Stocks · Industrials · Manufacturing - Metal Fabrication
Worthington Industries, Inc. WOR
$61.14 +0.79% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.97B
Next earnings report: Dec 15, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.35, up 56.7% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.42B, up 18.4% from a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned +9.4%, behind the S&P 500 by 6.4 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
Growth60Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 24%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 19%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 26%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 25%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 20%
Quality57Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 42%
- Gross marginBottom 47%
- Operating marginBottom 45%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 48%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 38%
- Interest coverTop 25%
Value75Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 15%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 15%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 35%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 47%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 49%
Momentum73Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 49%
- 6-month returnTop 31%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 46%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 15%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 11%
Revisions26Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 32%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 41%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 38%
Stability75Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 32%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 36%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 38%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 19.7% | 18.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 67.2% | 56.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 28.1% | 27.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 6.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 13.0% | 16.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 18.4% | 19.7% | ↓ | Top 24% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 56.7% | 67.2% | ↓ | Top 19% |
| Gross margin | 27.2% | 28.1% | ↓ | Bottom 47% |
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 5.4% | ↑ | Bottom 45% |
| Net margin | 11.5% | 8.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 16.6% | 13.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.9% | — | Bottom 42% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.9% | — | Bottom 25% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.54×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -28.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.22×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 10.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.27%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.87%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.14%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 31, 2026 (filed Sep 22, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -0.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $75.00
- Target vs current price
- +22.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 15
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 53%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | +9.2% | +1.4% | +4.7% | — | — |
| Jun 23, 2026 | -6.7% | -0.7% | -12.6% | -11.1% | -4.3% |
| Mar 24, 2026 | +1.9% | +5.5% | +3.7% | +11.1% | +20.1% |
| Dec 16, 2025 | -7.7% | -2.5% | -8.6% | -7.2% | -18.0% |
| Sep 24, 2025 | +5.3% | -11.6% | -7.9% | -5.0% | -9.0% |
| Jun 24, 2025 | +25.9% | +1.6% | +7.5% | +5.4% | +3.1% |
| Mar 25, 2025 | +29.6% | +1.5% | +22.1% | +16.5% | +43.4% |
| Dec 17, 2024 | +9.1% | -1.2% | +6.1% | +8.1% | +7.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | $0.82 | $0.75 | +9.2% | $343.9M |
| Jun 23, 2026 | $0.97 | $1.04 | -6.7% | $371.5M |
| Mar 24, 2026 | $0.98 | $0.96 | +1.9% | $378.7M |
| Dec 16, 2025 | $0.65 | $0.70 | -7.7% | $327.5M |
| Sep 24, 2025 | $0.74 | $0.70 | +5.3% | $303.7M |
| Jun 24, 2025 | $1.06 | $0.84 | +25.9% | $317.9M |
| Mar 25, 2025 | $0.91 | $0.70 | +29.6% | $304.5M |
| Dec 17, 2024 | $0.60 | $0.55 | +9.1% | $274.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 18.3× | 11.1× | 62th | Top 15% |
| P/E (forward) | 16.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.5× | — | — | Top 35% |
| EV / Sales | 2.29× | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.94% | — | — | Top 15% |
| Earnings yield | 5.48% | — | — | Top 15% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 3.9× – 54.3× since Aug 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +9.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +56.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -33.5%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 14
- Days above the 200-day average
- 14
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +4.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +10.3%
- RSI (14)
- 56.9
- Relative volume
- 0.52×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 34.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 48th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.79
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -2.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -43.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2021 | Sep 30, 2022 | -48.1% | 393 days | 203 days (Jul 25, 2023) |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Dec 17, 2024 | -43.0% | 187 days | 162 days (Aug 13, 2025) |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Mar 12, 2026 | -30.3% | 135 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Oct 23, 2023 | -22.9% | 35 days | 29 days (Dec 4, 2023) |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Jan 17, 2024 | -10.7% | 13 days | 11 days (Feb 1, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.97B
- P/E (TTM)
- 18.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.35
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.42B
- Dividend yield
- 1.59%
- 52-week range
- $45.01 – $67.54
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.24B | $1.42B | $1.25B | $1.15B | $1.38B |
| Gross profit | $602.0M | $339.4M | $285.9M | $318.3M | $378.3M |
| Operating income | $204.4M | $52.3M | $2.4M | $49.9M | $83.3M |
| Net income | $379.4M | $256.5M | $110.6M | $96.1M | $156.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.44 | $5.19 | $2.20 | $1.92 | $3.18 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $274.0M | $304.5M | $317.9M | $303.7M | $327.5M | $378.7M | $371.5M | $343.9M |
| Net income | $28.3M | $39.7M | $3.9M | $35.1M | $27.3M | $45.5M | $48.1M | $42.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.56 | $0.79 | $0.08 | $0.71 | $0.56 | $0.93 | $0.99 | $0.87 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $70.1M | $625.4M | $290.0M | $209.7M | $226.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$94.6M | -$86.4M | -$83.5M | -$50.6M | -$55.9M |
| Free cash flow | -$24.5M | $539.0M | $206.4M | $159.2M | $170.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$57.2M | -$59.2M | -$56.8M | -$33.9M | -$36.9M |
| Net share buybacks | -$186.5M | -$1.8M | -$11.4M | -$34.9M | -$49.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $55.1M
- Total assets
- $1.84B
- Total liabilities
- $793.6M
- Total debt
- $347.6M
- Net debt
- $292.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.05B
As of Aug 31, 2026 (filed Sep 22, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2026 | $0.20 | Dec 29, 2026 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $0.20 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.19 | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.19 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.19 | Dec 29, 2025 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $0.19 | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.17 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.17 | Mar 28, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,288,521
- Days to cover
- 3.45
- Change vs previous report
- +21.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 1, 2023
- 811-for-500
- Oct 25, 1993
- 3-for-2
- Oct 28, 1991
- 3-for-2
- Nov 3, 1986
- 3-for-2
- Oct 28, 1985
- 3-for-2