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) Free cash flow margin

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WD-40 Company's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 14.3%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.98% (fiscal 2022) to 17.2% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 67% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.49% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 14.3% 0.77
FY2025 13.5% (1.47)
FY2024 15.0% (2.17)
FY2023 17.2% 18.14
FY2022 −0.98% (15.37)
FY2021 14.4% 1.24
FY2020 13.2% 1.35
FY2019 11.8% (1.11)
FY2018 12.9% 3.49
FY2017 9.42% (6.67)

Against its own ten years

Low −0.98% High 17.2%
Ten-year median 13.3%
Current reading's percentile 67

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 16.3%
WDFC WD-40 Company 14.3%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 13.4%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 8.18%
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 7.00%
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 5.72%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 3.06%
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 1.95%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 1.60%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 3.49%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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