NYSE:AWI - Armstrong World Industries Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Armstrong World Industries announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, October 31st 2017, which allows the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 30th. The construction company reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.02. The construction company had revenue of $227.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $231.35 million. Armstrong World Industries had a net margin of 13.54% and a return on equity of 41.44%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.55 earnings per share. View Armstrong World Industries' Earnings History.

Armstrong World Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Armstrong World Industries.

Armstrong World Industries issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.60-3.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.62. The company issued revenue guidance of +5-7% to ~ $937.7-955 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $947.21 million.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Armstrong World Industries' shares. Their predictions range from $53.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect Armstrong World Industries' share price to reach $61.5714 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Armstrong World Industries.

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News headlines about AWI stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Armstrong World Industries earned a media sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the construction company an impact score of 46.55 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Armstrong World Industries' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include ValueAct Holdings L.P. (13.22%), VA PARTNERS I, LLC (12.90%), Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (9.02%), BlackRock Inc. (3.83%), Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (3.54%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.44%). Company insiders that own Armstrong World Industries stock include Ellen R Romano, Roy W Templin and Stephen F Mcnamara. 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., Fiduciary Management Inc. WI, River Road Asset Management LLC, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Comerica Bank and BlackRock Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Armstrong World Industries.

AWI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Old Mutual Global Investors UK Ltd., First Eagle Investment Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Great Lakes Advisors LLC, Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, MRJ Capital Inc. and Natixis Advisors L.P.. 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 $60.65.

Armstrong World Industries has a market capitalization of $3.16 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.

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]