Wd 40 (WDFC) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Wd 40 (WDFC) reported Operating Margin of 20.67% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), up 3.23 percentage points from 17.44% a year earlier and up 4.41 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Wd 40 (WDFC) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended May 31, 2026, Wd 40's Operating Margin came in at 17.48%, up 1.18 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Aug 31, 2025), it came in at 16.74%, up 0.43 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has a five-year change of -2.16 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Operating Margin came in at 16.32% in FY2024 (-0.39 pp), 16.70% in FY2023 (-0.13 pp), 16.83% in FY2022 (-1.37 pp) and 18.20% in FY2021 (-0.70 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Operating Margin since fiscal Q1 2021.
- Year over year, Operating Margin gained in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.35 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2022 (a gain of 4.16 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2021 (a drop of 11.14 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 16.26% (Q2 2026), 15.06% (Q1 2026) and 17.14% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 367.14 Bn | 322.89 Bn | 10.28 Bn | 18.63% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 74.80 Bn | 69.53 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 18.95% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 37.60 Bn | 25.67 Bn | 2.74 Bn | -1.08% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 36.63 Bn | 32.25 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 17.67% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 35.53 Bn | 32.72 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 15.11% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 24.88 Bn | 23.41 Bn | 693.90 Mn | 18.07% |
| 7 | Clorox | 10.33 Bn | 8.61 Bn | 804.00 Mn | 24.33% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.73 Bn | 5.71 Bn | 398.84 Mn | 21.37% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.77 Bn | 4.44 Bn | 245.00 Mn | 14.62% |
| 10 | Wd 40 | 2.60 Bn | 2.38 Bn | 110.42 Mn | 20.67% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 20.67% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 16.26% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 15.06% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 17.14% |
| May 31, 2025 | 17.44% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 15.93% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 16.37% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 15.42% |
| May 31, 2024 | 17.53% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 15.05% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 17.22% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 16.54% |
| May 31, 2023 | 18.10% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 17.02% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 14.96% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 14.98% |
| May 31, 2022 | 15.35% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 19.04% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 17.86% |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 10.82% |
Wd 40 Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=WDFC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "WDFC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=WDFC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();