Worthington Steel
WS NYSE· Steel
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$42.71
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Worthington Steel had $3.4B of revenue in fiscal 2026, up 11.3% on the year before.
- Its operating margin was −0.0%, down 4.8 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −0 is left after running the business.
- Worthington Steel made $8.5M of net profit in fiscal 2026. From fiscal 2022 to 2026, diluted EPS grew −53.6% a year.
- Free cash flow was $80.0M in fiscal 2026, 2.3% of revenue.
- Worthington Steel returned $32.6M to shareholders in fiscal 2026, 41% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.6%.
- Worthington Steel owes $181M more than it holds in cash, about 2.2 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$2.1B
P/E
—
Revenue
$3.4B
Net income
$8.5M
Free cash flow
$80.0M
Operating margin
−0.0%
Worthington Steel in 30 seconds · fiscal 2026
Are sales growing?
+11.3%
Yes. Sales grew 11.3% last year.
Does it make a profit?
0.3%
A little. It keeps 0.3% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
2.3%
Partly. 2.3% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
2.2x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 2.2 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 9
Mixed. It passes 5 of 9 health tests.
What Worthington Steel does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- May 31, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Jul 30, 2026
- Legal name
- WORTHINGTON STEEL, INC.
- CIK
- 0001968487
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $4.1B | $3.6B | $3.4B | $3.1B | $3.4B |
| Revenue growth | — | −11.3% | −4.9% | −9.8% | 11.3% |
| Gross margin | 9.7% | 9.3% | 12.8% | 12.6% | 11.7% |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 3.3% | 5.7% | 4.8% | −0.0% |
| Net income | $180M | $87.1M | $155M | $111M | $8.5M |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 2.4% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 0.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $3.66 | $1.77 | $3.11 | $2.19 | $0.17 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $39.5M | $315M | $200M | $230M | $201M |
| Capital expenditure | $36.4M | $45.5M | $103M | $130M | $121M |
| Free cash flow | $3.1M | $270M | $96.1M | $99.9M | $80.0M |
| FCF margin | 0.1% | 7.5% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 2.3% |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | $7.9M | $31.9M | $32.6M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | — | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.6% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $20.1M | $32.7M | $40.2M | $38.0M | $84.6M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | $22.8M | $148M | $301M | $265M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.3B | $1.0B | $985M | $1.1B | $1.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | −0.1x | 0.4x | 1.2x | 2.2x |
| Current ratio | — | 2.1x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.5x |
| Interest coverage | 75.5x | 40.1x | 32.4x | 20.7x | −0.1x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | — | — | 12.9% | 8.8% | −0.1% |
| Return on equity | — | — | 15.4% | 10.8% | 0.8% |
| Piotroski F-score | — | — | — | 4 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | — | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.5 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.4M
2 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$2.5M
3 insiders
Of sales under plans
100%
$2.5M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worthington Steel WS | $2.1B | 11.3% | −0.0% | 2.3% | −0.1% | — | 5 |
| Alpha Metallurgical Resource... AMR | $2.1B | −28.0% | −2.9% | 0.8% | −4.2% | — | 4 |
| Warrior Met Coal HCC | $4.6B | −14.1% | 3.5% | −7.0% | 2.4% | 21.0x | 4 |
| Commercial Metals CMC | $7.1B | 20.5% | — | 5.1% | 12.9% | — | 7 |
| Metallus MTUS | $911M | 6.9% | — | −8.0% | 0.3% | 105.7x | 5 |
KIRA
At $42.71 a share, the company is worth $2.1B.
Worthington Steel grew sales faster than 3 of its 4 similar companies.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001968487). Data updated October 22, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.