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

36.38 0.48 +1.34%
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) Return on invested capital

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Worthington Steel, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 0.11%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (−0.06%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.06% (fiscal 2026) to 9.92% (fiscal 2024) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Steel industry median of 3.18% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 −0.06% (7.37)
FY2025 7.31% (2.61)
FY2024 9.92% 3.35
FY2023 6.57% 6.57
FY2022 0.00% —

Against its own ten years

Low −0.06% High 9.92%
Ten-year median 6.57%
Current reading's percentile 20

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
FRD Friedman Industries Inc. compare 25.8%
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 10.0%
NWPX NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. compare 9.69%
TX Ternium S.A. compare 5.65%
GGB Gerdau S.A. compare 4.96%
SID National Steel Company compare 3.18%
MTUS Metallus Inc. compare 3.06%
WS Worthington Steel, Inc. 0.11%
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare −1.30%
Steel industry median 3.18%
Basic Materials sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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