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WD-40 Company

WDFC Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$199.17

▲ +1.98 (+1.0%)

52w hi$263.86
52w lo$184.92
Vol91.50K
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.42

Short-0.58
Medium-0.48
Long+0.03

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

WD-40 Company

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Market cap$2.67B
Enterprise value$2.73B
Trailing P/E30.59x
Forward P/E30.76x
EV / EBITDA21.56x
P / S (ttm)3.96x
Profit margin13.2%
Return on equity33.3%
Revenue growth+24.3%
Earnings growth+45.5%
Debt / equity41.05

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.33
Sector-0.02
Technical-0.46
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

WD-40 Company engages in the provision of maintenance products and homecare and cleaning products in North America, Central and South America, Asia, Australia, Europe, India, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers multi-purpose maintenance products that include aerosol sprays, non-aerosol trigger sprays, precision pens, and in liquid-bulk form products under the WD-40 Multi-Use brand; specialty maintenance products, such as penetrants, degreasers, corrosion inhibitors, greases, lubricants, and rust removers under the WD-40 Specialist brand; drip and specialty oil lubricant, and specialty maintenance products under the 3-IN-ONE brand; and e bike maintenance products under the GT85 brand. It also provides automatic toilet bowl cleaners under the 2000 Flushes brand; aerosol and liquid trigger carpet stain and odor eliminators under the Spot Shot brand; room and rug deodorizers under the Carpet Fresh brand; bar soap and liquid hand cleaner products under the Lava and Solvol brand; automatic toilet bowl cleaners under the X-14 brand; carpet and fabric sanitizers and deodorizers products, and spot stain cleaners under the no vac brand; and room and rug deodorizers under the 1001 and 1001 Carpet Fresh brand. The company sells its products primarily through hardware stores, automotive parts outlets, industrial distributors and suppliers, mass retail and home center stores, value retailers, grocery stores, online retailers, warehouse club stores, farm supply, sport retailers, and independent bike dealers. WD-40 Company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

United States · www.wd40company.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX0.20
Corr SPX0.12
Annual vol27.8%
Annual ret-8.7%
Sharpe-0.31
Max DD-35.4%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-07-09Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-06-04Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosureread
2026-04-09Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-02-19Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-01-08Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-12-16Shareholder Vote, Other Material Event…read
2025-10-22Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-10-14Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2025-09-02Material Agreement, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-07-10Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-04-08Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-01-10Earnings Release, Exhibitsread

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-08-13Olsem Patricia QOfficer, Division PresideSell200$46.94K
2026-08-10Olsem Patricia QOfficer, Division PresideSell300$70.12K
2026-02-18Plunk Ken AllenDirectorGrant515—
2026-02-05PENDARVIS DAVIDDirectorBuy424$104.79K
2025-12-12Magee Edward O JrDirectorGrant612—
2025-12-12Etchart EricDirectorGrant612—
2025-12-12Etchart EricDirectorGrant367—
2025-12-12CARTER DANIEL TDirectorGrant612—
2025-12-12PENDARVIS DAVIDDirectorGrant612—
2025-12-12Lee Lara LDirectorGrant612—

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net-$117.06K
Insider buys / sells0 / 2
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders9
Top-5 share98.4%
HHI3,976 (concentrated)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
State Street Corp$133.81M549.20K
Renaissance Technologies$42.90M176.08K
Citadel Advisors$21.63M88.78K
AQR Capital Management$18.54M76.08K
Capital Research / Capital World$7.11M29.19K
Bridgewater Associates$2.46M10.11K
Fidelity / FMR LLC$969.94K3.98K
Millennium Management$263.13K1.08K
T. Rowe Price Group$4.62K18.96K

As of 2026-06-30

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-144view
2026-08-124view
2026-07-0910-Qview
2026-07-098-Kview
2026-07-083view
2026-06-258-K/Aview
2026-06-048-Kview
2026-04-0910-Qview
2026-04-098-Kview
2026-04-063view
2026-02-194view
2026-02-198-Kview
2026-02-193view
2026-02-064view
2026-01-0810-Qview

The Long Run

FY 2012–2025 · 14 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$619.99M+4.7%
Gross profit$315.23M+5.0%
Operating income$103.79M+5.5%
Net income$65.99M+4.9%
Cash from ops$98.39M+11.1%

Indices

S&P SmallCap 600

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$197.13$199.47$195.99$199.1791.50K
Sep 24$199.73$199.73$195.69$197.19113.80K
Sep 23$196.29$201.89$195.20$199.34204.30K
Sep 22$192.25$195.85$191.87$194.23112.40K
Sep 21$190.19$192.05$189.14$191.5499.00K

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