In last trading session, Worthington Steel Inc (NYSE:WS) saw 0.9 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 1.88. Company’s recent per share price level of $32.03 trading at $0.39 or 1.23% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $1.63B. That closing price of WS’s stock is at a discount of -47.33% from its 52-week high price of $47.19 and is indicating a premium of 33.5% from its 52-week low price of $21.30. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 0.4 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 232.93K if we extend that period to 3-months.
For Worthington Steel Inc (WS), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 2.00. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 2 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 1 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 1 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of 0.75 in the current quarter.
Worthington Steel Inc (NYSE:WS) trade information
Upright in the green during last session for gaining 1.23%, in the last five days WS remained trading in the green while hitting it’s week-highest on Friday, 06/27/25 when the stock touched $32.03 price level, adding 1.69% to its value on the day. Worthington Steel Inc’s shares saw a change of 4.43% in year-to-date performance and have moved 30.79% in past 5-day. Worthington Steel Inc (NYSE:WS) showed a performance of 25.22% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 0.69 million shares which calculate 3.26 days to cover the short interests.
Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 40 to the stock, which implies a rise of 19.92% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 40 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 40. It follows that stock’s current price would drop -24.88% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a loss of -24.88% for stock’s current value.
Worthington Steel Inc (WS) estimates and forecasts
This year revenue growth is estimated to rise 3.27% from the last financial year’s standing.
1 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 834.6M for the same. And 1 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 772.1M in the next quarter. Company posted 834M and 739M of sales in current and next quarters respectively a year earlier.
In 2025, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around 18.98% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of 17.79%.
Worthington Steel Inc (NYSE:WS)’s Major holders
Insiders are in possession of 36.88% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 51.75 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 81.99%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 51.75% institutions for Worthington Steel Inc that are currently holding shares of the company. BLACKROCK INC. is the top institutional holder at WS for having 4.93 million shares of worth $164.63 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 10.0035 of the company’s outstanding shares.
The second largest institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, which was holding about 4.08 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 8.2783 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $136.24 million.
On the other hand, iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and Pacer Funds Trust-Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows ETF are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Apr 30, 2025 , the former fund manager was holding 2.13 shares of worth $68.16 million or 4.19% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 1.25 shares on Jan 31, 2025 , making its stake of worth around $40.05 million in the company or a holder of 2.46% of company’s stock.
