Worthington Steel WS Ratios & Valuation
| Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 12.3%-0.5pp | 12.8%-0.1pp | 12.9%+0.3pp | 12.6%+0.2pp | 12.4%-0.7pp | |
| Operating margin | 4.2%-0.6pp | 4.7%-0.1pp | 4.8%+0.1pp | 4.8%+0.1pp | 4.7%-1.3pp | |
| Net margin | 3.6%-0.2pp | 3.8%0.0pp | 3.8%+0.2pp | 3.6%+0.2pp | 3.4%-0.9pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 6.6%-0.5pp | 7.1%0.0pp | 7.1%+0.2pp | 6.9%+0.2pp | 6.7%-1.2pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.4%+0.2pp | 2.2%+1.2pp | 1%-2.2pp | 3.2%+0.3pp | 2.9%+0.2pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 11.4%-0.4pp | 11.8%+0.5pp | 11.3%+0.5pp | 10.8%-0.3pp | 11.1%-2.9pp | |
| Return on assets | 5.9%-0.5pp | 6.4%+0.6pp | 5.8%+0.1pp | 5.8%-0.1pp | 5.9%-2.0pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 8.7%-1.2pp | 9.9%+0.5pp | 9.3%-0.4pp | 9.7%-0.8pp | 10.5%-3.6pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.6×-0.1× | 1.7×+0.1× | 1.5×-0.1× | 1.6×-0.1× | 1.7×-0.1× | |
| Inventory turnover | 7.5×0.0× | 7.5×+1.3× | 6.3×-0.3× | 6.5×-0.9× | 7.4×-0.6× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.5×-0.3× | 1.8×+0.1× | 1.7×0.0× | 1.7×-0.1× | 1.8×-0.1× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.9×-0.2× | 1.1×+0.1× | 1×0.0× | 1×-0.1× | 1.1×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.1×+0.1× | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.2×-0.1× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.1×+0.4× | 0.7×-0.3× | 1×+0.1× | 0.9×+0.3× | 0.6×+0.1× | |
| Interest coverage | 16×-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 / earnings | 17.3×+3.6× | 13.7×-0.5× | 14.2×+2.2× | 12×-0.5× | 12.5×-2.9× | |
| Price / sales | 0.6×+0.1× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×-0.2× | |
| Price / book | 1.9×+0.3× | 1.5×0.0× | 1.5×+0.3× | 1.2×-0.1× | 1.3×-0.9× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.7×+2.5× | 8.1×-0.5× | 8.6×+1.5× | 7.1×+0.2× | 6.9×-2.1× | |
| EV / sales | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×+0.1× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×-0.2× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.8%-0.4pp | 4.2%+2.4pp | 1.8%-5.7pp | 7.5%+0.7pp | 6.8%+2.8pp | |
| Earnings yield | 5.8%-1.5pp | 7.3%+0.3pp | 7%-1.3pp | 8.3%+0.3pp | 8%+1.5pp | |
| Dividend yield | 1.5%-0.4pp | 1.9%0.0pp | 1.9%-0.5pp | 2.4%0.0pp | 2.3%+1.3pp | |
| PEG ratio | 1.4×— | —— | —— | —— | —— |
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- 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.