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Fair value midpoint

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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Based on latest report

Confidence

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

2.1B

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Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E14.5

P25 10.4P50 15.8P75 24

Trailing P/E16.9

P25 15.7P50 22.1P75 35.3

ROE10.4

P25 -20.7P50 0.8P75 14.1

ROIC7.8

P25 -9.3P50 3.2P75 11.3

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Indicator catalog

All WS market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

243

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 243 of 243 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001968487
Company name	Worthington Steel, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	982104101
Employees	4,800
Employees Change	200%
Employees Change Percent	4.35
Enterprise value	$2.3B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Steel
Isin	US9821041012
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$2.1B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$40.43
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	697,395.83x
Sector	Materials
Sic	3310
Symbol	WS
Website	https://www.worthingtonsteel.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	5.92%
EV Earnings	19.04x
EV Sales Forward	0.61x
EV/EBIT	14.55x
EV/EBITDA	9.67x
EV/FCF	28.74x
EV/Sales	0.69x
FCF yield	3.92%
Forward P/E	14.54x
P/B ratio	1.79x
P/E ratio	16.86x
P/S ratio	0.61x
PE Ratio3 Y	13.06x
PS Forward	0.54x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	4.76%
EBITDA Margin	7.16%
FCF margin	2.41%
Gross margin	12.29%
Gross Profit	$411.5M
Gross Profit Growth	4.81%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-6.28%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	1.33%
Net Income	$121.7M
Net Income Growth	12.48%
Net Income Growth Q	-24.64%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-12.3%
Pretax Margin	4.99%
Profit Margin	3.64%
Profit Per Employee	$25,354
Profitable Years	5
ROA	4.84
ROCE	10.14
ROE	10.38
ROIC	7.84
Roic5y	13.69

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr1y	58.39%
EPS Growth	11.82
EPS Growth Q	-25.93
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	-13.14
FCF Growth	-2.07%
FCF Growth Q	32.14%
FCF Growth3 Y	196.25%
OCF Growth	-0.85%
OCF Growth Q	17.66%
OCF Growth3 Y	74.59%
Revenue Growth	5.55x
Revenue Growth Q	11.99x
Revenue Growth Quarters	3x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-6.3x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$1.63
Assets	$2.3B
Cash	$90M
Current Assets	$1.1B
Current Liabilities	$745.6M
Debt	$352.6M
Debt EBITDA	$1.36
Debt Equity	$0.26
Debt FCF	$4.37
Equity	$1.4B
Interest Coverage	18.3
Liabilities	$958.1M
Long Term Assets	$1.2B
Long Term Liabilities	$212.5M
Net Cash	$-262.6M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-12.78
Net Debt EBITDA	$1.1
Net Debt Equity	$0.19
Net Debt FCF	$3.26
Tangible Book Value	$934.2M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$18.72
WACC	14.24

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.48
Inventory Turnover	7.55
Net Working Capital	$504.4M
Quick ratio	0.72
Working Capital	$360.9M
Working Capital Turnover	$8.9

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.35%
Dividend Growth	0%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$0.64
Dividend Years	3
Dividend Yield	1.58%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-12
Last Dividend	$0.16
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	26.69%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
1Y total return	58.34%
200-day SMA	34.82
50-day SMA	35.05
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
All Time High	49.17
All Time High Change	-17.78%
All Time High Date	2026-02-11
All Time Low	21
All Time Low Change	92.52%
All Time Low Date	2023-12-04
ATR	1.86
Beta	2.2
Beta1y	2.18
Beta2y	1.76
Ch YTD	16.78
High	41.54
High52	49.17
High52 Date	2026-02-11
High52ch	-17.78%
Low	39.88
Low52	24.23
Low52 Date	2025-06-23
Low52ch	66.89%
Ma50ch	15.36%
Price vs 200-day SMA	16.11%
RSI	62.88
RSI Monthly	58.11
RSI Weekly	57.07
Sharpe ratio	1.1x
Sortino ratio	1.79
Total Return	1.24%
Tr YTD	17.36
Tr1m	30.59%
Tr1w	3.22%
Tr3m	-14.82%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	2
Analyst Count Top	1
Analyst Price Target Top	$47
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.73
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-30.48
Earnings Revenue Estimate	992,700,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	19.19x
Operating Income	$159.2M
Operating Income Growth	-0.13
Operating Income Growth Q	-49.64
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-9.56
Operating margin	4.76
Price target	$42.5
Price Target Change	$5.12
Price Target Change Top	$16.25

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	45,036,272%
Float Percent	88.64%
Net Borrowing	83,200,000
Shares Insiders	11.34%
Shares Institutions	77.36%
Shares Out	50,806,338
Shares Qo Q	0.39%
Shares Yo Y	0.35%
Short Float	3.7%
Short Ratio	4.19
Short Shares	3.28

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$65.9M
Average Volume	221,026.1x
Bv Per Share	22.53
CAPEX	$-129.6M
Ch1m	30.59
Ch1w	3.22
Ch1y	55.14
Ch3m	-15.24
Ch6m	28.35
Change	0%
Change From Open	-1
Close	40.43
Days Gap	1.01
Depreciation Amortization	80,500,000
Dollar Volume	8,621,535.8
Earnings Date	2026-06-24
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$159.2M
EBITDA	$239.7M
EPS	$2.4
F Score	4
FCF	$80.6M
FCF EV Yield	3.48x
FCF Per Share	$1.59
Financing CF	32,000,000
Fiscal Year End	May
Founded	1,955
Goodwill	103,300,000
Graham Number	34.86582
Graham Upside	-13.76
Income Tax	$37.3M
Investing CF	-215,400,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-03-25
Last Report Date	2026-02-28
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2025-07-29
Lynch Fair Value	$11.99
Lynch Upside	-70.34
Ma150	35.8
Ma150ch	12.93%
Ma20	36.95
Ma20ch	9.43%
Net CF	26,700,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-06-24
Open	40.84
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	25.49
P OCF Ratio	9.77
Payment Date	2026-06-26
Position In Range	33.13
Ppne	776,400,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$8.57
Ptbv Ratio	2.2
Relative Volume	0.96x
Revenue	3,347,500,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.44x
Share Based Comp	14,700,000
Tax By Revenue	1.11x
Tax Rate	22.32%
Tr6m	29.55%
Us State	Ohio
Volume	213,246
Z Score	2.99

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Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

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Income

WS dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+1.6%

$0.64 annual per share

Payout ratio

+26.7%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

n/a

0 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+1.2%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-06-12

Performance

WS stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns WS?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+77.4%

Float: +88.6% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+11.3%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

WS momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

62.9

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+16.1%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

2.20

More volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

1.10

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

WS vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
LIN	Linde plc	228B	32.7x	6.6x	12.2%	+4.5%	+11.2%	बेचें
NEM	Newmont Corporation	124.4B	15.1x	5.0x	26.2%	+16.2%	+118.6%	मज़बूत ख़रीद

Questions

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