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) Return on assets

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WD-40 Company's return on assets over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 16.9%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.0% (fiscal 2015) to 19.6% (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.45% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2026 16.9% (2.69)
FY2025 19.6% 3.92
FY2024 15.7% 0.63
FY2023 15.1% (0.45)
FY2022 15.5% (2.13)
FY2021 17.7% (0.51)
FY2020 18.2% 0.22
FY2019 17.9% (0.93)
FY2018 18.9% 4.04
FY2017 14.8% (0.57)

Against its own ten years

Low 13.0% High 19.6%
Ten-year median 16.3%
Current reading's percentile 58

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
WDFC WD-40 Company 16.9%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 8.60%
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 5.41%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 3.73%
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 3.39%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 3.16%
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 3.00%
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 0.09%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare −4.90%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 0.45%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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