WD-40 Co (NASDAQ: WDFC) is 0.35% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $208.00 and a high of $292.36 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The WDFC stock was last observed hovering at around $244.50 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.98%.
Currently trading at $243.52, the stock is 0.18% and 3.67% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.17 million and changing -0.40% at the moment leaves the stock -1.85% off its SMA200. WDFC registered 9.78% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -8.64%.
The stock witnessed a -1.24% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 1.59%, and is -0.15% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.21% over the week and 1.14% over the month.
WD-40 Co (WDFC) has around 644 employees, a market worth around $3.30B and $610.63M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 38.83 and Fwd P/E is 40.82. Profit margin for the company is 13.94%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.08% and -16.71% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (25.53%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 7.63% this year
The shares outstanding are 13.55M, and float is at 13.51M with Short Float at 7.09%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 2.06 million shares valued at $453.0 million. The investor’s holdings represent 15.2189 of the WDFC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is APG ASSET MANAGEMENT N.V. with 1.78 million shares valued at $365.46 million to account for 13.1587 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 1.61 million shares representing 11.8575 and valued at over $352.95 million, while KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC holds 4.2758 of the shares totaling 0.58 million with a market value of $127.27 million.
WD-40 Co (WDFC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by HYZER SARA KATHLEEN, the company’s VP, Finance & CFO. SEC filings show that HYZER SARA KATHLEEN bought 256 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 11 ’25 at a price of $222.83 per share for a total of $57044.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 4072.0 shares.
WD-40 Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 13 ’24 that NOBLE WILLIAM B (Group Managing Director) sold a total of 1,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 13 ’24 and was made at $289.70 per share for $0.29 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 7999.0 shares of the WDFC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 13 ’24, WILLIAM NOBLE (Officer) Proposed Sale 1,000 shares at an average price of $289.70 for $0.29 million. The insider now directly holds shares of WD-40 Co (WDFC).
