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. Stockholders 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 1.35%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 18th. View WD-40's Dividend History.

WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 9th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.08. The specialty chemicals company earned $114 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $109.40 million. WD-40 had a net margin of 16.45% and a return on equity of 40.12%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business 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 updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.58-4.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.56. The company issued revenue guidance of $425-437 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $423.30 million.

1 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for WD-40's shares. Their forecasts range from $209.00 to $209.00. On average, they expect WD-40's share price to reach $209.00 in the next twelve months. 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.

News headlines about WDFC stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. WD-40 earned a coverage optimism score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. 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 daily trading volume, of 102,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 acquired 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]