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Profile - WD-40 Company (NasdaqNM:WDFC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1061 Cudahy Place
San Diego, CA 92110
Phone: (619) 275-1400
Fax: (619) 275-5823
Employees (last reported count): 184
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Personal & Household Products
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 8%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 5,000  shares (0.4% of insider shares)
 · one insider sell; 5,000  shares
  (0.4% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 34% (36% of float)
(172 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 216.0K shares (+3.92%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
WD-40 Company manufactures and markets two multi-purpose lubricant products known as WD-40 and 3-In-One Oil, and the Lava brand of heavy-duty hand cleaners. WD-40 is sold primarily in aerosol cans through retail chain stores, hardware and sporting goods stores, automotive parts outlets and industrial distributors and suppliers. It has a wide variety of consumer uses in, for example, household, marine, automotive, sporting goods, and gardening applications. The product also has numerous industrial applications. 3-In-One Oil is a drip oil lubricant, sold primarily through the same distribution channels as the WD-40 brand. The Company purchased the Lava brand of heavy-duty hand cleaners from Block Drug Company in April 1999. The Lava brand is more than 100 years old.
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Financial Summary
WD-40 Company manufactures a line of both lubricant and heavy-duty hand cleaning products aimed at the hardware, Do-It-yourself, automotive and other retail and industrial markets. Products include WD-40, 3-IN-ONE and Lava. For the nine months ended 5/31/01, sales rose less than 1% to $113.1 million. Earnings fell 21% to $11.5 million. Results reflect an increase in new brand sales, offset by higher interest expense from the funds borrowed for an acquisition.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Daniel Derbes, 70
Chairman
--  
Garry Ridge, 44
Pres, CEO,
$471K
Michael Irwin, 37
CFO
--  
Geoffrey Holdsworth, 38
Managing Director of Asia Pacific, WD-40 Company (Australia) Pty. Limited.
--  
William Noble, 42
Managing Director of Europe, WD-40 Company Pty. Limited. (U.K.)
224K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Aug-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:WDFCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 1-May-2001
$17.68 
Recent Price$20.83 
52-Week High
on 29-June-2001
$26.10 
Beta0.66 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)51.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)32.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+6.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+42.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$327.4M
Shares Outstanding15.7M
Float14.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$1.08 
Dividend Yield5.18%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 1-Aug-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.50 
Earnings (ttm)$1.13 
Earnings (mrq)$0.24 
Sales (ttm)$9.88 
Cash (mrq)$0.35 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)5.94 
Price/Earnings (ttm)18.45 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.11 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$152.7M
EBITDA (ttm)$30.5M
Income available to common (ttm)$17.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)11.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)18.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsAug 31
Most recent quarter31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)17.29%
Return on Equity (ttm)33.55%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.58 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.42 
Total Cash (mrq)$5.46M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short195.0K
Percent of Float1.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
192.0K
Short Ratio3.98 
Daily Volume49.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-May-2001)

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