Oil-Dri Corp of America · Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries

ODC

Low riskNext report: Around Dec 7 (est.)

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The short version

A high-quality, profitable business with steady sales.

Going well

Profitable every year for 10 years
Sales up 11% last year
Brings in more cash than it spends

Money moves

Insiders sold $649K in the last 30 days
Institutions added 1.7% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (91 bought, 48 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$75.64-0.2% that day

Company value: $551M; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 10.2x; You pay about $10 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 1.1x; Company value is 1.1 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 0.9%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 13%; Cash as a share of company value

From ODC's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jul '26 (worked out from yearly totals)

$129.3M+3.3% vs a year earlier

Oct '23Tap a barJul '26

Last 12 months: $493.8M, up 1.7% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 11% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of ODC. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+2% a yearRecently: +1.7% a yearProfit margin12%Last 12 months: 11.5%P/E at the end10xToday: 10.2x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change0% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$545M

Profit in 5 years$65M

Price these guesses point to$89.78+19% vs $75.64 todayAbout +3.5% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 12% margin and a 10x P/E, sales could shrink about 1.4% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

4/5Strong

PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.No debt reported
PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.11.1%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$47.6M
MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.29.5%

Revenue: $485.6M; +11.0% vs prior year
5-year growth: +11.4%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: None
Current ratio: 3.45x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: return on equity 15%+, share count not growing. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.

Latest quarter

Quarter ended Jul 31, 2026

Reported Oct 8

Revenue: $129.3M; +3.3% YoY
Op. margin: 14.1%; +1.6 pts
Gross margin: 27.8%; 0.0 pts
Free cash flow: $13.6M

Some values are worked out from year-to-date totals in the annual report.

Insider rating

Last 90 days

33Selling

2 insiders sold $649K (not pre-planned)

50 is neutral. Buying by more insiders, top executives and bigger stakes raises it. Selling lowers it; pre-planned sales count less.

Weekly insider trend

13 weeks agoBoughtSoldThis week

Filing buzz

Last 7 days vs normal

0/ 100

This week: 3
Normal week: 1.0
vs normal: 3.0x

SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.

Institutional ownership

Steady+1.7%

Institutions added 1.7% to their holdings. 91 bought, 48 sold. 7 quarters of net buying in a row.

Shares held by institutions7.7M

Sep '24Jun '26

Safety check

From SEC filings

Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years

+0.6%

Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn

Cash flow positive

Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have

No debt reported

Shares outstandingLatest reported

Earnings reports

Last 12

Next reportAround Dec 7 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year

Results filedOct 8
Results filedJun 8
Results filedMar 11
Results filedDec 8, 2025
Results filedOct 9, 2025

Flags and big holders

Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days

New 5%+ holder (passive)Aug 14 · View filing ↗Big holder

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days

Bought$00 insiders

Sold$649K2 insiders, 0 pre-planned

Insider	Trade	Shares	Avg price	Value	Owns after	Date
Amy RyanDirector	Sell	1K	$78.80	$87K	3K	Oct 16Filing ↗
-28.2% of their holdings Not a pre-planned sale Filed same day
Christopher B LamsonGroup Vice President	Sell	7K	$80.27	$562K	4K	Oct 15Filing ↗
-61.1% of their holdings Held Family Trust Not a pre-planned sale Filed 1 day after