×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.Debt is 3.8× shareholders' equity, vs peers 0.5×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.

Share count shrinking. Shares outstanding down 28% from September 2022 to July 2026.

Valvoline had 28% fewer shares at July 2026 than at September 2022, mainly through buybacks, so each remaining share owns a larger slice of the business.

Annual revenue rose 5 years in a row. Fiscal-year revenue rose from $727M in FY Sep 2020 to $1.7B in FY Sep 2025.

Valvoline's fiscal-year revenue rose in each of the five years to FY Sep 2025, from $727M to $1.7B.

Profit is backed by cash. Free cash flow is 133% of reported profit.

Valvoline's free cash flow is 133% of its reported profit, so its earnings are turning into cash it can reinvest, pay out or use to reduce debt.

Questions investors ask about Valvoline

Is Valvoline getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 5, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is 40/100, down 1 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Valvoline valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 33/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Free cash flow yield 3.1% vs a peer median of 6.1% (weaker than 68% of peers).Free cash flow yield 3.1% vs peers 6.1% (weaker than 68% of peers).

Is Valvoline growing?

At about the same pace as its peers. Growth scores 54/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Revenue growth 16.1% vs a peer median of 3.7% (stronger than 85% of peers).Revenue growth 16.1% vs peers 3.7% (stronger than 85% of peers). Earnings per share growth -63.6% vs a peer median of 4.2% (weaker than 95% of peers).Earnings per share growth -63.6% vs peers 4.2% (weaker than 95% of peers).

How profitable is Valvoline?

More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 70/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Operating margin 15.3% vs a peer median of 6.4% (stronger than 84% of peers).Operating margin 15.3% vs peers 6.4% (stronger than 84% of peers).

How risky is Valvoline?

Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Debt / equity 3.84× vs a peer median of 0.46× (weaker than 100% of peers).Debt / equity 3.84× vs peers 0.46× (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

1.9B USD

2.0B USD

+5.7%

Net income (12 months)

93.5M USD

101.5M USD

+8.6%

Operating margin

15.3%

15.3%

+0.1 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

100.0M USD

135.3M USD

+35.3%

Debt

1.7B USD

1.6B USD

−3.4%

Cash

84.7M USD

84.2M USD

−0.6%

Shares outstanding

127.5M

127.6M

+0.0%

Key ratios

FY Sep 2021

FY Sep 2022

FY Sep 2023

FY Sep 2024

FY Sep 2025

Change

Gross margin

41.7%

38.5%

37.7%

38.2%

38.5%

▲ 0.3 pts

Operating margin

23.1%

17.8%

17.1%

22.7%

22.8%

▲ 0.1 pts

Net margin

40.5%

34.3%

98.4%

13.1%

12.3%

▼ 0.7 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

13.2%

12.4%

49.1%

8.7%

7.9%

▼ 0.8 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

312.5%

138.4%

698.7%

114.0%

62.2%

▼ 52 pts

Free cash flow margin

29.0%

12.3%

-15.3%

2.5%

2.2%

▼ 0.3 pts

Current ratio

1.82×

1.76×

2.59×

0.72×

0.70×

▼ 2.8%

Quick ratio

1.78×

1.73×

2.49×

0.61×

0.58×

▼ 5.0%

Debt to equity

12.30×

5.50×

7.81×

5.89×

3.17×

▼ 46%