Edgewell Personal Care vs WD-40
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The short version
- Edgewell Personal Care is the larger business, with $2.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $620M for WD-40, about 3.6 times as much.
- WD-40 grew revenue faster (5.0%, against −1.3%).
- WD-40 kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (16.7% operating margin, against 4.3%).
- WD-40 turned more of its sales into free cash flow (13.5% FCF margin, against 1.9%).
- WD-40 earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (32.3%, against 3.6%).
| Latest fiscal year | EPC · FY25 | WDFC · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.3B | $2.9B |
| Revenue | $2.2B | $620M |
| Free cash flow | $41.4M | $83.4M |
| Net income | $25.4M | $91.0M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −1.3% | 5.0% |
| 5-year growth | 2.7% | 8.7% |
| Share count change | −5.0% | −0.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 41.6% | 55.1% |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 16.7% |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 14.7% |
| FCF margin | 1.9% | 13.5% |
| Return on capital | 3.6% | 32.3% |
| Return on equity | 1.6% | 36.5% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.2B | $28.9M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.3x | 0.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $120M | $62.6M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 32.3x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 8 |
FY16
EPC $2.4B
WDFC $381M
FY17
EPC $2.3B
WDFC $381M
FY18
EPC $2.2B
WDFC $409M
FY19
EPC $2.1B
WDFC $423M
FY20
EPC $1.9B
WDFC $409M
FY21
EPC $2.1B
WDFC $488M
FY22
EPC $2.2B
WDFC $519M
FY23
EPC $2.3B
WDFC $537M
FY24
EPC $2.3B
WDFC $591M
FY25
EPC $2.2B
WDFC $620M
EPC
WDFC
FY16
EPC —
WDFC 18.7%
FY17
EPC —
WDFC 20.0%
FY18
EPC —
WDFC 19.2%
FY19
EPC 11.4%
WDFC 19.5%
FY20
EPC 9.0%
WDFC 18.9%
FY21
EPC 11.5%
WDFC 18.2%
FY22
EPC 8.4%
WDFC 16.8%
FY23
EPC 10.1%
WDFC 16.7%
FY24
EPC 8.8%
WDFC 16.3%
FY25
EPC 4.3%
WDFC 16.7%
EPC
WDFC
FY16
EPC $117M
WDFC $61.0M
FY17
EPC $245M
WDFC $35.4M
FY18
EPC $197M
WDFC $52.5M
FY19
EPC $133M
WDFC $49.6M
FY20
EPC $185M
WDFC $53.4M
FY21
EPC $172M
WDFC $69.7M
FY22
EPC $45.6M
WDFC −$5.7M
FY23
EPC −$266M
WDFC $91.5M
FY24
EPC −$288M
WDFC $87.8M
FY25
EPC $41.4M
WDFC $83.4M
EPC
WDFC
FY16
EPC 8.2%
WDFC —
FY17
EPC 0.5%
WDFC —
FY18
EPC 5.3%
WDFC 41.9%
FY19
EPC 7.8%
WDFC 32.8%
FY20
EPC 6.1%
WDFC 31.3%
FY21
EPC 8.2%
WDFC 32.2%
FY22
EPC 5.8%
WDFC 26.5%
FY23
EPC 6.6%
WDFC 24.0%
FY24
EPC 6.1%
WDFC 26.1%
FY25
EPC 3.6%
WDFC 32.3%
EPC
WDFC
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.