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 0.83 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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Positive results in Feb 26
- DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 5.4
- RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -1.94% (YoY)
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With ROCE of 33.00%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 12.96 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 -4.99%, its profits have risen by 26% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.7
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High Institutional Holdings at 92.23%
- These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
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Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
- Along with generating -4.99% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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?
Medium Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
WD-40 Co.
-4.12%
0.09
26.86%
S&P 500
22.24%
1.91
13.23%
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
92.23%
ROCE (avg)
32.91%
ROE (avg)
33.38%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
44
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
14.98
EV to EBIT
39.26
EV to EBITDA
35.76
EV to Capital Employed
12.96
EV to Sales
6.45
PEG Ratio
1.69
Dividend Yield
1.31%
ROCE (Latest)
33.00%
ROE (Latest)
33.81%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
Technical Movement
3What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at USD 5.4
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Fallen by -1.94% (YoY
-2What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)
Lowest at 31.22%
Here's what is working for WD-40 Co.
Dividend per share
Highest at USD 5.4 and Grown
In each year in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (USD)
Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -1.94% (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
Depreciation
Highest at USD 2.87 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation
Depreciation (USD MM)






