Household products company WD-40 (NASDAQ: WDFC) will be reporting results this Thursday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.

WD-40 beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $161.7 million, up 10.7% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

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This quarter, the market is expecting WD-40’s revenue to grow 10.3% year on year, improving from the 1.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. WD-40 has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.

Looking at WD-40’s peers in the consumer staples segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. General Mills delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 1.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 0.7%, and McCormick reported revenues up 16.7%, topping estimates by 1.2%.

Read our full analysis of General Mills’s results here and McCormick’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the consumer staples segment, with share prices up 8.9% on average over the last month. WD-40 is up 21.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $249.50 (compared to the current share price of $249.72).

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