NYSE:WOR - Worthington Industries Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Worthington Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 27th. Investors of record on Friday, September 14th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Friday, September 28th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 13th. This is an increase from Worthington Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. View Worthington Industries' Dividend History.

Worthington Industries announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, September 28th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase 6,830,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WOR) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, June, 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.04 by $0.09. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $935.50 million. Worthington Industries had a return on equity of 17.39% and a net margin of 5.44%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 20.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.87 earnings per share. View Worthington Industries' Earnings History.

Worthington Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, September, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Worthington Industries.

1 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Worthington Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect Worthington Industries' stock price to reach $45.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Worthington Industries.

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

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Headlines about WOR stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Worthington Industries earned a daily sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the industrial products company an impact score of 46.45 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Worthington Industries.

Worthington Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.57%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.35%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.32%), Voya Investment Management LLC (2.03%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.92%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.31%). 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 BlackRock Inc., FMR LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Capital Fund Management S.A., Bank of America Corp DE, New Amsterdam Partners LLC NY, Federated Investors Inc. PA and Stevens Capital Management LP. 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, Peter Karmanos, 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd., Fisher Asset Management LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, WBI Investments Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, GSA Capital Partners LLP and Arbor Investment Advisors 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 $44.32.

Worthington Industries has a market capitalization of $2.69 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.

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]