NYSE:AWI - Armstrong World Industries Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Armstrong World Industries trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AWI."

Armstrong World Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 9th will be given a dividend of $0.175 per share on Thursday, May 23rd. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.80%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 8th. View Armstrong World Industries' Dividend History.

Armstrong World Industries announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, October 31st 2017, which permits the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Armstrong World Industries Inc (NYSE:AWI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 29th. The construction company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.95 by $0.15. The construction company earned $242.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $247.38 million. Armstrong World Industries had a net margin of 19.92% and a return on equity of 63.92%. The business's revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.79 EPS. View Armstrong World Industries' Earnings History.

Armstrong World Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Armstrong World Industries.

Armstrong World Industries issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.043571-1.07283 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.07 billion.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Armstrong World Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect Armstrong World Industries' share price to reach $83.15 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Armstrong World Industries.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Armstrong World Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Armstrong World Industries.

News coverage about AWI stock has been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Armstrong World Industries earned a news sentiment score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the construction company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Armstrong World Industries saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,717,237 shares, an increase of 47.9% from the March 29th total of 1,161,334 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 749,424 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 3.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View Armstrong World Industries' Current Options Chain.

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Armstrong World Industries' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Lazard Asset Management LLC (11.85%), BlackRock Inc. (4.21%), FMR LLC (2.91%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (2.75%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.65%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (1.63%). Company insiders that own Armstrong World Industries stock include David S Cookson, Ellen R Romano, Holdings LP Valueact, Mark A Hershey, Stephen F Mcnamara and Valueact Capital Master Fund,. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Armstrong World Industries.

AWI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ValueAct Holdings L.P., Natixis, First Trust Advisors LP, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, River Road Asset Management LLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, First Quadrant L P CA and BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Armstrong World Industries company stock in the last year include David S Cookson, Ellen R Romano, Holdings LP Valueact, Mark A Hershey, Stephen F Mcnamara and Valueact Capital Master Fund,. View Insider Buying and Selling for Armstrong World Industries.

AWI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lazard Asset Management LLC, FMR LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Penserra Capital Management LLC and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Armstrong World Industries.

Shares of AWI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AWI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.95.

Armstrong World Industries has a market capitalization of $4.31 billion and generates $975.30 million in revenue each year. The construction company earns $185.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.66 on an earnings per share basis. Armstrong World Industries employs 4,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Armstrong World Industries is http://www.armstrongceilings.com.

Armstrong World Industries' mailing address is 2500 COLUMBIA AVE, LANCASTER PA, 17603. The construction company can be reached via phone at 717-397-0611 or via email at [email protected]