VVV

Valvoline, Inc.

September 22, 2026 · market open

Rarity

2.06

Peak move

+7.72%

Float cap

$3.4B

Valvoline, Inc. provides automotive preventive maintenance services through company-operated and franchised retail service centers in the United States and Canada. Its locations offer approximately 15-minute stay-in-your-car oil changes, battery, bulb, and wiper replacement, tire rotations, and other manufacturer-recommended maintenance. The company serves consumers and commercial customers, including fleet business.

• Key eventcommodity_eventtime: see source

  Group III base oil supply tightened industry-wide after global oil supply chain disruptions, pushing finished-lubricant costs about 60% above March levels, with Costco raising Kirkland Signature full-synthetic motor oil to roughly $58 for a 10-quart pack and limiting purchases to two boxes per member per week.

  Webmotor1.com
• institutional_flowtime: see source

  Bank of America took a new stake in Valvoline Inc. as the stock rebounded from a fresh 12-month low, and Valvoline also bought Chile-based lubricant maker Luval S.A.

  Webblog.tipranks.com
• commodity_eventSep 21 · 22:10 ET

  At Walmart, five quarts of Valvoline 5W-30 full synthetic motor oil was priced at $35.97 on September 18, reflecting retail pass-through of the base oil cost surge, with U.S. regular gasoline averaging $4.47 a gallon that day and Brent crude at $103.69.

  Webautoweek.com
• commodity_eventSep 21 · 04:16 ET

  U.S. diesel prices rose from $3.72 to more than $6.50 per gallon by September 20, a record high, while average gasoline rose from $3.07 in late February to $4.31 by September 13.

  Webriamo.ru
• Key eventgeopoliticalSep 21 · 03:46 ET

  Fuel and lubricant shortages spread worldwide as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell amid U.S.-Iran fighting, and the March Iranian strike on Shell's Pearl gas-to-liquids plant in Qatar, a major Group III base oil producer, remained unrepaired.

  Weben.sedaily.com
• Key eventcommodity_eventSep 21

  Volkswagen, Stellantis and Toyota are switching to reformulated lubricants after exhausting high-quality Group III base oil inventories, as Group III base oil prices nearly trebled to about $4,000 per tonne in Europe and the U.S. and suppliers declared force majeure.

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• commodity_eventSep 20 · 12:49 ET

  Costco raised the price of a 10-quart case of Kirkland Signature full-synthetic motor oil to $57.99 from about $30 a year earlier and capped purchases at one per customer, while Walmart reported low stock on several motor oil brands.

  Webrealnoevremya.ru
• commodity_eventSep 20 · 10:10 ET

  The U.S. benchmark price of Group III base oil, the feedstock for full-synthetic motor oil, hit a record $12.45 per gallon on September 18, nearly four times its February level, per Argus Media data cited by the Financial Times, as Costco limited synthetic motor oil to one 10-quart package per customer at $57.99 and Walmart reported low stocks.

  Weben.sedaily.comWebkommersant.ru
• geopoliticalSep 20

  Saudi Aramco told at least two major European refining customers it could not allocate contracted crude volumes for the next month and would cancel some deliveries, after drone strikes shut Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline to the Red Sea.

  Webstakeandpaper.com
• commodity_eventSep 20

  A global Group III base oil shortage tied to the March Iranian strike on Shell's Pearl GTL plant in Qatar triggered motor oil rationing in the U.S., and industry figures said Europe and the U.S. would not receive replenishment cargoes before October even if the Strait of Hormuz reopened.

  Webfinansavisen.no
• insider_saleSep 18 · 16:07 ET

  Valvoline President and CEO Lori Ann Flees received a grant of 36 shares of common stock worth $974.16 on September 17, 2026.

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