WD-40 (WDFC)

• Market cap: $3.39B
• 1 day: -2.95%
• 5 days: -5.86%
• 1 month: -9.97%
• 3 months: -2.33%
• 6 months: 11.81%
• Year to date: 3.54%
• 1 year: 5.87%
• 5 years: 27.12%
• 10 years: 197.97%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Miscellaneous Chemical Products

About: WD-40 Co manufactures and sells lubricants and cleaning products. The firm's product categories include maintenance and cleaning products. Maintenance products include the WD-40 signature brand aerosol spray lubricant as well as degreasers, rust removers, and bicycle maintenance products. Cleaning products include toilet cleaners, carpet stain removers and deodorizers, and heavy-duty hand soaps used to clean grease. The company organizes itself into three segments based on geography: Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and Asia-Pacific. The majority of the company's revenue comes from the Americas segment, which includes the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

Employees: 644

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

83% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 44 | Existing positions closed: 24

13% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.78B [Q2] → $3.14B (+$368M) [Q3]

6% more funds holding

Funds holding: 342 [Q2] → 362 (+20) [Q3]

3% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 114 | Existing positions reduced: 117

2.97% less ownership

Funds ownership: 94.17% [Q2] → 91.2% (-2.97%) [Q3]

51% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $16.1M | Put options by funds: $32.8M

Research analyst outlook

2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $280 12% upside
• Avg. target: $301 20% upside
• High target: $322 29% upside

2 analyst ratings

• positive: 1 50%
• neutral: 1 50%
• negative: 0 0%

DA Davidson Linda Bolton Weiser 41% 1-year accuracy 42 / 102 met price target	29% upside $322	Buy Maintained	18 Nov 2024
Jefferies Daniel Rizzo 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 2 met price target	12% upside $280	Hold Maintained	18 Oct 2024