Worthington Steel, Inc.
Worthington Steel, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $3.4 billion, up 11.3% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue grew 212.4%, EPS fell 125.7%, free cash flow fell 42.6% and total debt rose 823.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Worthington Steel, Inc. (WS) Altman Z-score
Worthington Steel, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2026 is 3.00, in the safe zone (above 2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 3.00 | (0.17) |
| FY2025 | 3.16 | (0.63) |
| FY2024 | 3.80 | — |
How fiscal 2026’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.16 | — | 0.19 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.06 | — | 0.09 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.00 | — | −0.00 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 1.99 | — | 1.20 | |
| Sales / total assets | 1.53 | — | 1.53 | |
| Altman Z-score | Safe zone | 3.00 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Grey zone | 2.42 | ||
Z and Z″ put Worthington Steel, Inc. in different zones: safe zone by Z, grey zone by Z″.
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare | 6.7× |
| NWPX NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. compare | 4.2× |
| WS Worthington Steel, Inc. | 3.0× |
| GGB Gerdau S.A. compare | 2.6× |
| MTUS Metallus Inc. compare | 2.1× |
| CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare | 1.1× |
| SID National Steel Company compare | 0.7× |
| ASTL Algoma Steel Group Inc. compare | −1.0× |
| MTL Mechel PAO compare | — |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets