WD-40 Company

WDFC

Chemicals - Specialty · Basic Materials

Price

$246.79

-9.57 (-3.73%)

Market Cap

$3.31B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−1.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 13.7M (2021) → 13.6M (2025)

WD-40 Company develops and sells maintenance products, and homecare and cleaning products in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company provides multi-purpose maintenance products that include aerosol sprays, non-aerosol trigger sprays, and in liquid-bulk form products under the WD-40 Multi-Use brand name; and specialty maintenance products, such as penetrants, degreasers, corrosion inhibitors, greases, lubricants, and rust removers under the WD-40 Specialis

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-31.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$50M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

WD-40 Company is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 11%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

55.6%

Premium pricing power — 55.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

16.3%

Healthy — 16.3% operating margin

ROCE

7.1%

Weak — 7.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+3.9%

Slow sales growth (3.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

+33.0%

Earnings growing fast (33.0% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

94%

Modest — 94% of profit becomes cash

FCF Margin

13.0%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (13.0%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.38

Conservative — low debt load (0.38)

Interest Cover

23.17x

Comfortably covers interest (23.2x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

36.2x

Pricey — P/E 36.2

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

-6.9

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.48%

Small dividend — 1.48% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+8.1%

Dividend growing modestly (8.1% YoY)

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