Worthington Steel WS Ratios & Valuation
| Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 12.3%-0.1pp | 12.8%-0.4pp | 12.9%+0.6pp | 12.6%-0.3pp | 12.4%-1.1pp | |
| Operating margin | 4.2%-0.5pp | 4.7%-1.2pp | 4.8%-0.2pp | 4.8%-0.9pp | 4.7%-1.7pp | |
| Net margin | 3.6%+0.2pp | 3.8%-0.5pp | 3.8%+0.1pp | 3.6%-0.9pp | 3.4%-1.5pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 6.6%-0.1pp | 7.1%-0.9pp | 7.1%+0.2pp | 6.9%-0.7pp | 6.7%-1.6pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.4%-0.5pp | 2.2%-0.5pp | 1%-4.3pp | 3.2%+0.2pp | 2.9%-2.3pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 11.4%+0.3pp | 11.8%-2.2pp | 11.3%— | 10.8%-4.6pp | 11.1%— | |
| Return on assets | 5.9%0.0pp | 6.4%-1.5pp | 5.8%— | 5.8%-2.7pp | 5.9%— | |
| Return on invested capital | 8.7%-1.9pp | 9.9%-4.3pp | 9.3%— | 9.7%-3.9pp | 10.5%— | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.6×-0.1× | 1.7×-0.1× | 1.5×— | 1.6×-0.3× | 1.7×— | |
| Inventory turnover | 7.5×+0.1× | 7.5×-0.4× | 6.3×-7.3× | 6.5×-0.8× | 7.4×— | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.5×-0.3× | 1.8×0.0× | 1.7×-0.1× | 1.7×0.0× | 1.8×+0.2× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.9×-0.2× | 1.1×0.0× | 1×0.0× | 1×0.0× | 1.1×+0.1× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×-0.1× | |
| 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×+0.5× | 0.7×+0.2× | 1×+0.3× | 0.9×+0.2× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Interest coverage | 16×-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 / earnings | 17.3×+4.8× | 13.7×-1.7× | 14.2×+0.2× | 12×+1.5× | 12.5×+3.3× | |
| Price / sales | 0.6×+0.2× | 0.5×-0.1× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | |
| Price / book | 1.9×+0.5× | 1.5×-0.7× | 1.5×-0.2× | 1.2×-0.4× | 1.3×-0.3× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.7×+3.7× | 8.1×-0.9× | 8.6×+0.5× | 7.1×+0.2× | 6.9×+0.9× | |
| EV / sales | 0.7×+0.2× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.8%-2.9pp | 4.2%+0.2pp | 1.8%-8.3pp | 7.5%+1.0pp | 6.8%-4.5pp | |
| Earnings yield | 5.8%-2.2pp | 7.3%+0.8pp | 7%-0.1pp | 8.3%-1.2pp | 8%-2.8pp | |
| Dividend yield | 1.5%-0.8pp | 1.9%+0.8pp | 1.9%+1.0pp | 2.4%+1.9pp | 2.3%— | |
| 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.
