Household products company WD-40 (NASDAQ: WDFC) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.
WD-40 met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $154.4 million, flat year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates and a miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting WD-40’s revenue to grow 5.7% year on year, in line with the 5% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. WD-40 has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at WD-40’s peers in the consumer staples segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Cal-Maine’s revenues decreased 53% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.8%, and Lamb Weston reported revenues up 2.9%, topping estimates by 5.2%. Cal-Maine traded down 1.3% following the results while Lamb Weston was also down 6.9%.
Read our full analysis of Cal-Maine’s results here and Lamb Weston’s results here.
AI disruption fears rattled software and crypto through late 2025, but in spring 2026 the focus shifted to geopolitical risk, oil supply, and global stability. While some of the consumer staples stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 3.8% on average over the last month. WD-40 is down 7.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $264.50 (compared to the current share price of $212.34).
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