WS — Worthington Steel Inc

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates WS Bullish with a Setup Score of 25, net conviction 32, actionability 20. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score25
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction32
Actionability20 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Worthington Steel Inc

Worthington Steel, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel processor in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. The company offers carbon flat-rolled steel processing services, including pickling, specialty re-rolling, hot dip galvanizing, blanking, slitting, and cutting-to-length; laser welded solutions; precision magnetic steel laminations for the automotive, industrial motor, generator, and transformer industr… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

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Key Metrics

Current Price$34.93
Market Cap$1.73B
Float45.1M
Shares Outstanding50.9M
P/E (Forward)8.40
P/E (TTM)212.19
Price/Sales (TTM)0.50
vs. Analyst Target+31.7% to analyst PT
Profit Margin0.25%
Operating Margin (TTM)5.79%
Revenue (TTM)$3.44B
Earnings Growth (YoY)-25.90%
Dividend Rate0.6%
Analyst Target Price$46.00 (2 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2021 $2.13B $171M $371M $268M
2022 $4.07B $180M $396M $317M
2023 $3.61B $87.1M $337M $201M
2024 $3.43B $155M $440M $288M
2025 $3.09B $111M $389M $221M
2026 $3.44B $17.3M $403M $190M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Aug 2025 $873M $36.3M
Nov 2025 $872M $18.8M
Feb 2026 $770M $10.4M
May 2026 $929M -$48.7M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership35.9%
Institutional Ownership56.5%
Short Float3.2%
% of All Funds Holding2.67%
Number of Funds Holding235

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$36.28Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$37.46Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$33.20Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$0.00Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$36.56Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$32.66Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$0.00Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$41.00 resistance 1.39x 1 months ago
$26.60 support 1.26x 13 months ago
$44.00 resistance 1.76x 19 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (11 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.10% 0.03% 54.55% 3.02% -2.42%
1 Day -0.02% -0.23% 36.36% 12.14% -7.18%
1 Week -3.23% -2.42% 27.27% 2.03% -11.38%
2 Weeks -1.97% -1.28% 36.36% 15.71% -11.44%
1 Month 2.60% 1.06% 50.00% 22.19% -11.79%

Next earnings: September 23, 2026 (29 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

Insufficient historical data for monthly seasonality analysis (requires 7+ years of data).

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.11% 46.5% 129
Tuesday 0.23% 52.5% 141
Wednesday 0.25% 48.9% 139
Thursday 0.15% 50.4% 135
Friday 0.05% 50.0% 136

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 56.5%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 35.9%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings6
Net Value-$939,911.92
Net Shares Change3,615
% of Float0.0%
C-Suite Filings3
Clusters Detected2

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
KLINGLER JEFFREY R Chief Operating Officer -$535,062.1 1 N/A
Larivey Clifford President Flat Rolled Stl Proc -$335,798.513 1 N/A
Kelly Scott J +$273,769.3 1 1 buy
BOWSHER JON J +$100,375 1 1 buy
ADAMS TIMOTHY A Chief Financial Officer -$69,051.308 1 N/A
SCHIAVO MARY FACKLER -$20.311 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2026-01-26 – 2026-02-03 3 3 +$374,123.989
2026-05-27 – 2026-06-03 3 3 -$939,911.92 3 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-02-03 BOWSHER JON J +$100,375 Transaction at $40.15, now -13.0%
2026-01-29 Kelly Scott J +$273,769.3 Transaction at $39.11, now -10.7%
2026-01-26 SCHIAVO MARY FACKLER -$20.311 Transaction at $35.14, now -0.6%
2026-05-27 Larivey Clifford President Flat Rolled Stl Proc -$335,798.513 Transaction at $31.15, now +12.1%
2026-06-03 KLINGLER JEFFREY R Chief Operating Officer -$535,062.1 Transaction at $30.60, now +14.2%
2026-06-03 ADAMS TIMOTHY A Chief Financial Officer -$69,051.308 Transaction at $27.69, now +26.2%

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AI Consult Analysis

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