Armstrong World Industries - AWI Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Armstrong World Industries in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" AWI shares.
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9 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Armstrong World Industries' stock. Their AWI share price forecasts range from $82.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $111.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.2% from the stock's current price.
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Armstrong World Industries' stock was trading at $116.12 at the start of the year. Since then, AWI stock has decreased by 18.8% and is now trading at $94.28.
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Armstrong World Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 560,600 shares, an increase of 11.0% from the July 15th total of 505,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 314,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 25th 2022.
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Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (NYSE:AWI) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 26th. The construction company reported $1.29 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.09. The construction company earned $321 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $317.19 million. Armstrong World Industries had a net margin of 16.07% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 41.11%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.16 EPS.

Armstrong World Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 4th will be given a dividend of $0.231 per share on Thursday, August 18th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 3rd.
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Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.99%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 23.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AWI will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.20% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Armstrong World Industries issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.10-$5.20 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $5.02. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.23 billion-$1.25 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.24 billion.

50 employees have rated Armstrong World Industries Chief Executive Officer Victor Grizzle on Glassdoor.com. Victor Grizzle has an approval rating of 80% among the company's employees.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include London Co. of Virginia (5.57%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (4.79%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (3.84%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (3.82%), River Road Asset Management LLC (2.98%) and Cooke & Bieler LP (2.79%). Insiders that own company stock include Charles M Chiappone, Ellen R Romano, Gaines Wehrle, Mark A Hershey, Stephen F Mcnamara and Victor Grizzle.
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Shares of AWI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AWI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $94.28.

Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) has a market capitalization of $4.37 billion and generates $1.11 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $183.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.99 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,800 workers across the globe.

Armstrong World Industries was founded in 1860.

Armstrong World Industries' mailing address is 2500 COLUMBIA AVE, LANCASTER PA, 17603. The official website for the company is www.armstrongceilings.com. The construction company can be reached via phone at (717) 397-0611, via email at twaters@armstrongceilings.com, or via fax at 717-396-6133.