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WDFC vs. CENTA, SPB, ODC, PG, CL, KMB, CHD, CLX, ACI, and OLLI

Should you be buying WD-40 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WD-40 include Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), Albertsons Companies (ACI), and Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI).

WD-40 vs. Its Competitors

Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENTA) and WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) are both household products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Central Garden & Pet currently has a consensus target price of $38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 39.79%. WD-40 has a consensus target price of $300.00, suggesting a potential upside of 54.26%. Given WD-40's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WD-40 is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Central Garden & Pet
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
WD-40
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WD-40 has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

WD-40 has a net margin of 14.13% compared to Central Garden & Pet's net margin of 4.44%. WD-40's return on equity of 31.23% beat Central Garden & Pet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Central Garden & Pet4.44% 10.77% 4.65%
WD-40 14.13%31.23%16.49%

Central Garden & Pet has higher revenue and earnings than WD-40. Central Garden & Pet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WD-40, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Central Garden & Pet$3.12B0.56$107.98M$2.2012.57
WD-40$612.51M4.30$69.64M$6.3530.63

50.8% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of WD-40 shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of WD-40 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, WD-40 had 2 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for WD-40 and 4 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. WD-40's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Central Garden & Pet's score of 0.31 indicating that WD-40 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Central Garden & Pet
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
WD-40
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

WD-40 beats Central Garden & Pet on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WDFC vs. The Competition

MetricWD-40CONS PD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.56B$32.52B$16.08B$10.49B
Dividend Yield1.97%2.76%3.27%4.80%
P/E Ratio30.6336.8717.7627.13
Price / Sales4.302.0047.11179.96
Price / Cash32.4515.5114.5661.22
Price / Book11.438.077.226.52
Net Income$69.64M$1.23B$680.68M$276.93M
7 Day Performance1.22%0.39%2.06%1.93%
1 Month Performance-8.76%-6.78%0.03%2.19%
1 Year Performance-22.60%15.06%-0.87%35.00%

WD-40 Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WDFC
WD-40
4.0109 of 5 stars
$194.48
+2.6%
$300.00
+54.3%
-26.6%$2.56B$612.51M30.63580Upcoming Earnings
CENTA
Central Garden & Pet
3.3794 of 5 stars
$28.26
-2.8%
$38.67
+36.8%
-8.7%$1.83B$3.20B12.857,000
SPB
Spectrum Brands
4.6953 of 5 stars
$53.02
-3.6%
$73.80
+39.2%
-41.5%$1.33B$2.96B19.783,100News Coverage
ODC
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America
2.6342 of 5 stars
$60.35
-0.5%
N/A+240.5%$887.66M$437.59M17.75870
PG
Procter & Gamble
4.6855 of 5 stars
$150.47
-1.2%
$173.11
+15.0%
-12.0%$356.39B$84.28B23.11109,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
CL
Colgate-Palmolive
4.7797 of 5 stars
$77.39
-0.8%
$94.83
+22.5%
-21.3%$63.04B$20.10B21.7434,000Positive News
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
4.6656 of 5 stars
$120.54
-1.7%
$140.50
+16.6%
-16.9%$39.99B$19.72B15.9744,000Positive News
CHD
Church & Dwight
4.854 of 5 stars
$88.95
+1.2%
$103.44
+16.3%
-15.6%$21.41B$6.11B41.965,750Positive News
CLX
Clorox
4.3164 of 5 stars
$118.74
-3.6%
$134.08
+12.9%
-26.4%$15.07B$7.10B18.217,600Analyst Forecast
ACI
Albertsons Companies
3.9138 of 5 stars
$16.81
-3.3%
$23.81
+41.7%
+7.3%$9.73B$80.39B10.25195,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
OLLI
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
3.6335 of 5 stars
$127.01
-3.4%
$144.15
+13.5%
+32.0%$8.06B$2.27B37.4412,800Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:WDFC) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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