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
Financials
Stable
Direction over 5 fiscal years
- Free cash flowimproving
- Gross marginimproving
- Gross profitabilityimproving
- Net cashimproving
- Operating marginimproving
- Return on equityimproving
- Share count (dilution)n/a
Red flags: fcf_ni_divergence_unfavorable — rating capped at Stable
Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.
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| Fiscal year end | 2025-07-31filed 2025-10-09 | 2024-07-31filed 2024-10-10 | 2023-07-31filed 2023-10-12 | 2022-07-31filed 2022-10-13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||
| Revenue | 485.6 | 437.6 | 413.0 | 348.6 |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 11.0% | 5.9% | 18.5% | 14.3% |
| Gross profit | 143.1 | 125.1 | 103.2 | 62.5 |
| Gross margin | 29.5% | 28.6% | 25.0% | 17.9% |
| Net income | 54.0 | 39.4 | 29.6 | 5.7 |
| Net margin | 11.1% | 9.0% | 7.2% | 1.6% |
| EPS (diluted) | — | — | — | — |
| Cash flow | ||||
| Operating cash flow | 80.2 | 60.3 | 49.8 | 9.8 |
| Capital expenditures | 32.6 | 32.0 | 24.4 | 22.8 |
| Free cash flow | 47.6 | 28.3 | 25.4 | (13.0) |
Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?