NYSE:WOR - Worthington Industries Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Worthington Industries trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WOR."

Worthington Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 26th. Investors of record on Friday, December 14th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Friday, December 28th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.45%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 13th. View Worthington Industries' Dividend History.

Worthington Industries declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, September 28th 2017, which allows the company to buyback 6,830,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WOR) released its earnings results on Wednesday, September, 26th. The industrial products company reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.10. The industrial products company had revenue of $988.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.03 billion. Worthington Industries had a return on equity of 18.42% and a net margin of 5.49%. Worthington Industries's revenue for the quarter was up 16.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.73 earnings per share. View Worthington Industries' Earnings History.

Worthington Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, December 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Worthington Industries.

Worthington Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, December 18th at 2:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

2 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Worthington Industries' shares. Their predictions range from $45.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate Worthington Industries' stock price to reach $46.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Worthington Industries.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Worthington Industries in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Worthington Industries.

News articles about WOR stock have been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Worthington Industries earned a media sentiment score of 3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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Worthington Industries' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.53%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.57%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.57%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.54%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.39%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.42%). Company insiders that own Worthington Industries stock include Catherine M Lyttle, Dale T Brinkman, Geoffrey G Gilmore, John G Lamprinakos, John P/Oh Mcconnell, Michael J Endres, Peter Karmanos, Sidney A Ribeau and Terrence M Dyer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Worthington Industries.

WOR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Teachers Advisors LLC, BlackRock Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, TCW Group Inc. and Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Worthington Industries company stock in the last year include Catherine M Lyttle, Dale T Brinkman, John G Lamprinakos, John P/Oh Mcconnell, Sidney A Ribeau and Terrence M Dyer. View Insider Buying and Selling for Worthington Industries.

WOR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Matarin Capital Management LLC, Macquarie Group Ltd., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Victory Capital Management Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, SG Americas Securities LLC, Crestline Management LP and Fisher Asset Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Worthington Industries.

Shares of WOR 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 WOR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.62.

Worthington Industries has a market capitalization of $2.27 billion and generates $3.58 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $194.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.88 on an earnings per share basis. Worthington Industries employs 12,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Worthington Industries is http://www.worthingtonindustries.com.

Worthington Industries' mailing address is 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, COLUMBUS OH, 43085. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 614-438-3210 or via email at [email protected]