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

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

WD-40 announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 18th. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 18th. View WD-40's Dividend History.

WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 9th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.22 by $0.08. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $114 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $109.40 million. WD-40 had a return on equity of 40.12% and a net margin of 16.45%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.15 EPS. 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 updated 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets 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 15.4% 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.

Press coverage about WDFC stock has trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. WD-40 earned a news impact score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for WD-40.

WD-40 saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,950,500 shares, a decline of 5.5% from the June 30th total of 2,064,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 102,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 19.0 days. Currently, 14.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View WD-40's Current Options Chain.

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WD-40's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional 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 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WDFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $181.06.

WD-40 has a market capitalization of $2.49 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]