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Worthington Steel WS Ratios & Valuation

Q3 '26Q2 '26Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25
Profitability
Gross margin12.3%-0.1pp12.8%-0.4pp12.9%+0.6pp12.6%-0.3pp12.4%-1.1pp
Operating margin4.2%-0.5pp4.7%-1.2pp4.8%-0.2pp4.8%-0.9pp4.7%-1.7pp
Net margin3.6%+0.2pp3.8%-0.5pp3.8%+0.1pp3.6%-0.9pp3.4%-1.5pp
EBITDA margin6.6%-0.1pp7.1%-0.9pp7.1%+0.2pp6.9%-0.7pp6.7%-1.6pp
Free cash flow margin2.4%-0.5pp2.2%-0.5pp1%-4.3pp3.2%+0.2pp2.9%-2.3pp
Returns
Return on equity11.4%+0.3pp11.8%-2.2pp11.3%10.8%-4.6pp11.1%
Return on assets5.9%0.0pp6.4%-1.5pp5.8%5.8%-2.7pp5.9%
Return on invested capital8.7%-1.9pp9.9%-4.3pp9.3%9.7%-3.9pp10.5%
Efficiency
Asset turnover1.6×-0.1×1.7×-0.1×1.5×1.6×-0.3×1.7×
Inventory turnover7.5×+0.1×7.5×-0.4×6.3×-7.3×6.5×-0.8×7.4×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.5×-0.3×1.8×0.0×1.7×-0.1×1.7×0.0×1.8×+0.2×
Quick ratio0.9×-0.2×1.1×0.0×0.0×0.0×1.1×+0.1×
Cash ratio0.1×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.3×+0.1×0.2×0.0×0.3×+0.1×0.2×0.0×0.2×-0.1×
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×+0.5×0.7×+0.2×+0.3×0.9×+0.2×0.6×0.0×
Interest coverage16×-1.4×19.3×-0.3×20.5×-0.2×20.7×-11.7×17.4×-38.2×
Per Share
Book value per share$22.09+10.2%$22.03+10.3%$21.84+9.1%$21.27+7.5%$20.05+7.5%
Valuation
Market capitalization$2.11B+56.0%$1.72B-22.5%$1.69B-3.0%$1.33B-18.1%$1.35B-13.3%
Enterprise value$2.35B+58.6%$1.87B-20.2%$1.92B+0.6%$1.52B-15.9%$1.48B-14.1%
Price / earnings17.3×+4.8×13.7×-1.7×14.2×+0.2×12×+1.5×12.5×+3.3×
Price / sales0.6×+0.2×0.5×-0.1×0.5×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×
Price / book1.9×+0.5×1.5×-0.7×1.5×-0.2×1.2×-0.4×1.3×-0.3×
EV / EBITDA10.7×+3.7×8.1×-0.9×8.6×+0.5×7.1×+0.2×6.9×+0.9×
EV / sales0.7×+0.2×0.6×-0.1×0.6×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×
Free cash flow yield3.8%-2.9pp4.2%+0.2pp1.8%-8.3pp7.5%+1.0pp6.8%-4.5pp
Earnings yield5.8%-2.2pp7.3%+0.8pp7%-0.1pp8.3%-1.2pp8%-2.8pp
Dividend yield1.5%-0.8pp1.9%+0.8pp1.9%+1.0pp2.4%+1.9pp2.3%
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.