Oil-Dri Corporation of America
Rank #175Capital ReturnODC · NYSE · Basic Materials
Oil-Dri Corporation of America (ODC) — Rank #175 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.35) · ROE 18.9% · Piotroski F-Score N/A.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000074046 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Oil-Dri Corporation of America, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets sorbent products in the United States and internationally.
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It operates in two segments: Retail and Wholesale Products Group, and Business to Business Products Group. The company provides agricultural and horticultural products, including mineral-based absorbent products that serve as carriers for biological and chemical active ingredients, drying agents, and growing media under the Agsorb, Verge, and Flo-Fre brand names. It also offers animal health and nutrition products for the livestock industry; and adsorbent products for bleaching, purification, and filtration applications. In addition, it provides cat litter products under Saular brand name, such as scoopable and non-clumping litter under the Cat's Pride and Jonny Cat brand names; crystal cat litter products under Ultra and Litter Pearls brand names; Pro Mound packing clay is used to construct pitcher's mounds, catcher's stations and batter's boxes; Rapid Dry drying agent is used to wick away excess water from the infield; industrial and automotive sorbent products from clay, polypropylene, and recycled materials that absorb oil, acid, paint, ink, water, and other liquids under the Oil-Dri brand name; and sports products for use on baseball, softball, football, cricket, and soccer fields under the Pro's Choice brand name. Its customers include mass merchandisers, farm & fleet channel, drugstore chains, pet specialty retail outlets, dollar stores, retail grocery stores, distributors of industrial cleanup and automotive products, environmental service companies, and sports field product and sports turf material users; processors and refiners of edible oils, petroleum-based oils, and biodiesel fuel; manufacturers of animal feed and agricultural chemicals; distributors of animal health and nutrition products; and marketers of consumer products.
The company was founded in 1941 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- State
- DE
- Filer Category
- Accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- July 31
- Website
- oildri.com
Price History
Company Snapshot
P/E and reverse DCF are the primary valuation lenses at this stage.
Market Cap
$1.22B
P/E (annual)
—
P/S (annual)
2.5
P/B
4.3
P/OCF (annual)
15.2
Shareholder Yield
—
Employees
928
Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Exchange
NYSE
Signal Flags
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
2/3 passGrowth
1/1 passTerry Smith quality gate
Passes 1/5 Terry Smith thresholds1 of 5 threshold not computable from filed data.
Earnings bubble check
Current margins may be above sustainable levels — a P/E based on peak earnings can overstate cheapness.
FCF yield, shareholder yield, and buyback activity are the primary reads at this stage.
Profitability
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.35
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
5th of 7 SIC 39 peers
Return on equity
18.9%
Gross margin
29.5%
5th of 7 SIC 39 peers
Revenue growth (YoY)
11.0%
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
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| Revenue vs OpEx | ||||
| Op. Income vs Revenue |
Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
11.7%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
11.4%
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
111.9%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
—
Anti-fragile safety
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
0.43
4th of 6 SIC 39 peers (best = lowest)
Current ratio
3.28×
3rd of 7 SIC 39 peers
Quick ratio
2.21×
Net cash
$62.94M
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Cash-flow health
Free cash flow
$47.62M
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF / net income
-0.12
Cash-backing of earnings.
FCF/NI divergence
Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
1.1%
Stock-based comp intensity.
Dividend safety
Composite score
4.2 / 5
Piotroski F-Score
F-Score
N/A
Only 8/9 components determinable.