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Worthington Steel WS Ratios & Valuation

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Profitability
Gross margin12.3%-0.5pp12.8%-0.1pp12.9%+0.3pp12.6%+0.2pp12.4%-0.7pp
Operating margin4.2%-0.6pp4.7%-0.1pp4.8%+0.1pp4.8%+0.1pp4.7%-1.3pp
Net margin3.6%-0.2pp3.8%0.0pp3.8%+0.2pp3.6%+0.2pp3.4%-0.9pp
EBITDA margin6.6%-0.5pp7.1%0.0pp7.1%+0.2pp6.9%+0.2pp6.7%-1.2pp
Free cash flow margin2.4%+0.2pp2.2%+1.2pp1%-2.2pp3.2%+0.3pp2.9%+0.2pp
Returns
Return on equity11.4%-0.4pp11.8%+0.5pp11.3%+0.5pp10.8%-0.3pp11.1%-2.9pp
Return on assets5.9%-0.5pp6.4%+0.6pp5.8%+0.1pp5.8%-0.1pp5.9%-2.0pp
Return on invested capital8.7%-1.2pp9.9%+0.5pp9.3%-0.4pp9.7%-0.8pp10.5%-3.6pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover1.6×-0.1×1.7×+0.1×1.5×-0.1×1.6×-0.1×1.7×-0.1×
Inventory turnover7.5×0.0×7.5×+1.3×6.3×-0.3×6.5×-0.9×7.4×-0.6×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.5×-0.3×1.8×+0.1×1.7×0.0×1.7×-0.1×1.8×-0.1×
Quick ratio0.9×-0.2×1.1×+0.1×0.0×-0.1×1.1×0.0×
Cash ratio0.1×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.1×+0.1×0.1×-0.1×0.1×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.3×+0.1×0.2×-0.1×0.3×+0.1×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×
Debt-to-assets0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA1.1×+0.4×0.7×-0.3×+0.1×0.9×+0.3×0.6×+0.1×
Interest coverage16×-3.3×19.3×-1.2×20.5×-0.2×20.7×+3.3×17.4×-2.2×
Per Share
Book value per share$22.09+0.3%$22.03+0.9%$21.84+2.7%$21.27+6.1%$20.05+0.3%
Valuation
Market capitalization$2.11B+23.1%$1.72B+1.3%$1.69B+27.1%$1.33B-1.6%$1.35B-38.9%
Enterprise value$2.35B+25.2%$1.87B-2.3%$1.92B+26.0%$1.52B+2.9%$1.48B-37.0%
Price / earnings17.3×+3.6×13.7×-0.5×14.2×+2.2×12×-0.5×12.5×-2.9×
Price / sales0.6×+0.1×0.5×0.0×0.5×+0.1×0.4×0.0×0.4×-0.2×
Price / book1.9×+0.3×1.5×0.0×1.5×+0.3×1.2×-0.1×1.3×-0.9×
EV / EBITDA10.7×+2.5×8.1×-0.5×8.6×+1.5×7.1×+0.2×6.9×-2.1×
EV / sales0.7×+0.1×0.6×0.0×0.6×+0.1×0.5×0.0×0.5×-0.2×
Free cash flow yield3.8%-0.4pp4.2%+2.4pp1.8%-5.7pp7.5%+0.7pp6.8%+2.8pp
Earnings yield5.8%-1.5pp7.3%+0.3pp7%-1.3pp8.3%+0.3pp8%+1.5pp
Dividend yield1.5%-0.4pp1.9%0.0pp1.9%-0.5pp2.4%0.0pp2.3%+1.3pp
PEG ratio1.4×

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Questions, answered.

What are Worthington Steel's profit margins?
Worthington Steel (WS) runs a 12.3% gross margin and a 4.2% operating margin, with a 3.6% net margin.
Where do Worthington Steel's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Worthington Steel's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.