NASDAQ:WDFC - WD-40 Stock Price, News & Analysis

WD-40 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WDFC."

WD-40 declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 18th. Investors of record on Friday, July 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.61 per share on Wednesday, July 31st. This represents a $2.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 18th. View WD-40's Dividend History.

WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 9th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.08. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $114 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $109.40 million. WD-40 had a return on equity of 40.12% and a net margin of 16.45%. WD-40's revenue was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.15 earnings per share. View WD-40's Earnings History.

WD-40 is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for WD-40.

WD-40 will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 17th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

WD-40 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.58-4.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.56. The company issued revenue guidance of $425-437 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $423.30 million.

1 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for WD-40's stock. Their predictions range from $209.00 to $209.00. On average, they anticipate WD-40's stock price to reach $209.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for WD-40.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for WD-40 in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for WD-40.

Media headlines about WDFC stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. WD-40 earned a media sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for WD-40.

WD-40 saw a decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,950,500 shares, a decrease of 5.5% from the July 15th total of 2,064,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 102,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 19.0 days. Currently, 14.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View WD-40's Current Options Chain.

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WD-40's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.50%), BlackRock Inc. (14.50%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.70%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (3.17%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.80%) and VGI Partners Ltd (2.68%). Company insiders that own WD-40 stock include Daniel E Pittard, Geoffrey Holdsworth, Jay Rembolt, Michael L Freeman, Stanley Sewitch, Jr, Steven A Brass and William B Noble. View Institutional Ownership Trends for WD-40.

WDFC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Parnassus Investments CA, Renaissance Technologies LLC, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Natixis Advisors L.P. and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold WD-40 company stock in the last year include Geoffrey Holdsworth, Michael L Freeman, Stanley Sewitch, Jr and Steven A Brass. View Insider Buying and Selling for WD-40.

WDFC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including APG Asset Management N.V., Morgan Stanley, Invesco Ltd., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Man Group plc, VGI Partners Ltd and Westhampton Capital LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for WD-40.

Shares of WDFC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WDFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $184.91.

WD-40 has a market capitalization of $2.54 billion and generates $408.52 million in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $65.21 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.13 on an earnings per share basis. WD-40 employs 480 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About WD-40.

The official website for WD-40 is http://www.wd40company.com/.

WD-40's mailing address is 9715 BUSINESSPARK AVENUE, SAN DIEGO CA, 92131. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 619-275-1400 or via email at [email protected]