WD-40 (WDFC) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.06
- Estimate
- $1.13
- Surprise
- -6.5%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.0 → 6.6/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
WD-40 (WDFC) missed the $1.13 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.06 — a clear 6.5% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.0/10) to Hold at 6.6/10 after the report — the engine's score rose despite the miss.
Coverage in the report window
- WD-40 Q4 EPS $1.06 Misses $1.15 Estimate, Sales $176.780M Beat $172.078M Estimate — benzinga, 2026-10-21
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates WDFC Hold at 6.6/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -6.5% surprise compares with a +7.9% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-01-07.
What supports the rating
- V7 flight-to-quality bonus: +0.5 (Q=8.2 in RISK_OFF)
- High-quality business
What argues against it
- Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1
- Consecutive earnings misses (2)
- Negative momentum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $192.56
- Price target
- $230.92
- Stop
- $185.80
- Upside to target
- +19.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 3.9:1
At 29.3× trailing and 29.7× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Risk check: trading volume is running 2.2× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-22 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
WDFC at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Market cap
- $2.58B
- P/E (fwd)
- 29.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 29.3
- 52-week range
- $175.38–$298.90
- Off 52-week high
- 35.6%
- RSI (14)
- 35
- Volume vs avg
- 2.21×
- Score today
- 6.6/10