Worthington Steel (WS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Worthington Steel, Inc. is a steel processing company that produces value-added flat-rolled steel products for manufacturers in the automotive, construction, energy, industrial and consumer markets. Its offerings include electrical steel, laser-welded and tailor-welded blanks, and other processed steel products designed to meet specific customer requirements.

The company provides services such as slitting, blanking, cold reduction, welding and other steel processing capabilities. Its products are used in applications including automotive components, electrical motors and transformers, building products, pressure vessels and industrial equipment.

Worthington Steel was separated from Worthington Industries as an independent public company in December 2023. The company serves customers through operations in the United States and Mexico and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Geoff Gilmore serves as president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $36.60 to $37.45
• 50-Day Range: $32.38 to $38.22
• 52-Week Range: $27.22 to $49.17
• Volume: 300,731 shs
• Average Volume: 304,322 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.89 billion
• P/E Ratio: 26.62
• Dividend Yield: 1.73%
• Price Target: $46.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Worthington Steel Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Worthington Steel scored higher than 75% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 98th out of 230 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Worthington Steel has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Worthington Steel has a consensus price target of $46.00, representing about 24.3% upside from its current price of $37.00.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Worthington Steel has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.52%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Worthington Steel are expected to grow by 13.52% in the coming year, from $4.29 to $4.87 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Worthington Steel is 26.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 42.26.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Worthington Steel is 26.62, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.48.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Worthington Steel has a P/B Ratio of 1.57. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.56% of the float of Worthington Steel has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Worthington Steel has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.23.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Worthington Steel has recently increased by 10.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Worthington Steel pays a meaningful dividend of 1.73%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Worthington Steel does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Worthington Steel is 46.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Worthington Steel will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.14% next year. This indicates that Worthington Steel will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.25

News Sentiment

Worthington Steel has a news sentiment score of 0.25. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.43 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Worthington Steel this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for WS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Worthington Steel insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.70% of the stock of Worthington Steel is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

45.41% of the stock of Worthington Steel is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/25/2026
• Record date for 9/29 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/29 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/29/2026
• Today: 10/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/06/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 5/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Steel
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WS
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:WS
• CIK: 1968487
• Web: www.worthingtonsteel.com
• Phone: 614-438-3210
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 5,400
• Year Founded: 2023

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Worthington Steel: $46.00
• High Price Target: $46.00
• Low Price Target: $46.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.39
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.62
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $8.50 million
• Net Margins: 0.50%
• Pretax Margin: 0.21%
• Return on Equity: 8.87%
• Return on Assets: 4.89%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.04
• Current Ratio: 1.46
• Quick Ratio: 0.92

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.44 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.55
• Cash Flow: $3.89 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.51
• Book Value: $23.57 per share
• Price / Book: 1.57

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 50,950,000
• Free Float: 49,571,000
• Market Cap: $1.89 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.24