NYSE:AWIArmstrong World Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

Armstrong World Industries' stock was trading at $91.58 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AWI stock has decreased by 18.8% and is now trading at $74.33. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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, 1 hold rating and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Armstrong World Industries.

Armstrong World Industries is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Armstrong World Industries.

Armstrong World Industries Inc (NYSE:AWI) posted its earnings results on Monday, April, 27th. The construction company reported $1.10 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.01. The construction company earned $248.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $250.69 million. Armstrong World Industries had a negative net margin of 4.86% and a positive return on equity of 71.34%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.10 EPS. View Armstrong World Industries' earnings history.

Armstrong World Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 22nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, May 21st. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 6th. View Armstrong World Industries' dividend history.

9 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Armstrong World Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $83.00 to $112.00. On average, they expect Armstrong World Industries' stock price to reach $97.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 31.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Armstrong World Industries.

Media coverage about AWI stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Armstrong World Industries earned a news impact score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Armstrong World Industries.

Armstrong World Industries saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,360,000 shares, an increase of 32.0% from the June 15th total of 1,030,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 458,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's shares are sold short. View Armstrong World Industries' Current Options Chain.

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

Armstrong World Industries' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.27%), Diversified Trust Co (0.09%) and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Armstrong World Industries stock include 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID, Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, and Diversified Trust Co. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $74.33.

Armstrong World Industries has a market capitalization of $3.56 billion and generates $1.04 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $214.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.78 on an earnings per share basis. Armstrong World Industries employs 2,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Armstrong World Industries is 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]ings.com.