Worthington Industries Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:WOR)

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

Worthington Industries announced a -- dividend on Thursday, September 26th. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, December 27th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 12th. View Worthington Industries' Dividend History.

Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WOR) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September, 25th. The industrial products company reported $0.62 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.10. The industrial products company earned $855.86 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $924 million. Worthington Industries had a return on equity of 15.28% and a net margin of 2.58%. Worthington Industries's revenue was down 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.92 earnings per share. View Worthington Industries' Earnings History.

Worthington Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, December 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Worthington Industries.

News stories about WOR stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing 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 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines 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 impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Worthington Industries.

Worthington Industries saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 962,400 shares, a drop of 19.1% from the August 30th total of 1,190,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 260,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 2.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Worthington Industries' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Worthington Industries investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Monster Beverage (MNST), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), AK Steel (AKS), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), SandRidge Permian Trust (PER), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP) and Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF).

Worthington Industries' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.28%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.05%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.03%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%). Company insiders that own Worthington Industries stock include Catherine M Lyttle, Dale T Brinkman, John B Blystone, John G Lamprinakos, John P/Oh Mcconnell, Mark C Davis, 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 Pacer Advisors Inc. and State of Michigan Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Worthington Industries company stock in the last year include Catherine M Lyttle, 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 Denali Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP. 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 $35.72.

Worthington Industries has a market capitalization of $2.00 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]