NYSE:AWI - Armstrong World Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

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, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 7th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, November 21st. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 6th. This is a positive change from Armstrong World Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. View Armstrong World Industries' Dividend History.

Armstrong World Industries Inc (NYSE:AWI) announced its earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The construction company reported $1.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.08. The construction company earned $277.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $289.93 million. Armstrong World Industries had a return on equity of 78.13% and a net margin of 19.55%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.11 EPS. View Armstrong World Industries' Earnings History.

Armstrong World Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Armstrong World Industries.

Armstrong World Industries updated its FY 2019 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, October, 28th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $$1.04-1.05 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$1.07 billion.

11 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Armstrong World Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $73.05 to $112.00. On average, they anticipate Armstrong World Industries' share price to reach $100.71 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Armstrong World Industries.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Armstrong World Industries in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Armstrong World Industries.

Media stories about AWI stock have been trending very positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 media sentiment score of 3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave 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 effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Armstrong World Industries.

Armstrong World Industries saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,300,000 shares, a decrease of 11.6% from the December 15th total of 1,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 380,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Currently, 2.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Armstrong World Industries' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Armstrong World Industries investors own include Armstrong Flooring (AFI), Comcast (CMCSA), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Altria Group (MO), AT&T (T), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Adobe (ADBE), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Intel (INTC) and Cummins (CMI).

Armstrong World Industries' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.17%), Diversified Trust Co (0.07%), Strs Ohio (0.02%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.01%), Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC (0.01%) and Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.01%). 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 Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, First Hawaiian Bank and First National Bank Sioux Falls. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID, Diversified Trust Co, Strs Ohio, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., BKD Wealth Advisors LLC, Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC, Huntington National Bank and Round Table Services 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 $102.87.

Armstrong World Industries has a market capitalization of $4.99 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]