Valvoline (VVV) Stock Buybacks: 37.8% of Shares Retired Since 2016

Name: Valvoline (VVV) shares outstanding since 2016, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 2016 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2016, 205,000,0002026-07-30, 127,586,418

A share bought in 2016

1.6× more of Valvoline today, without buying another share. It was one of 205,000,000 shares then. It is one of 127,586,418 now.

Every filing we read10 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2016	2016-09-30	205,000,000	10-K
2017	2017-11-10	202,527,634	10-K
2018	2018-11-16	188,163,312	10-K
2019	2019-11-15	188,395,670	10-K
2020	2020-11-17	185,265,028	10-K
2021	2021-11-15	180,039,902	10-K
2022	2022-11-18	174,620,302	10-K/A
2023	2023-11-15	130,650,040	10-K
2024	2024-11-19	128,373,010	10-K
2025	2025-11-18	127,157,674	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Valvoline on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

Valvoline buybacks, answered

Is Valvoline buying back its stock?

Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 127,586,418 as of July 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 29.1%.

How many shares has Valvoline bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Valvoline has 77.4 million fewer shares than at its 2016 peak. That is 37.8% of the company.

How many shares does Valvoline have outstanding?

127,586,418 shares, as of July 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2016 peak it had 205,000,000.

What do Valvoline's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Valvoline stock in 2016 owns 1.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Valvoline compare with other cannibal stocks?

Valvoline ranks No. 130 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: General Dynamics (37.8%), Nrg Energy (37.8%), CarMax (37.5%), Jefferies (37.4%).

Every answer is computed from Valvoline's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Insider buying, last 12 months

Denny Jordan M.Chief Accounting Officer2026-08-12, 1,506 shares at $33.20 $50K total

Slater Jennifer LynnDirector2026-05-15, 1,000 shares at $32.53 $33K total

WILLIS J KEVINChief Financial Officer2026-05-14, 10,000 shares at $31.80 $318K total

Freeland Richard JosephDirector2026-05-14, 3,100 shares at $32.37 $100K total

Flees Lori AnnDirector; President & CEO2025-11-24, 4,500 shares at $30.82 $139K total

WILLIS J KEVINChief Financial Officer2025-11-21, 10,000 shares at $31.41 $314K total

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