If WD-40 Co. (Nasdaq: WDFC) misses estimates again, it will be the third consecutive quarter for the company. The company will unveil its latest earnings on Tuesday. WD-40 provides easy-to-use solutions for a wide variety of maintenance issues.
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts think investors should stand pat on WD-40 with analysts unanimously rating it hold. Analysts don't like WD-40 as much as competitor Stepan overall. One out of one analysts rate Stepan a buy compared to zero of five for WD-40. That rating hasn't budged in three months as analysts have remained steady in their opinion of the stock.
- Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $87.9 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 9% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.54 per share. Estimates range from $0.51 to $0.56.
What our community says:
CAPS All-Stars are solidly backing the stock with 92.2% assigning it an outperform rating. The community at large backs the All-Stars with 91.6% granting it a rating of outperform. Fools are bullish on WD-40, though the message boards have been quiet lately with only 68 posts in the past 30 days. WD-40 has a bullish CAPS rating of five out of five stars that is about on par with the Fool community assessment.
Management:
WD-40's income has fallen year over year by an average of 9.9% over the past five quarters.
Quarter | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q4 |
Gross Margin | 49.3% | 51.8% | 50.9% | 50.7% |
Operating Margin | 13.8% | 17.5% | 16.5% | 13.4% |
Net Margin | 9.4% | 11.5% | 11.2% | 8.5% |
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