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 Wednesday, November 7th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.175 per share on Friday, December 14th. This represents a $0.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 3rd. View Armstrong World Industries' Dividend History.

Armstrong World Industries declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, October 31st 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Armstrong World Industries Inc (NYSE:AWI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 30th. The construction company reported $1.11 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.17 by $0.06. The construction company had revenue of $260.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $252.96 million. Armstrong World Industries had a return on equity of 45.95% and a net margin of 19.46%. The company's revenue was up 11.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.90 EPS. View Armstrong World Industries' Earnings History.

Armstrong World Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Armstrong World Industries.

Armstrong World Industries updated its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $965.088-974.024 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $958.51 million.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Armstrong World Industries' stock. Their predictions range from $64.00 to $85.00. On average, they anticipate Armstrong World Industries' share price to reach $73.3333 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.7% from the stock's current price. 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, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Armstrong World Industries.

Headlines about AWI stock have been trending very positive on Monday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Armstrong World Industries earned a daily sentiment score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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Armstrong World Industries' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include ValueAct Holdings L.P. (10.54%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.19%), BlackRock Inc. (4.16%), Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (3.52%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (3.08%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.58%). Company insiders that own Armstrong World Industries stock include David S Cookson, Ellen R Romano, Holdings LP Valueact, Mark A Hershey 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 Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, ValueAct Holdings L.P., Advisory Research Inc., Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Cantillon Capital Management LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC and Timucuan Asset Management Inc. FL. Company insiders that have sold Armstrong World Industries company stock in the last year include David S Cookson, Holdings LP Valueact, Mark A Hershey 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 Prudential Financial Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Marshall Wace LLP, Laurion Capital Management LP, Vanguard Group Inc., Equitable Trust Co., New Amsterdam Partners LLC NY and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. 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 $63.37.

Armstrong World Industries has a market capitalization of $3.20 billion and generates $893.60 million in revenue each year. The construction company earns $154.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.02 on an earnings per share basis. Armstrong World Industries employs 3,900 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]