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 ($38.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 127.3m as of 2026-01-30, 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 ≈ $29.06. Options: 5 managers hold calls ($4.5m notional), 4 hold puts ($540.5k).
Trends to Q4 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 |
| Q2 2025 | 413 |
| Q3 2025 | 413 |
| Q4 2025 | 373 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 180 | 193 |
| Q2 2024 | 180 | 177 |
| Q3 2024 | 233 | 157 |
| Q4 2024 | 194 | 214 |
| Q1 2025 | 183 | 224 |
| Q2 2025 | 212 | 197 |
| Q3 2025 | 183 | 187 |
| Q4 2025 | 160 | 231 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $5.8m | $2.8m | 0.49 |
| Q2 2025 | $7.3m | $3.3m | 0.45 |
| Q3 2025 | $7.6m | $488.2k | 0.06 |
| Q4 2025 | $4.5m | $540.5k | 0.12 |
Biggest buyers
| EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP | New | +4.2m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +2.2m |
| HAWK RIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | Added | +1.6m |
| Boston Partners | Added | +1.1m |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC | Added | +998.9k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP | Added | +944.1k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC | Added | +877.3k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +859.4k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | +699.7k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | +678.3k |
Biggest sellers
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -2.1m |
| Sculptor Capital LP | Sold out | -2.0m |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -1.8m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -1.4m |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE | Reduced | -913.6k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -903.4k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Reduced | -809.6k |
| Bain Capital Public Equity Management II, LLC | Sold out | -731.9k |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | Reduced | -713.5k |
| COMMERCE BANK | Reduced | -503.3k |
Biggest calls
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $2.0m70.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $866.0k29.8k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $746.8k25.7k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $714.9k24.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $127.9k4.4k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $453.3k15.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Unchanged | $63.9k2.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Unchanged | $20.3k700 shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Unchanged | $2.9k100 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 Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | $101.3k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | $501.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 2 | $452.8k | 1 | $102.0k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-26 | O'Daniel Julie Marie Chief Legal Officer | Sold | $102.0k3.2k shares |
| 2025-11-24 | Flees Lori Ann President & CEO, director | Bought | $138.7k4.5k shares |
| 2025-11-21 | WILLIS J KEVIN Chief Financial Officer | Bought | $314.1k10.0k 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, Q4 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.3m $358.1m | Added +94.8k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.2m $353.1m | Added +105.2k |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP 1.41% of their portfolio | 8.1m $236.7m | Reduced -2.1m |
| Boston Partners 0.20% of their portfolio | 6.7m $194.4m | Added +1.1m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 6.1m $176.3m | Added +610.0k |
| FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT INC /WI/ 1.59% of their portfolio | 5.0m $144.5m | Added +220.6k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 1.30% of their portfolio | 4.3m $124.4m | Added +944.1k |
| EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP 1.94% of their portfolio | 4.2m $122.4m | New |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.2m $122.2m | Added +184.6k |
| Alua Capital Management LP 8.84% of their portfolio | 4.1m $119.3m | Added +370.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.5m $100.3m | Reduced -262.3k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC 2.27% of their portfolio | 3.0m $88.1m | Added +877.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.0m $86.0m | Added +27.5k |
| HAWK RIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 3.67% of their portfolio | 2.7m $79.6m | Added +1.6m |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.77% of their portfolio | 2.7m $78.5m | Added +413.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 2.7m $78.0m | Added +859.4k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.6m $74.1m | Added +2.2m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.4m $71.1m | Added +36.9k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.3m $66.5m | Reduced -809.6k |
| Tensile Capital Management LP 7.90% of their portfolio | 2.1m $61.0m | Added +20.0k |
| SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P 1.00% of their portfolio | 1.9m $53.8m | Added +112.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $51.6m | Added +64.8k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.51% of their portfolio | 1.7m $50.4m | Added +431.7k |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.7m $49.6m | Added +998.9k |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.90% of their portfolio | 1.7m $48.1m | Reduced -292.6k |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.5m $45.0m | Reduced -713.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $44.0m | Reduced -1.4m |
| Newport Trust Company, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.4m $41.2m | Reduced -53.7k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $39.7m | Not comparable |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $38.7m | Added +431.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $32.2m | Reduced -15.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $31.9m | Reduced -41.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $31.7m | Added +207.8k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 1.1m $31.1m | Reduced -418.0k |
| SCOPIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 6.51% of their portfolio | 1.1m $30.8m | Added +65.2k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.0m $30.2m | Added +678.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 987.2k $28.7m | Added +476 |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 916.5k $26.6m | Reduced -36.7k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 913.4k $26.5m | Reduced -9.1k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.03% of their portfolio | 911.1k $26.5m | Added +627.6k |
| FIL Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 898.5k $26.1m | Added +60.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 811.1k $23.6m | Added +203.2k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 760.9k $22.1m | Reduced -17.7k |
| COMMERCE BANK 0.12% of their portfolio | 741.0k $21.5m | Reduced -503.3k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 699.7k $20.3m | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 681.6k $19.8m | Added +126.4k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 664.6k $19.3m | Reduced -95.9k |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC 1.00% of their portfolio | 628.2k $18.3m | Added +21.5k |
| Leeward Investments, LLC - MA 0.87% of their portfolio | 593.9k $17.3m | Added +63.4k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 561.2k $16.3m | Added +8.8k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 548.6k $15.9m | Added +46.7k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 484.8k $14.1m | Reduced -7.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 468.1k $13.6m | Reduced -215.2k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 465.9k $13.5m | Added +224.8k |
| GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA 0.06% of their portfolio | 436.1k $12.7m | First filing |
| CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 403.9k $11.7m | Reduced -86.7k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 396.6k $11.5m | Reduced -23.0k |
| Vision One Management Partners, LP 6.41% of their portfolio | 393.3k $11.4m | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 373.9k $10.9m | Reduced -22.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 363.8k $10.6m | Reduced -84.8k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 363.7k $10.6m | Reduced -1.8m |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 353.4k $10.3m | Added +157.0k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 308.6k $9.0m | Added +7.7k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 308.6k $9.0m | Added +79.6k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 292.0k $8.5m | First filing |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 272.6k $7.9m | Reduced -9.1k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 246.9k $7.2m | Reduced -3.0k |
| Man Group plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 245.1k $7.1m | Added +237.7k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 238.2k $6.9m | Added +4.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 234.4k $6.8m | Reduced -281.7k |
| CRAMER ROSENTHAL MCGLYNN LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 231.1k $6.7m | Added +77.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 214.8k $6.2m | Added +49.4k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 212.5k $6.2m | Reduced -49.9k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 208.6k $6.1m | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 207.3k $6.0m | Reduced -3.8k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 193.3k $5.6m | Reduced -141.3k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 174.5k $5.1m | Reduced -4.7k |
| Broyhill Asset Management, LLC 4.40% of their portfolio | 172.0k $5.0m | Added +71.3k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 168.6k $4.9m | Reduced -5.9k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.01% of their portfolio | 152.6k $4.4m | Reduced -1.1k |
| GATEWAY INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 151.6k $4.4m | Reduced -37 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 149.8k $4.4m | Reduced -34.8k |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 0.08% of their portfolio | 139.8k $4.1m | Unchanged |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 139.3k $4.0m | Added +2.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 136.2k $4.0m | Reduced -100 |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.6k $3.9m | Reduced -28.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.3k $3.9m | Reduced -178 |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.01% of their portfolio | 131.0k $3.8m | Reduced -11.6k |
| VELA Investment Management, LLC 1.03% of their portfolio | 130.4k $3.8m | Reduced -87.3k |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 0.01% of their portfolio | 126.3k $3.7m | Reduced -2.4k |
| MAC Alpha Capital Management, LP 1.98% of their portfolio | 123.7k $3.6m | First filing |
| NATIXIS 0.01% of their portfolio | 117.6k $3.4m | New |
| Charter Oak Advisors LP 2.86% of their portfolio | 117.2k $3.4m | Unchanged |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 113.5k $3.3m | Reduced -258 |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 112.5k $3.3m | Reduced -5.1k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 110.0k $3.2m | Added +58.7k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 108.4k $3.1m | Added +32.7k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.03% of their portfolio | 106.1k $3.1m | Reduced -29 |
| Crescent Park Management, L.P. 2.13% of their portfolio | 106.1k $3.1m | Reduced -9.0k |
| EVERETT HARRIS & CO /CA/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 101.6k $3.0m | Reduced -17.8k |