DA Davidson Estimates WD-40’s Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:WDFC)

WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) – Research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for WD-40 in a report issued on Wednesday, January 22nd. DA Davidson analyst L. Weiser anticipates that the specialty chemicals company will post earnings per share of $1.42 for the quarter. DA Davidson has a “Buy” rating and a $322.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for WD-40’s current full-year earnings is $5.36 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for WD-40’s FY2025 earnings at $5.54 EPS.

WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) last posted its earnings results on Friday, January 10th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $153.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $147.40 million. WD-40 had a return on equity of 31.68% and a net margin of 11.78%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.28 earnings per share.

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on WD-40 from $250.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 18th.

WD-40 Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of WDFC stock opened at $231.33 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $256.86 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $257.17. The company has a market cap of $3.13 billion, a PE ratio of 44.32 and a beta of -0.04. WD-40 has a fifty-two week low of $211.03 and a fifty-two week high of $292.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 1.75 and a current ratio of 2.44.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. R Squared Ltd bought a new position in WD-40 during the 4th quarter worth $141,000. Perigon Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of WD-40 in the 4th quarter worth about $251,000. Curbstone Financial Management Corp raised its position in shares of WD-40 by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Curbstone Financial Management Corp now owns 5,696 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $1,382,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. raised its position in shares of WD-40 by 115.3% in the 4th quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 859 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $208,000 after acquiring an additional 460 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KBC Group NV raised its position in shares of WD-40 by 23.1% in the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 548 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $133,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. 91.52% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director William B. Noble sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $289.70, for a total transaction of $289,700.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 7,999 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,317,310.30. This trade represents a 11.11 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.75% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

WD-40 Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 17th will be paid a $0.94 dividend. This represents a $3.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.63%. This is a boost from WD-40’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.88. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 17th. WD-40’s dividend payout ratio is presently 72.03%.

About WD-40

WD-40 Company develops and sells maintenance products, and homecare and cleaning products in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company provides multi-purpose maintenance products that include aerosol sprays, non-aerosol trigger sprays, precision pens, and in liquid-bulk form products under the WD-40 Multi-Use brand name; specialty maintenance products, such as penetrants, degreasers, corrosion inhibitors, greases, lubricants, and rust removers under the WD-40 Specialist brand; and bike-specific products.