Why is WD-40 Co. ?
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High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 32.91%
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Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.69 times
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Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 7.40% and Operating profit at 2.31% over the last 5 years
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The company has declared Positive results for the last 4 consecutive quarters
- ROCE(HY) Highest at 36.41%
- DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 5.46
- RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -2.74% (YoY)
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With ROCE of 33.00%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 14.66 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
- The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -8.73%, its profits have risen by 26% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.9
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High Institutional Holdings at 91.93%
- These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
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Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
- Even though the market (S&P 500) has generated returns of 13.68% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -8.73% returns
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to WD-40 Co. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Other Industrial Products should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Other Industrial Products)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is WD-40 Co. for you?
Low Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
WD-40 Co.
-8.38%
-0.05
25.82%
S&P 500
13.68%
0.71
19.28%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
7.40%
EBIT Growth (5y)
2.31%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
27.55
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.69
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.18
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.72
Tax Ratio
10.73%
Dividend Payout Ratio
55.32%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
91.93%
ROCE (avg)
32.91%
ROE (avg)
33.38%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
50
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
16.98
EV to EBIT
44.42
EV to EBITDA
40.46
EV to Capital Employed
14.66
EV to Sales
7.29
PEG Ratio
1.92
Dividend Yield
1.16%
ROCE (Latest)
33.00%
ROE (Latest)
33.81%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Bullish
Technical Movement
6What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)
Highest at 36.41%
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at USD 5.46
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Fallen by -2.74% (YoY
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO
(HY)
Lowest at 19.89 %
-4What is not working for the Company
OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)
Lowest at 16.69 %
NET PROFIT(Q)
Lowest at USD 17.4 MM
EPS(Q)
Lowest at USD 1.28
Here's what is working for WD-40 Co.
Dividend per share
Highest at USD 5.46 and Grown
In each year in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (USD)
Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 19.89 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital
Debt-Equity Ratio
Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -2.74% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales
Here's what is not working for WD-40 Co.
Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 16.69 %
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated
Operating Profit to Sales
Net Profit
Lowest at USD 17.4 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative
Net Profit (USD MM)
Net Profit
At USD 17.4 MM has Fallen at -23.27%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 22.68 MMMOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative
Net Profit (USD MM)
EPS
Lowest at USD 1.28
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders
EPS (USD)






