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WDFC — WD 40 CO

US Materials Specialty chemicals equity mkt cap 2.8B
217.08 +2.43% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 187.52 · high 264.91

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Performance

1 day+2.43%
1 week-5.30%
1 month-6.68%
3 months+5.13%
6 months-8.97%
Year to date+10.33%
1 year-1.70%
3 years-0.89%
5 years-10.10%

Technicals

RSI 1439.2
vs 50-day avg-7.80%
vs 200-day avg-0.36%
Volatility 1y31.4%
Max drawdown 1y-22.18%
Avg volume 30d124.2K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)1.84%
Paid last 12m4.0000
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2016-01-13

Measured signals that fired on WDFC

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-20Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-14Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-10Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-16Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-10Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-13Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-13Olsem Patricia Q
Division President, Americas
Open-market sale200234.7246.9K
2026-08-10Olsem Patricia Q
Division President, Americas
Open-market sale300233.7370.1K
2026-02-18Plunk Ken Allen
Director
Grant or award515
2026-02-05PENDARVIS DAVID
Director
Open-market purchase424247.15104.8K
2025-12-12Etchart Eric
Director
Grant or award367
2025-12-12Etchart Eric
Director
Grant or award612
2025-12-12Lee Lara L
Director
Grant or award612
2025-12-12Magee Edward O Jr
Director
Grant or award612
2025-12-12PENDARVIS DAVID
Director
Grant or award612
2025-12-12Burks Cynthia
Director
Grant or award612

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.412.0M2.0M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC211.7M1.0M
KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC129.4M634.3K
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC123.5M605.7K
STATE STREET CORP107.4M526.4K
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.92.5M469.5K
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP83.9M411.3K
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC83.1M407.5K
MORGAN STANLEY62.2M304.8K
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP60.0M294.3K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d63.8% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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