VALVOLINE INC VVV
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 92047W101
American company of lubricants and additives
- SectorEnergy
- IndustryMiscellaneous Products of Petroleum & Coal
- HeadquartersLexington, KY
- Founded1866
- Websitevalvoline.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($38.5m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 127.1m as of 2025-05-05, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $34.80. Options: 5 managers hold calls ($5.8m notional), 4 hold puts ($2.8m).
Trends to Q1 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 353 |
| Q4 2022 | 377 |
| Q1 2023 | 370 |
| Q2 2023 | 376 |
| Q3 2023 | 345 |
| Q4 2023 | 381 |
| Q1 2024 | 417 |
| Q2 2024 | 408 |
| Q3 2024 | 441 |
| Q4 2024 | 433 |
| Q1 2025 | 419 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 141 | 212 |
| Q3 2023 | 124 | 225 |
| Q4 2023 | 173 | 167 |
| Q1 2024 | 180 | 193 |
| Q2 2024 | 180 | 177 |
| Q3 2024 | 233 | 157 |
| Q4 2024 | 194 | 214 |
| Q1 2025 | 183 | 224 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | $3.4m | $2.8m | 0.83 |
| Q3 2024 | $4.2m | $2.5m | 0.60 |
| Q4 2024 | $7.7m | $2.7m | 0.35 |
| Q1 2025 | $5.8m | $2.8m | 0.49 |
Biggest buyers
| Boston Partners | New | +2.4m |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP | Added | +1.8m |
| SCOPIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | New | +1.2m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.1m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +747.1k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC | New | +746.5k |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | Added | +723.9k |
| MANE GLOBAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | New | +690.1k |
| Man Group plc | Added | +558.0k |
| FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT INC /WI/ | Added | +548.1k |
Biggest sellers
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO | Reduced | -3.4m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -2.2m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -818.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Sold out | -623.9k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | -621.5k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -515.7k |
| CW Advisors, LLC | Reduced | -404.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -375.0k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -315.1k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | Reduced | -248.3k |
Biggest calls
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Unchanged | $2.4m68.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.6m46.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $1.1m30.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $747.6k21.3k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $2.7m78.4k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $97.5k2.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $10.4k300 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.3% |
| Boston Partners 13G · institution +0.2 pts · filed 2026-08-04 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: WASATCH ADVISORS LP (4.8%, 2026-07-17), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $303.6k | $303.6k |
| Q3 2023 | 3 | $601.6k | 3 | $522.5k | $125.3k |
| Q4 2023 | 1 | $154.5k | 2 | $414.6k | $35.1k |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $102.8k | — |
| Q4 2024 | 2 | $494.1k | 1 | $76.6k | $76.6k |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $361.3k | $136.8k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-25 | O'Daniel Julie Marie Chief Legal Officer | Sold | $224.5k6.0k shares |
| 2025-02-24 | Kruse Carol H. Director | Sold plan | $136.8k3.7k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP 2.46% of their portfolio | 12.7m $440.4m | Added +1.8m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.4m $432.3m | Added +35.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.4m $430.9m | Reduced -515.7k |
| FIL Ltd 0.17% of their portfolio | 5.0m $173.8m | Reduced -102.1k |
| FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT INC /WI/ 1.60% of their portfolio | 4.8m $166.0m | Added +548.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.3m $148.4m | Added +30.6k |
| Alua Capital Management LP 10.58% of their portfolio | 3.7m $130.0m | Added +129.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.4m $118.5m | Reduced -235.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.9m $100.9m | Added +289.9k |
| Boston Partners 0.10% of their portfolio | 2.4m $82.7m | New |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $80.5m | Added +82.3k |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.71% of their portfolio | 2.0m $71.2m | Added +467.9k |
| Sculptor Capital LP 1.59% of their portfolio | 2.0m $70.8m | Unchanged |
| Tensile Capital Management LP 8.73% of their portfolio | 2.0m $68.4m | Added +125.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $58.2m | Added +30.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $56.8m | Added +252.1k |
| Newport Trust Company, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.6m $54.7m | Reduced -44.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.5m $52.6m | Added +1.1m |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $52.6m | Added +14.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.5m $50.8m | Added +747.1k |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.81% of their portfolio | 1.3m $43.6m | Added +32.2k |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. 0.21% of their portfolio | 1.2m $42.6m | Added +723.9k |
| COMMERCE BANK 0.27% of their portfolio | 1.2m $42.3m | Reduced -15.1k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.46% of their portfolio | 1.2m $42.0m | Reduced -54.6k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.2m $41.6m | Added +136.5k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $41.5m | Reduced -107.7k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 1.2m $41.5m | Added +223.1k |
| SCOPIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 5.88% of their portfolio | 1.2m $40.7m | New |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $40.3m | Reduced -3.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $39.0m | Added +526.1k |
| Man Group plc 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.1m $37.2m | Added +558.0k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.1m $37.1m | Reduced -102.0k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 969.7k $34.0m | Reduced -4.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 965.3k $33.6m | Reduced -7.1k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 961.7k $33.5m | Added +3.0k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.06% of their portfolio | 938.2k $32.7m | Added +363.2k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.11% of their portfolio | 905.7k $31.5m | Added +332.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 858.6k $29.9m | Added +37.7k |
| SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P 0.59% of their portfolio | 776.7k $27.0m | Added +127.1k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC 0.78% of their portfolio | 746.5k $26.0m | New |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 740.0k $23.3m | Added +223.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 722.3k $25.1m | Reduced -173.5k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 702.4k $24.5m | Added +149.7k |
| MANE GLOBAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 1.91% of their portfolio | 690.1k $24.0m | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 670.0k $23.3m | Reduced -19.8k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 659.8k $23.0m | Added +14.8k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 625.0k $21.8m | First filing |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 575.3k $20.0m | Added +315.0k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 558.1k $19.4m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Leeward Investments, LLC - MA 1.02% of their portfolio | 549.9k $19.1m | Reduced -23.0k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 547.0k $19.0m | Reduced -248.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 538.1k $18.7m | Added +299.8k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 525.8k $18.3m | Reduced -621.5k |
| GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA 0.10% of their portfolio | 517.4k $18.0m | Reduced -16.6k |
| CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 506.2k $17.6m | Added +254.8k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 487.6k $17.0m | Added +20.9k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 453.0k $15.8m | Reduced -17.6k |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC 0.79% of their portfolio | 451.5k $15.7m | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 399.1k $13.9m | Reduced -5.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 385.7k $13.4m | Reduced -3.5k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 354.0k $12.3m | Reduced -2.2m |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 295.0k $10.3m | Reduced -5.5k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 286.2k $10.0m | Added +5.0k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.09% of their portfolio | 281.3k $9.8m | Added +185.0k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.02% of their portfolio | 262.3k $9.1m | Reduced -217.0k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 253.4k $8.8m | Added +189.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 245.7k $8.6m | Reduced -375.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 236.1k $8.2m | Reduced -4.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 215.4k $7.5m | Added +47.6k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 212.9k $7.4m | Added +4.9k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 211.9k $7.4m | Added +7.1k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 206.1k $7.2m | New |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 196.2k $6.8m | Reduced -315.1k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 196.0k $6.8m | Reduced -13.1k |
| SCHWARTZ INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.21% of their portfolio | 175.5k $6.1m | Reduced -175.0k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 171.9k $6.0m | Added +36.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 170.3k $5.9m | Reduced -818.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 167.8k $5.8m | Reduced -132.2k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.02% of their portfolio | 156.3k $5.4m | Reduced -5.7k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 154.7k $5.4m | Reduced -12.8k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.02% of their portfolio | 154.7k $5.4m | Reduced -2.0k |
| GATEWAY INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 151.7k $5.3m | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 149.1k $5.2m | Added +15.9k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 144.6k $5.0m | Reduced -54.1k |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 141.8k $4.9m | Reduced -5.5k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 137.6k $4.8m | Reduced -6.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 136.3k $4.7m | Reduced -23.9k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 132.9k $4.6m | Added +34.7k |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.41% of their portfolio | 131.8k $4.6m | Added +67.4k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 129.6k $4.5m | Added +22.1k |
| B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG 0.05% of their portfolio | 126.4k $4.4m | Added +18.3k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 124.1k $4.3m | Added +16.9k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.14% of their portfolio | 119.2k $4.1m | New |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 0.02% of their portfolio | 117.4k $4.1m | Added +9.0k |
| Charter Oak Advisors LP 2.91% of their portfolio | 117.2k $4.1m | Reduced -206.3k |
| EVERETT HARRIS & CO /CA/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 116.7k $4.1m | Added +520 |
| MAVERICK CAPITAL LTD 0.07% of their portfolio | 116.5k $4.1m | Added +43.1k |
| VELA Investment Management, LLC 1.38% of their portfolio | 115.4k $4.0m | Added +31.1k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 114.5k $4.0m | Reduced -22.5k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 113.7k $4.0m | Reduced -1.4k |