WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC – Free Report) – Research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of WD-40 in a research report issued on Wednesday, January 22nd. DA Davidson analyst L. Weiser anticipates that the specialty chemicals company will post earnings per share of $1.42 for the quarter. DA Davidson has a “Buy” rating and a $322.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for WD-40’s current full-year earnings is $5.36 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for WD-40’s FY2025 earnings at $5.54 EPS.
Separately, Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on WD-40 from $250.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 18th.
WD-40 Trading Up 0.8 %
Shares of WDFC stock opened at $233.09 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $254.96 and its two-hundred day moving average is $257.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 1.75 and a current ratio of 2.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.65 and a beta of -0.04. WD-40 has a fifty-two week low of $211.03 and a fifty-two week high of $292.36.
WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 10th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $153.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $147.40 million. WD-40 had a return on equity of 31.68% and a net margin of 11.78%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.28 EPS.
Institutional Trading of WD-40
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its position in shares of WD-40 by 3.3% during the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,243 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $321,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Inspire Investing LLC increased its position in shares of WD-40 by 3.8% during the 4th quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 1,658 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $402,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Covestor Ltd increased its position in shares of WD-40 by 41.3% during the 3rd quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 226 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $58,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Curbstone Financial Management Corp increased its position in shares of WD-40 by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Curbstone Financial Management Corp now owns 5,696 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $1,382,000 after purchasing an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in shares of WD-40 by 23.1% during the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 400 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $97,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. 91.52% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Transactions at WD-40
In related news, Director William B. Noble sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $289.70, for a total transaction of $289,700.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 7,999 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,317,310.30. This trade represents a 11.11 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.75% of the company’s stock.
WD-40 Increases Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 17th will be issued a dividend of $0.94 per share. This represents a $3.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.61%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 17th. This is a positive change from WD-40’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.88. WD-40’s payout ratio is currently 72.03%.
WD-40 Company Profile
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, precision pens, and in liquid-bulk form products under the WD-40 Multi-Use brand name; specialty maintenance products, such as penetrants, degreasers, corrosion inhibitors, greases, lubricants, and rust removers under the WD-40 Specialist brand; and bike-specific products.
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