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

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, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.175 per share on Thursday, August 22nd. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.72%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 7th. View Armstrong World Industries' Dividend History.

Armstrong World Industries declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase 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 typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Armstrong World Industries Inc (NYSE:AWI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 29th. The construction company reported $1.27 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.10. The construction company earned $272 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $278.75 million. Armstrong World Industries had a net margin of 20.17% and a return on equity of 77.10%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.97 EPS. View Armstrong World Industries' Earnings History.

Armstrong World Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Armstrong World Industries.

Armstrong World Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, October 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Armstrong World Industries updated its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 29th. The company provided EPS 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.

9 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Armstrong World Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $110.00. On average, they anticipate Armstrong World Industries' share price to reach $95.86 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Armstrong World Industries.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Armstrong World Industries in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Armstrong World Industries.

Headlines about AWI stock have trended negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Armstrong World Industries earned a news impact score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Armstrong World Industries.

Armstrong World Industries saw a decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,350,000 shares, a decline of 10.0% from the August 30th total of 1,500,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 331,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View Armstrong World Industries' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Armstrong World Industries include Newell Brands (NWL), AptarGroup (ATR), Entegris (ENTG), PIGEON CORP/ADR (PGENY), Berry Global Group (BERY), Essentra (FLRAF), Tupperware Brands (TUP), Myers Industries (MYE), Armstrong Flooring (AFI), Fuling Global (FORK), Deswell Industries (DSWL), Forward Industries (FORD), Trailblazer Resources (TBLZ) and Flasr (FLSR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Armstrong World Industries investors own include Armstrong Flooring (AFI), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Autodesk (ADSK), Harsco (HSC), Adobe (ADBE), Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Celgene (CELG) and Comcast (CMCSA).

Armstrong World Industries' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Diversified Trust Co (0.06%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.01%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%). 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 Diversified Trust Co, Cerebellum GP LLC and First Hawaiian Bank. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cerebellum GP LLC. 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 $97.00.

Armstrong World Industries has a market capitalization of $4.72 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]