Assay
Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| WD 40 Co.WDFC · chemicals | |
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| Grade |  Astrongest fifth of 331 graded peers; percentile 5.8, sampling error 2.7 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 18 of 331 |
| Profitability | Bpercentile 34.6 |
| Solvency | A/Bpercentile 19.5 |
| Growth and financing | B/Cpercentile 42.3 |
| Reliability | 0.87 AUCfailure model, filers with $120M to $591M assets; 95% interval 0.83 to 0.90; 206 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 1.03% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | $120M to $591M assetstotal assets $475.8M[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 11 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Oct 27, 2025347 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $203.932026-10-08; market equity $2.7B; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
| Share price, twelve months to the rescansplit-adjusted close; a lollipop at every rescan carries the letter held then; baseline ticks are SEC receipt dates of the inputs; ranges and dragging scroll the full history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date. Open this report as it stood on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Oct 27, 2025; the document on sec.gov.
WD-40 Company is a global marketing organization dedicated to creating positive lasting memories by developing and selling products that solve problems in workshops, factories and homes around the world. The Company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. For more than four decades, we sold only one product, WD-40® Multi-Use Product, a multi-purpose maintenance product which acts as a lubricant, rust preventative, penetrant and moisture displacer. Over the last several decades, we have evolved and expanded our product offerings through both research and development activities and through the acquisition of several of our smaller brands worldwide.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
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| Profitability, sleeve percentile 34.6 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 71.7% | [1,3] | 21.3% | 1.7 | 359 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | 32.8% | [4-12] | 9.5% | 4.9 | 124 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Accruals ratio | 0.7% | [1,13-15] | (4.2%) | 84.0 | 400 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 2.2 pts | [2-3,16-23] | 2.2 pts | 48.0 | 301 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 19.5 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.05% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | 9.05 | [1,4,8,24-27] | 3.41 | 9.0 | 301 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.25x | [4,7,9,28] | 1.88x | 16.1 | 150 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Interest coverage | not computable | 4.16x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2023-08-31; latest annual assets end 2025-08-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 2.79x | [24-25] | 2.20x | 33.4 | 423 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 42.3 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | 6.1% | [2,17,19,21] | 1.2% | 30.1 | 350 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | not computable | 12.6% | |||||
| current FCF must be positive and base FCF must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Reinvestment rate | 29.2% | [4-6,24-25,28-31] | 24.3% | 44.4 | 170 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Asset growth, three years | 3.1% | [1,15,32-33] | 2.9% | 48.9 | 369 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | (0.10%) | [34-35] | 0.0% | 45.6 | 321 | 2025-10-21 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite -0.393; sampling error 2.7 percentile points on 331 peers.
Among 331 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | ACM Research, Inc. (ACMR) ACM Research, Inc. (ACMR) Astrongest fifth; percentile 4.3 Nasdaq · Special Industry Machinery, NEC last close $70.74 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 10 of 14 inputs | 4.3 | A | fortress balance sheet |
| 14 | Graco Inc. (GGG) Graco Inc. (GGG) Astrongest fifth; percentile 4.7 NYSE · Pumps & Pumping Equipment market equity $12.7B; last close $78.37 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 4.7 | A | |
| 15 | Rogers Corp. (ROG) Rogers Corp. (ROG) Astrongest fifth; percentile 4.8 NYSE · Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers market equity $2.6B; last close $148.14 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs | 4.8 | A | fortress balance sheet |
| 16 | Innovex International, Inc. (INVX) Innovex International, Inc. (INVX) Astrongest fifth; percentile 5.1 NYSE · Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment market equity $1.9B; last close $27.56 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs | 5.1 | A | fortress balance sheet |
| 17 | Blue Bird Corp. (BLBD) Blue Bird Corp. (BLBD) Astrongest fifth; percentile 5.5 Nasdaq · Truck & Bus Bodies market equity $1.8B; last close $56.27 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 5.5 | A | |
| 18 | WD 40 Co. (WDFC) WD 40 Co. (WDFC) Astrongest fifth; percentile 5.8 Nasdaq · Miscellaneous Chemical Products market equity $2.7B; last close $203.93 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 5.8 | A | |
| 19 | Heico Corp. (HEI) Heico Corp. (HEI) Astrongest fifth; percentile 6.1 NYSE · Aircraft Engines & Engine Parts last close $295.88 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 6.1 | A | |
| 20 | Heico Corp. (HEI-A) Heico Corp. (HEI-A) Astrongest fifth; percentile 6.1 NYSE · Aircraft Engines & Engine Parts last close $221.06 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 6.1 | A | |
| 21 | Lindsay Corp. (LNN) Lindsay Corp. (LNN) Astrongest fifth; percentile 6.7 NYSE · Farm Machinery & Equipment market equity $1.2B; last close $114.63 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 11 of 14 inputs | 6.7 | A | fortress balance sheet |
| 22 | BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) Astrongest fifth; percentile 7.1 NYSE · Engines & Turbines market equity $13.0B; last close $142.23 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 7.1 | A | |
| 23 | Energy Recovery, Inc. (ERII) Energy Recovery, Inc. (ERII) Astrongest fifth; percentile 7.5 Nasdaq · Special Industry Machinery, NEC market equity $349.1M; last close $6.85 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 10 of 14 inputs | 7.5 | A | fortress balance sheet |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | A | 9.2 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | A | 5.8 | 331 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | A | 11.2 | 1219 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | A | 6.4 | 331 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 331 graded peers, about 66 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | 10.4% | 13.8% | 46 | hotter than 46 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (23.0%) | (24.2%) | 52 | closer to its high than 52 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | 3.8% | 3.9% | 49 | pricier than 51 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.0% | 3.2% | 47 | pricier than 53 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.10 | 0.39 | 10 | pricier than 90 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 0.23 | 0.57 | 19 | pricier than 81 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | (10.8%) | (9.9%) | 45 | more equity-funded than 45 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | (0.07) | (0.02) | 43 | ahead of 43 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $2.7B; EBIT $103.8M; free cash flow $83.4M; book equity $278.7M; sales $620.0M; debt $85.3M; cash $59.1M[36].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: 8 of 9, period end 2025-08-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | 20.3% | ✓ pass[13,15] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $87.9M | ✓ pass[14] |
| Return on assets improved | 4.4 pts | ✓ pass[13,15,32,37] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | -$3.1M | ✗ fail[13-14] |
| Long-term leverage fell | (0.7 pts) | ✓ pass[1,15,32,38-39] |
| Current ratio improved | 31.9 pts | ✓ pass[24-25,30-31] |
| No new shares issued | (0.1%) | ✓ pass[34-35] |
| Gross margin improved | 1.7 pts | ✓ pass[2-3,16-17] |
| Asset turnover improved | 3.2 pts | ✓ pass[2,15,17,32] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $59.1M[40] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $84.8M[14,40-44] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 92 |
| 10-Q received Jul 9, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $23.3M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 347 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $475.8M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $620.0M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $341.3M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | $103.8M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | $101.6M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $10.6M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $86.2M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $268.2M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $58.1M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $86.0M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $230.5M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $46.7M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $91.0M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $87.9M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $449.0M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $315.2M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $590.6M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $274.2M | 2023-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $537.3M | 2023-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $254.8M | 2022-08-31 | 2024-10-21 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $518.8M | 2022-08-31 | 2024-10-21 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $263.7M | 2021-08-31 | 2023-10-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $488.1M | 2021-08-31 | 2021-10-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $285.0M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $102.3M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $540.7M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $207.7M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | depreciation amortization | us-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | $8.2M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $4.5M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $255.4M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $103.5M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $438.0M | 2023-08-31 | 2024-10-21 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $434.3M | 2022-08-31 | 2023-10-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 13,527,835 | 2025-10-21 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 13,541,081 | 2024-10-15 | 2024-10-21 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 13,421,096 | 2026-07-02 | 2026-07-09 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $69.6M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $86.2M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $86.0M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $59.1M | 2026-05-31 | 2026-07-09 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 41 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $54.8M | 2026-05-31 | 2026-07-09 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 42 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $24.3M | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-09 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 43 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $10.0M | 2025-11-30 | 2026-01-08 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 44 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $58.0M | 2025-05-31 | 2026-07-09 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 5.8 is 14.2 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.7 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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