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CSW Industrials vs WD 40

CSW and WDFC side by side, both in chemicals and allied products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How CSW and WDFC compare

CSW Industrials is the larger company, worth 1.5 times as much as WD 40 ($4.6B against $3.0B).

On earnings, CSW Industrials is cheaper: it trades at 36.4× trailing earnings, against 36.7× for WD 40.

CSW Industrials grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (30.0% versus 11.0% for WD 40).

WD 40 keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 12.0% compared with 10.2% at CSW Industrials.

Both pay dividends: CSW Industrials yields 0.31% and WD 40 1.8%.

WD 40 scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 10 for CSW Industrials), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricCSWWDFC
Size and price
Market cap$4.6B$3.0B
Share price$283.04$223.40
Change, 1 year15.5%11.2%
Change, 5 years105%−3.0%
Beta (5Y)1.010.53
Employees2,700522
StockData Score
Total score1019 (better)
Valuation score02 (better)
Growth score22
Performance score25 (better)
Health score36 (better)
Dividend score34 (better)
Valuation
P/E36.4× (better)36.7×
P/S3.7× (better)4.3×
P/B–11.0×
EV/EBITDA25.2× (better)25.2×
P/FCF26.0× (better)30.7×
PEG13.894.61 (better)
FCF yield3.8% (better)3.3%
Fair value$208.91$186.85
Margin of safety−35.5%−19.6% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)30.0% (better)11.0%
Revenue growth, 5Y average20.9% (better)7.1%
Net income growth (TTM)−11.2%−9.5% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)−8.7% (better)−9.1%
EPS growth, 5Y average20.4% (better)3.6%
Profitability
Gross margin42.1%55.3% (better)
Operating margin16.9% (better)15.8%
Net margin10.2%12.0% (better)
FCF margin14.2%14.2% (better)
Return on equity–30.4%
Return on invested capital–28.8%
Financial health
Debt / equity–0.32
Net debt / EBITDA3.430.13 (better)
Interest coverage–39.3×
Current ratio2.352.57 (better)
Altman Z-score3.8812.28 (better)
Piotroski F-score37 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield0.31%1.8% (better)
Payout ratio14.7%65.6%
Years of dividend growth–16
Dividend growth, 5Y average–7.5%
Buyback yield3.2% (better)0.99%
Shareholder yield3.5% (better)2.8%
Ownership
Held by institutions101%87.8%
Held by insiders1.4%0.98%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$8.7M−$12.3K (better)
Short interest, % of float6.3%3.6%

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