Inter Parfums
IPAR · Household Products
$115.22
0.7%WD-40
WDFC · Household Products
$212.71
1.2%The short version
- Inter Parfums is the larger business, with $1.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $620M for WD-40, about 2.4 times as much.
- WD-40 grew revenue faster (5.0%, against 2.5%).
- Inter Parfums kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (18.2% operating margin, against 16.7% operating margin).
- WD-40 turned more of its sales into free cash flow (13.5% FCF margin, against 12.8% FCF margin).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of WD-40’s earnings: a P/E of 32.3x against 22.0x for Inter Parfums.
| Latest fiscal year | IPAR · FY25 | WDFC · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.7B | $2.9B |
| Revenue | $1.5B | $620M |
| Free cash flow | $190M | $83.4M |
| Net income | $168M | $91.0M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 2.5% | 5.0% |
| 5-year growth | 22.5% | 8.7% |
| Share count change | 0.0% | −0.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 63.6% | 55.1% |
| Operating margin | 18.2% | 16.7% |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 14.7% |
| FCF margin | 12.8% | 13.5% |
| Return on capital | — | 32.3% |
| Return on equity | 20.7% | 36.5% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | — | $28.9M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 0.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $117M | $62.6M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 22.0x | 32.3x |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 8 |
FY16
IPAR $521M
WDFC $381M
FY17
IPAR $591M
WDFC $381M
FY18
IPAR $676M
WDFC $409M
FY19
IPAR $714M
WDFC $423M
FY20
IPAR $539M
WDFC $409M
FY21
IPAR $880M
WDFC $488M
FY22
IPAR $1.1B
WDFC $519M
FY23
IPAR $1.3B
WDFC $537M
FY24
IPAR $1.5B
WDFC $591M
FY25
IPAR $1.5B
WDFC $620M
IPAR
WDFC
FY16
IPAR 12.8%
WDFC 18.7%
FY17
IPAR 13.3%
WDFC 20.0%
FY18
IPAR 14.0%
WDFC 19.2%
FY19
IPAR 14.7%
WDFC 19.5%
FY20
IPAR 13.0%
WDFC 18.9%
FY21
IPAR 16.8%
WDFC 18.2%
FY22
IPAR 17.9%
WDFC 16.8%
FY23
IPAR 19.1%
WDFC 16.7%
FY24
IPAR 18.9%
WDFC 16.3%
FY25
IPAR 18.2%
WDFC 16.7%
IPAR
WDFC
FY16
IPAR $49.8M
WDFC $61.0M
FY17
IPAR $32.9M
WDFC $35.4M
FY18
IPAR $59.1M
WDFC $52.5M
FY19
IPAR $71.0M
WDFC $49.6M
FY20
IPAR $54.0M
WDFC $53.4M
FY21
IPAR −$21.7M
WDFC $69.7M
FY22
IPAR $39.3M
WDFC −$5.7M
FY23
IPAR $99.3M
WDFC $91.5M
FY24
IPAR $183M
WDFC $87.8M
FY25
IPAR $190M
WDFC $83.4M
IPAR
WDFC
FY16
IPAR 13.9%
WDFC —
FY17
IPAR 17.0%
WDFC —
FY18
IPAR 19.0%
WDFC 41.9%
FY19
IPAR 20.2%
WDFC 32.8%
FY20
IPAR 10.8%
WDFC 31.3%
FY21
IPAR —
WDFC 32.2%
FY22
IPAR —
WDFC 26.5%
FY23
IPAR —
WDFC 24.0%
FY24
IPAR —
WDFC 26.1%
FY25
IPAR —
WDFC 32.3%
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