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J Kevin Willis bought $318k of VVV

Chief Financial Officer at VALVOLINE INC. 10,000 shares at an average of $31.80, traded May 14, 2026, filed May 15, 2026.

Conviction score
61
Value
$318k
10,000 shares
Holdings after
32,725
+44% from before
From 52-week low
+12%
low $28.87, close $32.38
From 52-week high
-20%
high $40.67, as of May 14, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CFO
    +22
  • Trade size
    $318k at market
    +14
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 44%
    +6
  • Price context
    20% below the 52-week high
    +4
  • Cluster
    3 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

VVVOct 12, 2026 · close 30.16
Since filing May 15, 2026: -6.9%SPY +5.8% · excess -12.7%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001575329-26-000006, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 14, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+10,000$31.80$318k32,725May 15, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at VALVOLINE INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
31Weak
VVVsell
VALVOLINE INC
Julie Marie O'Daniel
Chief Legal Officer
$125k
3,700 shares
-21%
36Weak
VVVbuy
VALVOLINE INC
Jordan M. Denny
Chief Accounting Officer
$50k
1,506 shares
+58%
10Weak
VVVsell10b5-1
VALVOLINE INC
Jonathan L. Caldwell
Chief People Officer
$114k
2,851 shares
-12%
48Moderate
VVVbuy 3
VALVOLINE INC
Jennifer Lynn Slater
director
$33k
1,000 shares
-
50Moderate
VVVbuy 3
VALVOLINE INC
Richard Joseph Freeland
director
$100k
3,100 shares
+24%
4Weak
VVVsell 210b5-1
VALVOLINE INC
Jonathan L. Caldwell
Chief People Officer
$138k
3,662 shares
-13%
24Weak
VVVsell 2
VALVOLINE INC
Julie Marie O'Daniel
Chief Legal Officer
$166k
4,312 shares
-19%
30Weak
VVVsell
VALVOLINE INC
Julie Marie O'Daniel
Chief Legal Officer
$102k
3,200 shares
-16%
61Notable
VVVbuy 2
VALVOLINE INC
Lori Ann Flees
President & CEO
$139k
4,500 shares
+7%
68Notable
VVVbuy 2
VALVOLINE INC
J Kevin Willis
Chief Financial Officer
$314k
10,000 shares
+79%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

J Kevin Willis bought $318k of VVV | InsiderTell