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Wd40 Company has a market cap of $665.97 million; its shares were traded at around $39.8 with a P/E ratio of 18.51 and P/S ratio of 2.07. The dividend yield of Wd40 Company stocks is 2.71%.WDFC is in the portfolios of Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors, Murray Stahl of Horizon Asset Management.
Highlight of Business Operations: Sales of homecare and cleaning products in the Americas segment decreased $3.0 million, or 22%, for the three months ended November 30, 2010 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Although we remain focused on stabilizing the sales of our homecare and cleaning products, sales of these products continue to be negatively impacted by competition, lost distribution and the volatility of orders from and promotional programs with customers, particularly those in the warehouse club and mass retail channels. Sales of homecare and cleaning products in the U.S., which is where the majority of such sales originate, decreased $3.0 million, or 24%, from period to period. This sales decrease was driven primarily by lower sales of Spot Shot products, which were down $2.5 million, or 43%, in the U.S. for the three months ended November 30, 2010 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. This decrease in Spot Shot sales was due to several factors, including the timing and lower level of promotional activities, specifically those within the warehouse club channel, lost distribution and the effect of competitive factors.
For the Americas segment, 79% of sales came from the U.S., and 21% of sales came from Canada and Latin America combined for the three months ended November 30, 2010, compared to the distribution for the three months ended November 30, 2009, when 81% of sales came from the U.S., and 19% of sales came from Canada and Latin America combined.
The countries in Europe where we sell through a direct sales force include the U.K., Italy, France, Iberia (which includes Spain and Portugal) and the Germanics sales region (which includes Germany, Austria, Denmark, Holland and Switzerland). Overall, sales from these direct markets increased $2.8 million, or 17%, for the three months ended November 30, 2010 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year and accounted for 64% of the Europe segment’s sales for the three months ended November 30, 2010 compared to 62% of the Europe segment’s sales for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. We experienced sales growth throughout most of the Europe segment for the three months ended November 30, 2010 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, with percentage increases in sales as follows: Germanics sales region, 29%; U.K., 28%; Italy, 26%; and France, 1%. Partially offsetting these sales increases was a sales decrease in Iberia of 5% for the three months ended November 30, 2010 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.
ended November 30, 2010 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, driven by increased sales of WD-40 products in Eastern Europe primarily due to increased promotional activities. The distributor markets accounted for 36% of the total Europe segment sales for the three months ended November 30, 2010, compared to 38% for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.
Sales in Asia, which represented 68% of the total sales in the Asia-Pacific segment for the three months ended November 30, 2010, increased $3.4 million, or 86%, for the three months ended November 30, 2010 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year reflecting improved economic conditions throughout the Asia region. The distributor markets in the Asia region experienced a sales increase of $2.3 million, or 75%, for the three months ended November 30, 2010 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, primarily due to the continued growth of the WD-40 products throughout the distributor markets, including those in the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore. Sales in China increased $1.1 million, or 123%, due to the ongoing growth of our base business and significant promotional activities aimed at building user awareness and distribution in the China region for the three months ended November 30, 2010 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.
Gross profit increased to $41.2 million for the three months ended November 30, 2010 compared to $39.9 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. As a percentage of net sales, gross profit decreased slightly to 50.9% for the three months ended November 30, 2010 compared to 51.4% for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year due to a variety of items which offset each other, including costs associated with aerosol cans and oil-based materials, sales price increases and the level of discounts offered to our customers.
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