Valvoline (NYSE: VVV) CFO adds 10,000 shares at $31.80
Filing Impact
Filing Sentiment
Form Type
4
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Valvoline Inc. Chief Financial Officer Kevin J. Willis reported an open-market purchase of 10,000 shares of Valvoline common stock on May 14, 2026. The shares were bought at a weighted average price of about $31.80 per share, with individual trades between $31.77 and $31.84.
Following this purchase, Willis directly owns 32,725 shares of Valvoline common stock and indirectly holds approximately 1,327 shares through the Valvoline 401(k) Plan.
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Insider Trade Summary
Net Buyer: 10,000 shares ($318,000)
Net Buy
2 txns
Insider
WILLIS J KEVIN
Role
Chief Financial Officer
Bought
10,000 shs ($318K)
| Type | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purchase | Common Stock | 10,000 | $31.80 | $318K |
| holding | Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
Holdings After Transaction:
Common Stock — 32,725 shares (Direct, null);
Common Stock — 1,327 shares (Indirect, By 401(k) plan)
Footnotes (1)
- The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares of Valvoline common stock were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $31.77 to $31.84, inclusive. Upon request, the Reporting Person will provide to Valvoline, any security holder of Valvoline, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission full information regarding the shares of Valvoline common stock purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote. Represents the approximate number of shares of Valvoline common stock held by the Reporting Person in the Valvoline 401(k) Plan based on the closing price of Valvoline common stock on the earliest Transaction Date.
Key Figures
Shares purchased: 10,000 shares
Weighted average purchase price: $31.80 per share
Direct holdings after transaction: 32,725 shares
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4 metrics
Shares purchased
10,000 shares
Open-market purchase on May 14, 2026
Weighted average purchase price
$31.80 per share
Open-market purchase range $31.77–$31.84
Direct holdings after transaction
32,725 shares
Common stock directly owned following purchase
Indirect 401(k) holdings
1,327 shares
Approximate shares in Valvoline 401(k) Plan
Key Terms
open-market purchase, weighted average price, Valvoline 401(k) Plan
3 terms
open-market purchase financial
"transaction_action: open-market purchase"
An open-market purchase is when an investor or a company buys shares on a public stock exchange at the going market price, rather than through a private deal. It matters to investors because these purchases change how many shares are available, can push the stock price up or signal confidence from large buyers, and often affect per-share metrics like earnings—think of it like someone buying lots of apples off a grocery shelf, reducing supply and potentially raising the price.
weighted average price financial
"The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price."
Weighted average price is the average price of a security where each trade or component is counted according to its size, so bigger trades pull the average more than smaller ones. Think of it like calculating the average cost of a grocery haul where items you bought more of have greater influence on the final per-item cost. Investors use it to understand the true average price paid or received, judge execution quality, and compare trading performance against market movement.
Valvoline 401(k) Plan financial
"held by the Reporting Person in the Valvoline 401(k) Plan"
FAQ
What did Valvoline (VVV) CFO Kevin Willis report in this Form 4?
Valvoline CFO Kevin J. Willis reported buying 10,000 shares of common stock. The open-market purchase was made at a weighted average price of about $31.80 per share, increasing his direct ownership to 32,725 shares, plus 1,327 shares in a 401(k) plan.
What are Kevin Willis’s total Valvoline (VVV) holdings after the reported transaction?
After the reported transaction, Kevin J. Willis directly owns 32,725 Valvoline common shares. He also indirectly holds approximately 1,327 shares through the Valvoline 401(k) Plan, giving him a combined reported interest across direct and plan holdings in the company’s stock.
Was the Valvoline (VVV) CFO’s transaction a purchase or a sale?
The transaction reported by Valvoline CFO Kevin J. Willis was a purchase. The Form 4 shows an open-market acquisition of 10,000 common shares, coded “P” for purchase, with no sales reported in this filing and net activity characterized as a net buy.