Is Worthington Steel (WS) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Worthington Steel's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 22.8, a forward P/E of about 7.3, a price-to-book of about 1.6 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Worthington Steel's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (2.11×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Worthington Steel's revenue?

Worthington Steel reported revenue of $3.1B for FY2025, with net profit of $110.7M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Worthington Steel (WS)?

Worthington Steel last traded at $35.61 (-0.6% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Worthington Steel

WS · NYSE · Materials · United States

$35.61-0.6%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 7:24 PM

Snapshot

TickerWS

ExchangeNYSE

SectorMaterials

IndustrySteel

CountryUnited States

Employees6,000

HeadquartersColumbus, United States

Market cap$1.8B

P/E (TTM)22.8

P/B1.6

Volume140.74K

Websitewww.worthingtonsteel.com

Filings tracked11

About Worthington Steel

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. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders36.9%
Institutions56.9%
Public & other6.2%

340 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.10.05%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP4.96%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC4.48%
State Street Corporation4.46%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC3.20%
Alliancebernstein L.P.1.88%
Geode Capital Management, LLC1.65%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.1.45%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion2.11×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend2.4% → 3.6%

Margin has expanded by about 1.2 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Growth qualityrev -7% · PAT 13%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

EPS 1.14

Est. earnings growth +200.0%

Next fiscal year

EPS 4.87

Est. earnings growth +13.5%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$27.2252-wk range$49.17

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Market cap

$1.8B

Day change

-0.6%

P/E (TTM)

22.8

Fwd P/E

7.3

P/B

1.6

Div yield

1.79%

Beta

2.32

Revenue (FY2025)

$3.1B

Net margin

3.6%

ROE

10.3%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

-7.4%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+12.7%

EPS (FY2025)

2.19

Net profit (FY2025)

$110.7M

Market figures: Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance. Financials as reported in company filings.

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$3.1B	$110.7M	2.19	3.6%	10.3%
FY2024	$3.4B	$154.7M	3.11	4.5%	15.7%
FY2023	$3.6B	$87.1M	1.77	2.4%	8.5%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q1	$769.8M	$10.4M	0.20	1.4%
2025Q4	$871.9M	$18.8M	0.37	2.2%
2025Q3	$872.9M	$36.8M	0.72	4.2%
2025Q1	$687.4M	$13.8M	0.27	2.0%
2024Q4	$739.0M	$12.8M	0.25	1.7%
2024Q3	$834.0M	$28.4M	0.56	3.4%
2024Q1	$805.8M	$49.0M	0.98	6.1%
2023Q4	$808.0M	$-6.0M	-0.12	-0.7%
2023Q3	$905.8M	$58.5M	1.19	6.5%
2023Q1	$780.7M	$5.4M	0.11	0.7%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/15/2026material
8-K/A — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/10/2026
8-K — Material agreement, Termination of agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC6/30/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Executive/director change, Other events, Exhibits
SEC6/25/2026material
8-K — Completion of acquisition/disposition, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC6/3/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Other events, Exhibits
SEC6/2/2026material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure
SEC5/27/2026material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC5/26/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/9/2026
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC3/31/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Other events, Exhibits
SEC3/26/2026material

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