Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Oil-Dri Corporation of America ODC
$89.66 -1.91% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.25B
High qualityStrong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 8, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 179 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- The company holds net cash of $8.6M (cash above total debt).
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $489.8M, up 3.3% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 42%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 44%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 17%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 40%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 15%
- Gross marginTop 50%
- Operating marginTop 33%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 39%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 16%
- Interest coverTop 11%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 35%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 42%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 47%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 41%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 34%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 19%
- 6-month returnTop 10%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 13%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 23%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 12%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 22%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 13%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 7%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 16%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.9% | 3.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 18.6% | 11.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 29.8% | 26.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 14.1% | 13.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 9.6% | 9.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.3% | 2.9% | ↑ | Bottom 42% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.4% | 18.6% | ↓ | Top 44% |
| Gross margin | 26.7% | 29.8% | ↓ | Top 50% |
| Operating margin | 13.4% | 14.1% | ↓ | Top 33% |
| Net margin | 11.2% | 9.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.5% | 9.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 15.4% | — | Top 15% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 11.7% | — | Top 17% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.37×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +12.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.09×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 29.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.78%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.02%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.80%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Apr 30, 2026 (filed Jun 8, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2026 | — | -0.0% | +12.4% | +20.0% | +8.0% |
| Mar 11, 2026 | — | +0.3% | -4.8% | +9.8% | +30.0% |
| Dec 8, 2025 | — | -1.4% | -5.7% | -8.3% | +23.1% |
| Oct 9, 2025 | — | -1.3% | -1.8% | -6.3% | -20.9% |
| Jun 5, 2025 | — | +2.5% | +14.2% | +21.5% | +19.6% |
| Mar 11, 2025 | — | +0.5% | +7.4% | -5.5% | +9.4% |
| Dec 9, 2024 | — | +1.0% | +28.0% | +22.4% | +39.8% |
| Oct 10, 2024 | — | +2.7% | +6.8% | +14.8% | +27.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2026 | $1.00 | — | — | $126.3M |
| Mar 11, 2026 | $0.94 | — | — | $117.7M |
| Dec 8, 2025 | $1.06 | — | — | $120.5M |
| Oct 9, 2025 | $0.89 | — | — | $125.2M |
| Jun 5, 2025 | $0.80 | — | — | $115.5M |
| Mar 11, 2025 | $0.89 | — | — | $116.9M |
| Dec 9, 2024 | $1.13 | — | — | $127.9M |
| Oct 10, 2024 | $0.59 | — | — | $113.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 23.3× | 16.2× | 71th | Top 35% |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.5× | — | — | Top 47% |
| EV / Sales | 2.53× | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.73% | — | — | Top 42% |
| Earnings yield | 4.28% | — | — | Top 35% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.9× – 40.3× since Apr 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +48.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +11.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +48.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 179
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +16.5%
- RSI (14)
- 49.0
- Relative volume
- 1.05×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 30.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 33th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.34
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.14
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -15.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -32.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2021 | Oct 11, 2022 | -41.5% | 400 days | 102 days (Mar 9, 2023) |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Dec 9, 2025 | -32.9% | 57 days | 55 days (Mar 2, 2026) |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Jul 10, 2024 | -30.7% | 25 days | 108 days (Dec 11, 2024) |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | -19.4% | 41 days | Not yet recovered |
| Aug 16, 2023 | Dec 4, 2023 | -18.9% | 76 days | 7 days (Dec 13, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.25B
- P/E (TTM)
- 23.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.84
- Revenue (TTM)
- $489.8M
- Dividend yield
- 0.91%
- 52-week range
- $45.61 – $107.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $305.0M | $348.6M | $413.0M | $437.6M | $485.6M |
| Gross profit | $65.2M | $62.5M | $103.2M | $125.1M | $143.1M |
| Operating income | $13.0M | $10.5M | $41.0M | $52.8M | $68.2M |
| Net income | $10.6M | $5.7M | $28.0M | $37.3M | $51.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.79 | $0.43 | $2.10 | $2.75 | $3.76 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $113.7M | $127.9M | $116.9M | $115.5M | $125.2M | $120.5M | $117.7M | $126.3M |
| Net income | $8.1M | $15.6M | $12.3M | $11.1M | $12.4M | $15.5M | $12.6M | $14.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.59 | $1.14 | $0.90 | $0.81 | $0.90 | $1.07 | $0.87 | $1.00 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $13.6M | $9.8M | $49.8M | $60.3M | $80.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$18.8M | -$22.8M | -$24.4M | -$32.0M | -$32.6M |
| Free cash flow | -$5.2M | -$13.0M | $25.4M | $28.3M | $47.6M |
| Dividends paid | -$7.2M | -$7.4M | -$7.4M | -$7.8M | -$8.4M |
| Net share buybacks | -$3.1M | -$11.8M | -$1.1M | -$2.8M | -$2.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $62.9M
- Total assets
- $408.8M
- Total liabilities
- $123.6M
- Total debt
- $54.3M
- Net debt
- -$8.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $285.2M
As of Apr 30, 2026 (filed Jun 8, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | $0.23 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.21 | May 22, 2026 |
| Feb 20, 2026 | $0.21 | Mar 6, 2026 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.18 | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.18 | Aug 22, 2025 |
| May 9, 2025 | $0.16 | May 23, 2025 |
| Feb 21, 2025 | $0.16 | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.31 | Nov 22, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 715,087
- Days to cover
- 6.84
- Change vs previous report
- +8.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 6, 2025
- 2-for-1
- Sep 11, 2006
- 5-for-4
- Mar 16, 1990
- 5-for-4
- Jul 17, 1987
- 4-for-3
- Jul 17, 1986
- 4-for-3