Valvoline Inc. reported a 12% increase in sales, driven by a 6.5% system-wide same-store sales growth. The company added 33 new stores and refranchised 17 stores.
Sales from continuing operations grew by 12% to $421 million, driven by a 6.5% system-wide same-store sales growth.
Income from continuing operations decreased by 25% to $48 million, with EPS decreasing by 8% to $0.37.
Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations increased by 12% to $123 million, and adjusted EPS increased by 5% to $0.45.
The company added 33 new stores, bringing the total system-wide store count to 1,961, and refranchised 17 stores.
Valvoline expects to perform in line with expectations. They are trending at or slightly below the midpoint of their adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS guidance including the modest impacts of refranchising.