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

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

Armstrong World Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 7th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, November 21st. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 6th. This is a positive change from Armstrong World Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. View Armstrong World Industries' Dividend History.

Armstrong World Industries Inc (NYSE:AWI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The construction company reported $1.38 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.08. The construction company had revenue of $277.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $289.93 million. Armstrong World Industries had a net margin of 19.55% and a return on equity of 78.13%. Armstrong World Industries's revenue was up 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.11 earnings per share. View Armstrong World Industries' Earnings History.

Armstrong World Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Armstrong World Industries.

11 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Armstrong World Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $73.05 to $112.00. On average, they anticipate Armstrong World Industries' stock price to reach $100.71 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Armstrong World Industries.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Armstrong World Industries in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 5 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 negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Armstrong World Industries earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the construction company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Armstrong World Industries.

Armstrong World Industries saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,300,000 shares, a drop of 11.6% from the December 31st total of 1,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 382,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Currently, 2.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Armstrong World Industries' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Armstrong World Industries investors own include Armstrong Flooring (AFI), Comcast (CMCSA), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Altria Group (MO), AT&T (T), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Adobe (ADBE), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Intel (INTC) and Cummins (CMI).

Armstrong World Industries' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%), Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.17%), Diversified Trust Co (0.07%), First Quadrant L P CA (0.02%), Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.02%) and Strs Ohio (0.02%). 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 Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, First Hawaiian Bank, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, First Quadrant L P CA and First National Bank Sioux Falls. Company insiders that have sold Armstrong World Industries company stock in the last year include Ellen R Romano, Holdings LP Valueact, Stephen F Mcnamara and Valueact Capital Master Fund,. View Insider Buying and Selling for Armstrong World Industries.

AWI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID, Diversified Trust Co, SG Americas Securities LLC, Strs Ohio, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., BKD Wealth Advisors LLC, Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC and Huntington National Bank. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AWI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $102.33.

Armstrong World Industries has a market capitalization of $4.96 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.View Additional Information About Armstrong World Industries.

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]