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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 7th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 3rd. View Armstrong World Industries' Dividend History.

Armstrong World Industries announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, October 31st 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Armstrong World Industries Inc (NYSE:AWI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 30th. The construction company reported $1.11 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.06. The construction company earned $260.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $252.96 million. Armstrong World Industries had a net margin of 19.46% and a return on equity of 45.95%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 11.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.90 earnings per share. 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 issued an update on its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 30th. The company provided EPS 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.

9 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Armstrong World Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $85.00. On average, they expect Armstrong World Industries' stock price to reach $70.3750 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.8% from the stock's current price. 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 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Armstrong World Industries.

Press coverage about AWI stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Armstrong World Industries earned a news impact score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

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Armstrong World Industries' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include ValueAct Holdings L.P. (10.54%), BlackRock Inc. (4.16%), Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (3.52%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (3.08%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.58%) and Cantillon Capital Management LLC (2.16%). 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, Ellen R Romano, 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, Laurion Capital Management LP, Equitable Trust Co., New Amsterdam Partners LLC NY, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, First Trust Advisors LP and Alliancebernstein 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 $66.49.

Armstrong World Industries has a market capitalization of $3.28 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]