NYSE:WOR - Worthington Industries Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Worthington Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 28th. Investors of record on Friday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.75%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 14th. View Worthington Industries' Dividend History.

Worthington Industries announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, September 28th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase 6,830,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WOR) announced its earnings results on Thursday, March, 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.14. The industrial products company had revenue of $841.66 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $863.50 million. Worthington Industries had a return on equity of 17.05% and a net margin of 6.47%. Worthington Industries's revenue for the quarter was up 19.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.55 earnings per share. View Worthington Industries' Earnings History.

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

1 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Worthington Industries' stock. Their predictions range from $45.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect Worthington Industries' stock price to reach $45.00 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Worthington Industries.

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Media coverage about WOR stock has been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Worthington Industries earned a coverage optimism score of 0.01 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the industrial products company an impact score of 46.76 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Worthington Industries' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.90%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.10%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.07%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.74%), Northern Trust Corp (1.17%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (0.84%). Company insiders that own Worthington Industries stock include Catherine M Lyttle, Dale T Brinkman, Geoffrey G Gilmore, John G Lamprinakos, Michael J Endres, Peter Karmanos and Sidney A Ribeau. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Worthington Industries.

WOR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Van ECK Associates Corp, UBS Group AG, Millennium Management LLC, Northern Trust Corp and Citadel Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Worthington Industries company stock in the last year include Catherine M Lyttle, Dale T Brinkman, Geoffrey G Gilmore, John G Lamprinakos, Peter Karmanos and Sidney A Ribeau. View Insider Buying and Selling for Worthington Industries.

WOR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Matarin Capital Management LLC, New Amsterdam Partners LLC NY, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Prudential Financial Inc., Burney Co., Engineers Gate Manager LP and Federated Investors Inc. PA. 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 $47.91.

Worthington Industries has a market capitalization of $2.94 billion and generates $3.01 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $204.51 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.22 on an earnings per share basis. Worthington Industries employs 10,000 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]