WD 40 Co. WDFC
What this company does
Written from the business description in WD-40 Company's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 27 October 2025. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Revenue compounded at +8.7% a year over five years — but profit grew slower: net income at +8.4%, earnings per share at +8.7%.
The share count fell from 0.01B to 0.01B — the buyback concentrates the same profit into fewer slices.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Each USD of equity produced 36 cents of profit this year.
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Operating income $B | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| EBITDA $B | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Income tax $B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Net income $B | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Free cash flow $B | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | −0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 6.69 | 5.11 | 4.83 | 4.90 | 5.09 | 4.40 | 4.02 | 4.64 | 3.72 | 3.64 | 3.04 | 2.87 | 2.54 | 2.20 | 2.14 | 2.15 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 3.70 | 3.47 | 3.27 | 3.06 | 2.78 | 2.62 | 2.37 | 2.11 | 1.89 | 1.64 | 1.48 | 1.33 | 1.22 | 1.14 | 1.08 | 1.00 |
| Payout % | 55 | 68 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 59 | 59 | 45 | 51 | 45 | 48 | 46 | 48 | 51 | 50 | 46 |
| ROE % | 36.5 | 31.6 | 33.1 | 34.6 | 38.9 | 39.7 | 37.2 | 44.2 | 37.8 | 35.3 | 27.4 | 25.1 | 21.8 | 18.4 | 18.3 | 18.4 |
| Shares out B | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | · |
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.
Reconciled in 16 of 19 fiscal years. 17 checks could not be computed.