Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

AWI Industrials Building Products & Equipment

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.6 billion, up 12.1% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+11.9%
EPS
+10.3%
Free cash flow
−29.4%
Total debt
+13.2%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

170.97 4.98 −2.83%
Market cap
$7.1B
P/E
22.8×
Fwd P/E
21.0×
Dividend yield
0.81%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
7.83
Beneish M
−2.61
Dividend safety
85/100

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (AWI) Return on equity

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Armstrong World Industries, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 36.0%, down 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (37.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −24.3% (fiscal 2020) to 72.6% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Building Products & Equipment industry median of 5.95% and above the Industrials sector median of 3.71%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 37.2% (2.04)
FY2024 39.3% (0.44)
FY2023 39.7% 1.24
FY2022 38.5% 0.73
FY2021 37.8% 62.05
FY2020 −24.3% (96.90)
FY2019 72.6% 14.98
FY2018 57.6% 22.74
FY2017 34.9% 14.65
FY2016 20.2% 6.94

Against its own ten years

Low −24.3% High 72.6%
Ten-year median 37.8%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
GFF Griffon Corporation compare 185.4%
AWI Armstrong World Industries, Inc. 36.0%
WMS Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. compare 22.4%
TREX Trex Company, Inc. compare 17.4%
SPXC SPX Technologies, Inc. compare 13.0%
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. compare 5.48%
LPX Louisiana-Pacific Corporation compare 3.91%
BLDR Builders FirstSource, Inc. compare 0.97%
OC Owens Corning Inc compare −11.2%
Building Products & Equipment industry median 5.95%
Industrials sector median 3.71%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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