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, 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.74%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 7th. View Armstrong World Industries' Dividend History.

Armstrong World Industries announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Tuesday, October 31st 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Armstrong World Industries Inc (NYSE:AWI) posted 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 had revenue of $272 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $278.75 million. Armstrong World Industries had a return on equity of 77.10% and a net margin of 20.17%. Armstrong World Industries's revenue for the quarter was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.97 EPS. View Armstrong World Industries' Earnings History.

Armstrong World Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Armstrong World Industries.

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

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Armstrong World Industries' stock. Their predictions range from $70.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect Armstrong World Industries' stock price to reach $92.6313 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Armstrong World Industries.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Armstrong World Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Armstrong World Industries.

News coverage about AWI stock has been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Armstrong World Industries earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Armstrong World Industries.

Armstrong World Industries saw a decline in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,215,700 shares, a decline of 8.1% from the June 15th total of 1,322,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 417,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Armstrong World Industries' Current Options Chain.

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Armstrong World Industries' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (13.30%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.41%), BlackRock Inc. (4.68%), BlackRock Inc. (4.68%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (2.67%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (1.46%). 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 Fiduciary Management Inc. WI, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, MIG Capital LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Northern Trust Corp and William Blair Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Armstrong World Industries company stock in the last year include Ellen R Romano, Holdings LP Valueact, Mark A Hershey, 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 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Victory Capital Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc. and Carlson Capital 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 $94.88.

Armstrong World Industries has a market capitalization of $4.62 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]