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

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), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), and RH (RH).

WD-40 vs. Its Competitors

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

50.8% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of WD-40 shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of WD-40 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Central Garden & Pet presently has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.92%. WD-40 has a consensus price target of $290.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.95%. 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)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
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 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WD-40 has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, WD-40 had 21 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for WD-40 and 7 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. WD-40's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Central Garden & Pet's score of 0.43 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
WD-40
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$3.20B0.73$107.98M$1.8719.17
WD-40$590.56M5.15$69.64M$6.3535.42

WD-40 has a net margin of 14.13% compared to Central Garden & Pet's net margin of 3.90%. 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 & Pet3.90% 10.14% 4.40%
WD-40 14.13%31.23%16.49%

Summary

WD-40 beats Central Garden & Pet on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WDFC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WDFC vs. The Competition

MetricWD-40CONS PD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.06B$32.89B$15.96B$9.31B
Dividend Yield1.68%2.69%3.19%4.09%
P/E Ratio35.6132.1219.7019.72
Price / Sales5.151.7745.78110.06
Price / Cash38.2216.2414.5857.53
Price / Book11.848.406.045.67
Net Income$69.64M$1.19B$691.68M$257.51M
7 Day Performance0.00%-2.24%-1.00%-0.16%
1 Month Performance-8.02%3.06%2.02%9.89%
1 Year Performance-11.38%31.61%3.86%15.08%

WD-40 Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WDFC
WD-40
3.5707 of 5 stars
$224.89
-0.2%
$290.00
+29.0%
-10.3%$3.06B$590.56M35.61580Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
CENTA
Central Garden & Pet
2.3088 of 5 stars
$31.55
-2.7%
$33.00
+4.6%
+4.5%$2.07B$3.20B16.877,000News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SPB
Spectrum Brands
4.1285 of 5 stars
$54.88
-3.0%
$85.00
+54.9%
-35.1%$1.35B$2.96B26.263,100Positive News
ODC
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America
3.7337 of 5 stars
$60.02
-0.5%
N/A+278.9%$878.69M$437.59M17.65870
PG
Procter & Gamble
4.7949 of 5 stars
$160.46
-0.2%
$178.45
+11.2%
-7.9%$376.20B$84.04B25.47108,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CL
Colgate-Palmolive
4.5792 of 5 stars
$93.38
+0.6%
$101.69
+8.9%
-10.1%$75.68B$20.10B26.3834,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
4.7859 of 5 stars
$131.65
-0.4%
$143.50
+9.0%
-10.4%$43.68B$19.75B17.4444,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CHD
Church & Dwight
4.3202 of 5 stars
$98.60
+0.2%
$108.29
+9.8%
-5.9%$24.28B$6.11B42.325,750Analyst Downgrade
CLX
Clorox
4.1568 of 5 stars
$124.55
-0.2%
$149.50
+20.0%
-6.6%$15.35B$7.09B22.368,000Analyst Forecast
OLLI
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
3.3209 of 5 stars
$128.00
-2.2%
$125.21
-2.2%
+22.5%$7.85B$2.27B39.3812,800Positive News
RH
RH
4.6796 of 5 stars
$198.69
-4.0%
$271.56
+36.7%
-36.0%$3.72B$3.18B47.316,340Trending News

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This page (NASDAQ:WDFC) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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