WD-40 Company

WDFC Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

WD-40 Company’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended August 2026) was $688.0 million, up 11.0% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+8.14%
EPS
−31.9%
Free cash flow
+63.5%
Total debt
−1.09%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

226.25 6.75 −2.90%
Market cap
$3.0B
P/E
37.0×
Fwd P/E
32.3×
Dividend yield
1.80%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
11.99
Beneish M
−2.70
Dividend safety
72/100

WD-40 Company (WDFC) Debt to equity

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WD-40 Company's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 31 August 2026 was 0.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.3× (fiscal 2026) to 1.1× (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.6× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 0.3× (2.84%)
FY2025 0.3× (20.97%)
FY2024 0.4× (28.42%)
FY2023 0.6× (26.07%)
FY2022 0.8× 34.30%
FY2021 0.6× (18.71%)
FY2020 0.7× 26.94%
FY2019 0.6× 0.72%
FY2018 0.6× (49.70%)
FY2017 1.1× 27.13%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Aug 2026 0.3× (12.74%)
May 2026 0.4× (4.01%)
Feb 2026 0.4× 9.20%
Nov 2025 0.3× 6.23%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.3× High 1.1×
Ten-year median 0.6×
Current reading's percentile 8

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare −2.4×
WDFC WD-40 Company 0.3×
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 0.4×
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 0.6×
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 0.7×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 0.7×
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 0.7×
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 0.9×
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 22.5×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 0.6×
Basic Materials sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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