Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for ODC in the last 90 days.
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Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (ODC) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$85.33−0.65 (−0.8%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeOil-Dri reported record fiscal 2026 results this week, with full-year net sales reaching $493.8 million, up 2%, and net income rising to a record $57 million. Fourth-quarter net sales climbed 3% to $129.3 million, also a company record, with EPS of $1.00, as growth in retail and business-to-business segments offset higher transportation costs and pressure on gross margins. Despite these records, shares declined following the release, with one report noting a 2.1% drop and another a 4.7% intraday fall to $80.43, as rising freight costs and valuation concerns, including a cited 22.8x P/E, weighed on sentiment.
ODC closed at $85.33, down 0.8%, sitting between its 50-day average of $89.89 and 200-day average of $78.05, reflecting a mixed trend. The GekkoIndex reads 67.3, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. Price sits 1.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $86.81, a narrow gap.
The next earnings date falls on 8 December 2026, 56 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 6.2% return over 5 years, with gains in 3 of those years. The prior earnings reaction was notable, with a 17.3% move following the last report, underscoring the stock's typical volatility, with daily moves averaging 4.1% and 20-day moves averaging 6.7%.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America price vs fair value
Close $85.33200-day averageGekko Fair Value $86.81
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America quick facts
- Market cap
- $1.19B
- P/E ratio
- 22.1
- Forward P/E
- 11.7
- EPS, TTM
- $3.82
- Revenue, TTM
- $489.8M
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Dividend yield
- 0.88%
- Beta
- 0.76
- Volume
- 198,509 avg 134,772
- 1-year return
- +42.5%
- Typical daily move
- ±4.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.7%
- 50-day average
- $89.89
- 200-day average
- $78.05
- Next earnings
- Dec 8
- Shares outstanding
- 10.25M
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America swing-trade checklist
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America scores 3 supportive, 2 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive2 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $85.33 sits between the 50-day ($89.89) and 200-day ($78.05) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
67.3, Accumulation
Reading 67.3 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
1.7% below
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (1.7% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 57 days
Next report Dec 8, 2026, 57 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+6.2% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +6.2% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Oil-Dri Corporation Of America stock chart and price history
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America closed at $85.33 on Oct 12, 2026, +42.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $45.61 to $107.00.
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −1.4%
- 3 months
- −17.8%
- 6 months
- +18.1%
- 1 year
- +42.5%
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About Oil-Dri Corporation Of America
Oil-Dri Corporation of America develops, manufactures, and distributes absorbent and adsorbent materials for customers in the United States and abroad. It is widely recognized for its cat litter lines, sold mainly under the Cat's Pride and Jonny Cat names, alongside industrial and automotive absorbents marketed under the Oil-Dri brand for cleaning up substances like oil, paint, and water. Its catalog also covers agricultural and horticultural carriers, animal health and nutrition products for livestock, bleaching clays used in filtration and refining, and sports field materials sold under the Pro's Choice name.
The company runs its operations through two divisions, one focused on retail and wholesale products and the other on business-to-business products. Its customers range from mass merchandisers, wholesale clubs, pharmacy chains, and grocery stores to distributors of industrial and automotive supplies, environmental service companies, and buyers of sports turf materials. It also sells to processors of edible and petroleum-based oils and biodiesel, makers of animal feed and agricultural chemicals, and distributors of animal wellness goods.
Oil-Dri was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker ODC.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: agricultural
- Website
- oildri.com
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 67.3, in the Accumulation zone, up 5.5 points over five sessions.
67.3Accumulation
Up 5.5 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 15 | +1.5% | +2.3% |
| Accumulation (current zone) | 188 | +0.8% | +3.7% |
| Neutral | 413 | +0.8% | +3.6% |
| Distribution | 55 | +1.4% | +4.2% |
| Selling | 11 | −0.7% | −0.7% |
Average ODC share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Oil-Dri Corporation Of America stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America trades 1.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $86.81, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Oil-Dri Corporation Of America shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$86.81
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
1.7% below fair value · About fair value
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 9.8% below the estimate.
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Oil-Dri Corporation Of America insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Oil-Dri Corporation Of America, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in ODC were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jul 31, 2026
- $37K
- As a share of market cap
- 0.00%
- Trailing four quarters
- $12.68M
From company filings.
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America earnings: next date and track record
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America reports on Dec 8, 2026 (57 days away).
Next earnings report
Dec 8, 2026
57 days away
±10.4%average move across the report
7 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jun 8, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- ODC reported Q3 fiscal 2026 net sales of $126 million, up 9% year-over-year. Retail cat litter sales rose 13%, with crystal cat litter hitting record volumes and new lightweight co-packaged offerings launched. Management highlighted a 99.9% fill rate and strong cash generation, while noting margin pressure from elevated capital spending (~$32M/year) as depreciation (~$22.5M annualized) catches up to investment levels.
- Guidance
- Management expected H2 fiscal 2026 to show year-over-year momentum versus a tough H1 comparison, which materialized in Q3. As depreciation continues catching up to sustained capital investment, margin pressure is expected to persist, with cash generation remaining the key performance metric.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2026 | $1.00 | $126.3M | +17.3% |
| Mar 11, 2026 | $0.94 | $117.7M | +1.1% |
| Dec 8, 2025 | $1.06 | $120.5M | −13.8% |
| Oct 9, 2025 | $0.89 | $125.2M | +6.8% |
| Jun 5, 2025 | $0.80 | $115.5M | +10.4% |
| Mar 11, 2025 | $0.89 | $116.9M | +9.5% |
| Dec 9, 2024 | $2.28 | $127.9M | +18.4% |
| Oct 10, 2024 | $1.19 | $113.7M | +5.9% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Oil-Dri Corporation Of America averaged +6.2% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +1.9% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +2.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +6.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +4.3% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, ODC’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.7%.
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America market cap and key statistics
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America’s market cap is $1.19B, with a P/E ratio of 22.1 and revenue of $489.8M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $1.19B
- P/E ratio
- 22.1
- Forward P/E
- 11.7
- EPS, TTM
- $3.82
- Gekko Fair Value
- $86.81
Trading
- Volume
- 198,509
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 134,772
- 52-week high
- $107.00
- 52-week low
- $45.61
- Shares outstanding
- 10.25M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $489.8M
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Return on equity
- 20.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +25.3%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.76
- Typical daily move
- ±4.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.7%
- Dividend yield
- 0.88%
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America stock news this week
Coverage of Oil-Dri Corporation Of America this week reads positive: 8 positive, 4 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- Oil-Dri Stock Falls 2.1% Despite Y/Y Q4 Earnings & Sales GrowthZacks Investment Research, Oct 12
- Oil-Dri: Fiscal 2026 Revenue Reaches Record $493.8 Million As Net Income Hits $57 MillionPulse 2.0, Oct 11
- Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (NYSE:ODC) Stock Falls 4.7% - Here's What HappenedMarketBeat, Oct 10
- Oil-Dri (NYSE: ODC) tops $493.8 million as sales and income hit recordsDefense World, Oct 10
- Oil Dri (ODC) Stock Looks Costly Even After Record Profit GrowthSimply Wall Street, Oct 9
- Oil-Dri Corp of America Reports Q4 2026 Results: Full Earnings Call TranscriptBenzinga, Oct 9
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America peers
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| NTRNutrien | Accumulation | 1.8% below |
| CFCF Industries | Accumulation | 36.1% below |
| ICLICL | Accumulation | 8.3% below |
| MOSMosaic | Buying | 30.9% below |
| SMGScotts Miracle-Gro | Accumulation | 22.0% below |
| UANCVR Partners | Accumulation | 36.2% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America stock FAQ
What is Oil-Dri Corporation Of America’s market cap?
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America’s market cap is $1.19B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $85.33, with 10.25M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 22.1.
Is Oil-Dri Corporation Of America stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Oil-Dri Corporation Of America is about fair value: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $85.33 is 1.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $86.81. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Oil-Dri Corporation Of America report earnings next?
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America is expected to report on Dec 8, 2026 (57 days away).
What is Oil-Dri Corporation Of America’s 52-week high and low?
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America’s 52-week high is $107.00 and its 52-week low is $45.61; it closed at $85.33 on Oct 12, 2026, +42.5% over the past year.
Is Oil-Dri Corporation Of America stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, earnings risk and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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