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title: "Valvoline Increases Quarterly Dividend and Announces $100 Million Share Repurchase Authorization"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/af6bb505-8b44-4fbf-9894-4c057aa7a55a
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20201113_valvoline_increases_quarterly_dividend_and_announces_100_million_share_repu.html
category: "Automotive"
industry: "Automotive"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2020-11-13T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:32:42.555Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1526304640581-d334cdbbf45e?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Valvoline Increases Quarterly Dividend and Announces $100 Million Share Repurchase Authorization

**TL;DR:** Valvoline increases its quarterly dividend by 11 percent to $0.125 per share and authorizes a $100 million share repurchase. The company's board of directors approved the dividend increase and share repurchase authorization as part of its capital allocation framework.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2020-11-13. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20201113_valvoline_increases_quarterly_dividend_and_announces_100_million_share_repu.html).*

## Story

The board of directors also authorized the company to repurchase up to $100 million of its common stock. The timing and amount of any purchase of shares of common stock will be based on the level of Valvoline's liquidity, general business and market conditions and other factors, including alternative investment opportunities. The term of the new share repurchase authorization extends through Sept.

30, 2021. The dividend and share repurchase authorization is part of a broader capital allocation framework to deliver value to shareholders by first driving growth in the business, organically and through acquisitions, and then returning excess cash to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.

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## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Automotive (sector)
- Valvoline (company)
- share repurchase (topic)
- dividend increase (topic)
- capital allocation (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20201113_valvoline_increases_quarterly_dividend_and_announces_100_million_share_repu.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/af6bb505-8b44-4fbf-9894-4c057aa7a55a).