Valuation
26% of the score
19median 37
WD-40 Company is valued at 28.6x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.
40x
30x
20x
15x
10x
6x
28.6x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 40xfull points
WDFCWD-40 Company
$203.87-4.7% 1Y
$203.87
$185.6652 weeks$264.90
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 63 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Above average. WD-40 Company scores higher than 68% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on capital and capital allocation, held back by valuation.
Basic Materials median 56 · all companies 53
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time60
61
58
59
58
64
63
202020212022202320242025today
The biggest move was up 6 points from 2024 to 2025, mostly valuation.
Return on capital
18% of the score
100median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 25% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
25%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 29%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
54median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 4 cents. New capital earned 26%, and 17% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
4.2%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
79median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 0.2% a year over 5 years: buybacks
655%
-3%
-0.2%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 5.6% a year, sales 8.7%
10012%
-2%
-3.1%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
66median 62
Today's operating margin of 17% is 0.99x its normal 18%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 17%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
100median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA0.5x a year of EBITDA
1004.5x
0.5x
0.5x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 43x
1001.5x
12x
42.6x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
72median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.23x profit over 3 years
900.7x
1x
1.3x
1.2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsProfit ran ahead of cash by 0.7% of assets
558%
0%
-8%
0.7%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.44
71-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.44
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-05-31, latest annual report FY2025.
Specialty Chemicals
Ranks #11 of 27 by RyuScore