WDFC Stock Analysis: WD-40 | NASDAQ
Specialty Chemicals | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 3.105m USD | 12M Return: 12.9% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 41.3M
EPS Trend: 93.3%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: 97.5%
Qual. Beats: 2
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
WD-40 Company (NASDAQ: WDFC) is a global manufacturer of maintenance and homecare cleaning products, headquartered in San Diego, California, and founded in 1953. The company operates a multi-brand portfolio spanning two segments: maintenance products sold under the WD-40 Multi-Use, WD-40 Specialist, 3-IN-ONE, and GT85 brands, and homecare and cleaning products sold under brands including 2000 Flushes, Spot Shot, Carpet Fresh, Lava, Solvol, X-14, no vac, and 1001. WD-40 distributes its products across more than 50 countries through a diverse range of channels, including hardware stores, automotive parts outlets, industrial distributors, mass retail and home center chains, grocery stores, online retailers, warehouse clubs, and independent bike dealers.
The company is classified within the GICS Consumer Staples sector and Household Products sub-industry, a defensive category typically characterized by relatively stable consumer demand across economic cycles. WD-40s business model is built on a concentrated brand portfolio in niche maintenance and cleaning categories, with a wide global distribution footprint that allows it to generate recurring revenue from a diverse mix of retail and industrial customers.
- Maintenance products drive double-digit growth across emerging markets
- Aerosol input costs and FX headwinds pressure gross margins
- Homecare cleaning segment faces private label competition at retailers
| Net Income: 89.2m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.16 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.90 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 28.15% < 20% (prev 28.20%; Δ -0.05% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.17 > 3% & CFO 84.8m > Net Income 89.2m |
| Net Debt (69.0m) to EBITDA (127.8m): 0.54 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.65 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (13.5m) vs 12m ago -0.63% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 55.82% > 18% (prev 54.90%; Δ 0.92% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 141.2% > 50% (prev 134.3%; Δ 6.84% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 29.05 > 6 (EBIT TTM 118.0m / Interest Expense TTM 4.06m) |
| A: 0.38 (Total Current Assets 304.7m - Total Current Liabilities 114.8m) / Total Assets 499.8m |
| B: 1.14 (Retained Earnings 568.3m / Total Assets 499.8m) |
| C: 0.25 (EBIT TTM 118.0m / Avg Total Assets 477.9m) |
| D: 1.26 (Book Value of Equity 278.7m / Total Liabilities 221.1m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 9.18 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.21 (Receivables 150.1m/112.4m, Revenue 674.7m/612.5m) |
| GMI: 0.98 (GM 54.90% / 55.82%) |
| AQI: 0.94 (AQ_t 0.24 / AQ_t-1 0.25) |
| SGI: 1.10 (Revenue 674.7m / 612.5m) |
| TATA: 0.01 (NI 89.2m - CFO 84.8m) / TA 499.8m) |
| Beneish M = -2.83 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of July 29, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 233.55 with a total of 97,036 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -2.52%, over one month by -4.46%, over three months by +5.91% and over the past year by +12.91%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 220.90 (which is 5.4% or 1.4 ATR below the current price).
WD-40 has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy WDFC.
- StrongBuy: 1
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 271.7 | 16.3% |
P/E Trailing = 35.1032
P/E Forward = 52.6316
P/S = 4.6017
P/B = 11.1322
P/EG = 3.7556
Revenue TTM = 674.7m USD
EBIT TTM = 118.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = 127.8m USD
Long Term Debt = 85.3m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 18.8m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 128.2m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 13.7m
Net Debt = 69.0m USD (calculated: Debt 128.2m - CCE 59.1m)
Enterprise Value = 3.17b USD (3.10b + Debt 128.2m - CCE 59.1m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 29.05 (Ebit TTM 118.0m / Interest Expense TTM 4.06m)
EV/FCF = 39.92x (Enterprise Value 3.17b / FCF TTM 79.5m)
FCF Yield = 2.50% (FCF TTM 79.5m / Enterprise Value 3.17b)
FCF Margin = 11.78% (FCF TTM 79.5m / Revenue TTM 674.7m)
Net Margin = 13.22% (Net Income TTM 89.2m / Revenue TTM 674.7m)
Gross Margin = 55.82% ((Revenue TTM 674.7m - Cost of Revenue TTM 298.1m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 56.59% (prev 55.63%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 6.35 (Enterprise Value 3.17b / Total Assets 499.8m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.17% (Interest Expense 4.06m / Debt 128.2m)
Taxrate = 22.74% (26.3m / 115.5m)
NOPAT = 91.2m (EBIT 118.0m * (1 - 22.74%))
Current Ratio = 2.65 (Total Current Assets 304.7m / Total Current Liabilities 114.8m)
Debt / Equity = 0.46 (Debt 128.2m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 278.7m)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.54 (Net Debt 69.0m / EBITDA 127.8m)
Debt / FCF = 0.87 (Net Debt 69.0m / FCF TTM 79.5m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 270.0m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 18.67% (Net Income 89.2m / Total Assets 499.8m)
RoE = 33.05% (Net Income TTM 89.2m / Total Stockholder Equity 270.0m)
RoCE = 33.22% (EBIT 118.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 270.0m + L.T.Debt 85.3m))
RoIC = 24.64% (NOPAT 91.2m / Invested Capital 370.1m)
WACC = 5.99% (E(3.10b)/V(3.23b) * Re(6.14%) + D(128.2m)/V(3.23b) * Rd(3.17%) * (1-Tc(0.23)))
Discount Rate = 6.14% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -85.50 | Cagr: -0.33%
[DCF] Terminal Value 75.16% ; FCFF base≈80.2m ; Y1≈79.1m ; Y5≈80.9m
[DCF] Fair Price = 89.02 (EV 1.26b - Net Debt 69.0m = Equity 1.19b / Shares 13.4m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -2.06% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 93.31 | EPS CAGR: 9.90% | SUE: 2.62 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: 97.46 | Revenue CAGR: 7.20% | SUE: 3.55 | # QB: 2
EPS current Quarter (2026-11-30): EPS=1.32 | Chg30d=-3.18% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2026-08-31): EPS=6.22 | Chg30d=+3.91% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+6.9% | GrowthRev=+10.2%
EPS next Year (2027-08-31): EPS=6.53 | Chg30d=+2.51% | Revisions=-40% | GrowthEPS=+4.9% | GrowthRev=+6.5%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -38% (up=1, down=4)