WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC – Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 4th, RTT News reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 18th will be paid a dividend of 0.88 per share by the specialty chemicals company on Thursday, October 31st. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 18th.
WD-40 has increased its dividend by an average of 7.4% per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 16 years. WD-40 has a dividend payout ratio of 61.9% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities analysts expect WD-40 to earn $5.68 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $3.52 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 62.0%.
WD-40 Stock Performance
WDFC stock opened at $263.65 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $256.28 and a 200 day moving average price of $242.27. WD-40 has a fifty-two week low of $194.09 and a fifty-two week high of $278.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 2.27 and a quick ratio of 1.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.57 billion, a PE ratio of 51.80 and a beta of -0.08.
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About WD-40
WD-40 Company develops and sells maintenance products, and homecare and cleaning products in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company provides multi-purpose maintenance products that include aerosol sprays, non-aerosol trigger sprays, precision pens, and in liquid-bulk form products under the WD-40 Multi-Use brand name; specialty maintenance products, such as penetrants, degreasers, corrosion inhibitors, greases, lubricants, and rust removers under the WD-40 Specialist brand; and bike-specific products.
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