Worthington Steel, Inc. operates as a steel processor in North America. The company offers carbon flat-rolled steel and tailor welded blanks, as well as automotive and electrical steel lamination stampings; and aluminum tailor welded blanks. It also offers warehousing, logistics, and materials management services. It serves automotive, construction, machinery and equipment, heavy truck, agriculture, and energy sectors. Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Steel
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: December 1, 2023
Headquarters: 100 West Old Wilson Bridge Road, Columbus, OH, United States, 43085
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$32.03
Market Cap
$1.60B
Float
45.0M
Shares Outstanding
49.9M
P/E (Forward)
16.84
P/E (TTM)
94.18
Price/Sales (TTM)
0.48
vs. Analyst Target
+43.6% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
3.64%
Operating Margin (TTM)
1.82%
Revenue (TTM)
$3.35B
Earnings Growth (YoY)
-25.90%
Dividend Rate
0.6%
Analyst Target Price
$46.00 (2 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
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
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Aug 2025
$873M
$36.3M
Nov 2025
$872M
$18.8M
Feb 2026
$770M
$10.4M
May 2026
$929M
-$48.7M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
36.0%
Institutional Ownership
56.1%
Short Float
3.5%
% of All Funds Holding
2.75%
Number of Funds Holding
226
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.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$39.00
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$36.63
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$32.67
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$0.00
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$35.87
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$32.31
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$0.00
Secular 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 Level
Type
Volume Ratio
Age
$41.00
resistance
1.39x
0 months ago
$26.60
support
1.26x
12 months ago
$44.00
resistance
1.76x
18 months ago
Historical Earnings Reactions (11 events)
Timeframe
Avg Return
Median
Win Rate
Best
Worst
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
-1.07%
-1.18%
40.00%
15.71%
-11.44%
1 Month
2.60%
1.06%
50.00%
22.19%
-11.79%
Next earnings: September 30, 2026 (82 days away)
Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns
Monthly Seasonality
Insufficient historical data for monthly seasonality analysis (requires 7+ years of data).
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