Stock Performance Graph
The following graph compares the cumulative total stockholder return on the Company’s Common Shares with the cumulative total return of a Peer Group of consumer product companies, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Index (“S & P 500”), and the Russell 2000 Composite Stock Index (“Russell 2000”) for the five fiscal years ending August 31, 2008. The comparison assumes $100 invested on August 31, 2003 in the Company’s Common Shares and in each of the indices.
Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Returns
WD-40 Company, a Peer Group and the S&P 500 Index, Russell 2000 Index
| FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 | FY 2008 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WD-40 Company | 100.00 | 100.60 | 104.52 | 129.77 | 133.47 | 138.02 | ||||||
| S&P 500 | 100.00 | 111.46 | 125.45 | 136.59 | 157.27 | 139.75 | ||||||
| Russell 2000 | 100.00 | 111.35 | 137.08 | 149.91 | 166.94 | 157.79 | ||||||
| Peer Group | 100.00 | 111.07 | 120.93 | 131.43 | 145.98 | 145.45 |
The Peer Group returns are based upon beginning-of-year market capitalization weighting of the cumulative returns for the following 10 consumer product companies: Alberto-Culver Co., Church & Dwight, Inc., Enesco Group, Inc., Kimball International, Lancaster Colony Corp., La-Z-Boy Chair Co., National Presto Industries, Inc., RPM Inc.-Ohio, Scotts Company and Valspar Corp. Oneida Ltd., a former member of the Peer Group, became a private company during the last fiscal year.