WD 40 Co cash flow statement

In fiscal 2026, WD 40 Co's operations generated $105m of cash; it spent $7.4m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $97.6m. It returned $54.0m in dividends and $29.6m through buybacks.

Cash flow statement

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

WD 40 Co: cash flow statement, annual
Fiscal year	2010Aug 2010	2011Aug 2011	2012Aug 2012	2013Aug 2013	2014Aug 2014	2015Aug 2015	2016Aug 2016	2017Aug 2017	2018Aug 2018	2019Aug 2019	2020Aug 2020	2021Aug 2021	2022Aug 2022	2023Aug 2023	2024Aug 2024	2025Aug 2025	2026Aug 2026
Cash from operations	56	30	34	52	39	55	65	56	65	63	73	85	3	98	92	88	105
Depreciation and amortisation	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	10
Stock-based pay	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	10	7	6	7	7	8
Capital spending	2	3	4	3	4	6	4	20	12	13	19	15	8	7	4	5	7
Free cash flow	55	27	30	49	35	49	61	35	52	50	53	70	−6	92	88	83	98
Free cash flow after stock pay	52	24	28	46	32	46	57	31	48	45	48	60	−12	85	81	76	90
Dividends paid	17	18	18	19	20	22	24	27	30	33	36	38	42	45	47	50	54
Share buybacks	0	41	40	31	43	30	32	31	23	30	17	0	29	10	8	12	30
Shares issued	4	20	7	5	1	2	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

WD 40 Co: cash flow statement, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q1Nov 2024	2025 Q2Feb 2025	2025 Q3May 2025	2025 Q4Aug 2025	2026 Q1Nov 2025	2026 Q2Feb 2026	2026 Q3May 2026	2026 Q4Aug 2026
Cash from operations	15	8	35	30	10	14	31	50
Depreciation and amortisation	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Stock-based pay	1	3	2	2	2	3	1	2
Capital spending	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3
Free cash flow	14	7	34	29	9	13	29	47
Free cash flow after stock pay	13	4	32	27	7	10	28	45

Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Free cash flow after stock pay also subtracts stock-based compensation, a real cost to shareholders that the cash flow statement adds back. Dividends, buybacks and shares issued are cash amounts for the period.

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Figures from WD 40 Co's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to WD 40 Co.