VVVValvoline Inc.
What is the market doing?
The market is leaning against it: in a downtrend (−10% vs 200-day) and heavily shorted (+10% of shares).
In a downtrend, below its 50- and 200-day averages. Overbought (RSI 75). Price is −10% vs its 200-day average.
Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 8, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).
Heavily shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Down 0.7% since the previous count, down from 12.5% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How VVV is trading
Valvoline Inc. is −22% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 40 points behind the market. Through the fall, its own insiders bought $376K more stock than they sold.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- −10%
vs 200-day average · a clear downtrend
- RSI (14)
- 75
RSI (14) · overbought, bought harder than it has been sold
- Below its 52-week high
- 25%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $30.30
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- +0.31%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- −22%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- −3.5%
- vs 50-day average$31.98
- −5.3%
- 52-week high
- $40.27
- 52-week low
- $26.62
- Annualised volatility
- 32%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
- $376K
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +4.3% |
| 2025 | −20% |
| 2024 | −3.7% |
| 2023 | +15% |
| 2022 | −11% |
| 2021 | +64% |
| 2020 | +11% |
| 2019 | +13% |
| 2018 | −22% |
| 2017 | +18% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 6 of 10 | +3.4% |
| Feb | 10 | 3 of 10 | +0.07% |
| Mar | 10 | 3 of 10 | −3.9% |
| Apr | 10 | 2 of 10 | +2.1% |
| May | 10 | 8 of 10 | +3.0% |
| Jun | 10 | 7 of 10 | +4.4% |
| Jul | 10 | 7 of 10 | +1.9% |
| Aug | 10 | 2 of 10 | −3.7% |
| Sep | 10 | 2 of 10 | −2.9% |
| Oct | 11 | 5 of 11 | −1.1% |
| Nov | 10 | 8 of 10 | +5.7% |
| Dec | 10 | 5 of 10 | −0.54% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
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