Worthington Steel, Inc.

WS Basic Materials Steel

Worthington Steel, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $3.4 billion, up 11.3% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+212.4%
EPS
−125.7%
Free cash flow
−42.6%
Total debt
+823.5%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

36.32 0.42 +1.17%
Market cap
$1.8B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
8.7×
Dividend yield
1.76%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
3.00
Beneish M
−2.77
Dividend safety
45/100

Worthington Steel, Inc. (WS) Operating margin

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Worthington Steel, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 0.12%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (−0.04%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.04% (fiscal 2026) to 5.67% (fiscal 2024) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Steel industry median of 6.93% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 −0.04% (4.79)
FY2025 4.75% (0.92)
FY2024 5.67% 2.34
FY2023 3.33% (2.24)
FY2022 5.57% —

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 2.05% 10.07
May 2026 −8.02% (8.42)
Feb 2026 0.40% (2.09)
Nov 2025 2.49% (3.04)
11 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −0.04% High 5.67%
Ten-year median 4.75%
Current reading's percentile 17

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 17.0%
NWPX NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. compare 11.8%
TX Ternium S.A. compare 9.31%
FRD Friedman Industries Inc. compare 8.27%
GGB Gerdau S.A. compare 7.45%
SID National Steel Company compare 6.41%
MTUS Metallus Inc. compare 2.41%
WS Worthington Steel, Inc. 0.12%
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare −1.40%
Steel industry median 6.93%
Basic Materials sector median 2.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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