Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
WD-40 Company WDFC
$203.02 +0.34% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.72B
Strong growthHigh qualityLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 21, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 30.9× trailing earnings, lower than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $674.7M, up 10.2% from a year earlier, accelerating from 4.2% a quarter 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)Top 35%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 49%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 48%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 24%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 17%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 6%
- Gross marginTop 7%
- Operating marginTop 23%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 15%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 28%
- Interest coverTop 12%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 44%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 48%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 36%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 24%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 15%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 47%
- 6-month returnTop 42%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 48%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 45%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 24%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 3%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 7%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 31%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 16%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 4%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 28%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.2% | 10.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -6.2% | 3.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 54.9% | 55.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 16.3% | 17.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 13.3% | 11.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.2% | 4.2% | ↑ | Top 35% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.6% | -6.2% | ↑ | Bottom 49% |
| Gross margin | 55.8% | 54.9% | ↑ | Top 7% |
| Operating margin | 17.5% | 16.3% | ↑ | Top 23% |
| Net margin | 13.2% | 14.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.8% | 13.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 22.6% | — | Top 6% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 6.1% | — | Top 24% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.95×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +23.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.43×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 29.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.95%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.84%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.79%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 9, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +18.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $475.00
- Target vs current price
- +134.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 14%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | +49.4% | -2.9% | +1.1% | -4.8% | -17.9% |
| Apr 9, 2026 | +6.4% | +1.7% | -8.2% | -3.8% | +12.4% |
| Jan 8, 2026 | -5.9% | +2.3% | +2.6% | +27.1% | +5.8% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | +24.8% | +1.2% | +1.8% | -1.6% | +3.2% |
| Jul 10, 2025 | +7.7% | -2.1% | -1.9% | -4.5% | -14.7% |
| Apr 8, 2025 | +3.9% | -8.2% | -6.2% | -1.7% | -2.0% |
| Jan 10, 2025 | +7.8% | +0.9% | -3.1% | -0.7% | -0.3% |
| Oct 17, 2024 | -8.2% | +0.4% | +0.2% | +8.5% | -13.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | $2.33 | $1.56 | +49.4% | $195.1M |
| Apr 9, 2026 | $1.50 | $1.41 | +6.4% | $161.7M |
| Jan 8, 2026 | $1.28 | $1.36 | -5.9% | $154.4M |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $1.56 | $1.25 | +24.8% | $163.5M |
| Jul 10, 2025 | $1.54 | $1.43 | +7.7% | $156.9M |
| Apr 8, 2025 | $1.32 | $1.27 | +3.9% | $146.1M |
| Jan 10, 2025 | $1.39 | $1.29 | +7.8% | $153.5M |
| Oct 17, 2024 | $1.23 | $1.34 | -8.2% | $156.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 30.9× | 41.3× | 10th | Top 44% |
| P/E (forward) | 32.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.8× | — | — | Bottom 36% |
| EV / Sales | 4.12× | — | — | Bottom 24% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.92% | — | — | Bottom 48% |
| Earnings yield | 3.24% | — | — | Top 44% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 29.3× – 50.9× since May 31, 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
- +3.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +3.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +2.7%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -8.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -7.2%
- RSI (14)
- 48.7
- Relative volume
- 0.75×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 35.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 71th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.08
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.04
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -23.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -35.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2021 | Oct 24, 2022 | -55.4% | 428 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.72B
- P/E (TTM)
- 30.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $6.58
- Revenue (TTM)
- $674.7M
- Dividend yield
- 1.97%
- 52-week range
- $175.38 – $298.90
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $488.1M | $518.8M | $537.3M | $590.6M | $620.0M |
| Gross profit | $263.7M | $254.8M | $274.2M | $315.2M | $341.3M |
| Operating income | $88.8M | $87.3M | $89.7M | $96.4M | $103.8M |
| Net income | $70.2M | $67.3M | $66.0M | $69.6M | $91.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.09 | $4.90 | $4.83 | $5.11 | $6.69 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $156.0M | $153.5M | $146.1M | $156.9M | $163.5M | $154.4M | $161.7M | $195.1M |
| Net income | $16.8M | $18.9M | $29.9M | $21.0M | $21.2M | $17.5M | $20.3M | $30.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.23 | $1.39 | $2.19 | $1.54 | $1.56 | $1.28 | $1.50 | $2.24 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $84.7M | $2.6M | $98.4M | $92.0M | $87.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$15.1M | -$8.3M | -$6.9M | -$4.2M | -$4.5M |
| Free cash flow | $69.7M | -$5.7M | $91.5M | $87.8M | $83.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$38.2M | -$42.0M | -$44.6M | -$47.2M | -$50.3M |
| Net share buybacks | -$3.7M | -$29.2M | -$10.4M | -$8.1M | -$12.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $59.1M
- Total assets
- $499.8M
- Total liabilities
- $221.1M
- Total debt
- $114.4M
- Net debt
- $55.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $278.7M
As of May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 9, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2026 | $1.02 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Apr 17, 2026 | $1.02 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Jan 16, 2026 | $1.02 | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Oct 20, 2025 | $0.94 | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | $0.94 | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | $0.94 | Apr 30, 2025 |
| Jan 17, 2025 | $0.94 | Jan 31, 2025 |
| Oct 18, 2024 | $0.88 | Oct 31, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 553,890
- Days to cover
- 4.95
- Change vs previous report
- -1.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 1, 1997
- 2-for-1
- May 2, 1983
- 3-for-1
- Oct 3, 1978
- 2-for-1