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

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

Worthington Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. View Worthington Industries' Dividend History.

Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WOR) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December, 17th. The industrial products company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.02. The industrial products company had revenue of $827.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $786.60 million. Worthington Industries had a return on equity of 15.84% and a net margin of 3.20%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.58 earnings per share. View Worthington Industries' Earnings History.

Worthington Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 18th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Worthington Industries.

1 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Worthington Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $38.00. On average, they expect Worthington Industries' stock price to reach $38.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.9% 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.

News coverage about WOR stock has trended positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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. Worthington Industries earned a coverage optimism score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Worthington Industries.

Worthington Industries saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 493,300 shares, an increase of 15.1% from the January 15th total of 428,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 210,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Worthington Industries' Current Options Chain.

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Worthington Industries' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.50%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.43%), State Street Corp (2.72%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.23%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.15%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.87%). Company insiders that own Worthington Industries stock include Catherine M Lyttle, Eric M Smolenski, Jeffrey R Klingler, John B Blystone, John G Lamprinakos, John P/Oh Mcconnell, Mark C Davis, Michael J Endres, 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 SG Americas Securities LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Royce & Associates LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Man Group plc, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Chicago Equity Partners LLC and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Worthington Industries company stock in the last year include Catherine M Lyttle, Eric M Smolenski, Jeffrey R Klingler, Mark C Davis and Sidney A Ribeau. 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., Victory Capital Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, LSV Asset Management, Geode Capital Management LLC, UBS Group AG and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. Company insiders that have bought Worthington Industries stock in the last two years include John B Blystone and Michael J Endres. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WOR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.88.

Worthington Industries has a market capitalization of $1.96 billion and generates $3.76 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $153.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.77 on an earnings per share basis. Worthington Industries employs 12,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Worthington Industries.

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]