← BackWORTHINGTON ENTERPRISES, INC. · Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing MillsWOR
Low riskNext report: Around Dec 15 (est.)
The short versionA high-quality, profitable business with growing sales.
Going well
- Sales up 13% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profitable every year for 10 years
- Sales up 20% last year
Money moves
- Insiders sold $2.6M in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 0.8% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (143 bought, 110 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$64.19+0.7% that day
- Company value
- $3.2B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 19.4x
- You pay about $19 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 2.2x
- Company value is 2.2 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 1.2%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 2%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 10%
- Debt as a share of company value
From WOR's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Aug '26$343.9M+13% vs a year earlier
Feb '24Tap a barAug '26
Last 12 months: $1.4B, up 18% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales shrank about 15% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.16.7%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.32x equity
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.11.3%
- PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$170.2M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+0.7% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.27.4%
- Revenue
- $1.4B
- +19.7% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- -15.3%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $304.1M
- 0.32x equity
- Current ratio
- 3.26x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Aug 31, 2026- Revenue
- $343.9M
- +13.2% YoY
- EPS
- $0.87
- vs $0.70
- Op. margin
- 3.8%
- +0.8 pts
- Gross margin
- 26.4%
- -0.7 pts
- Free cash flow
- $54.0M
- Share count
- -1.7%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
26Selling
- 1 insider sold $6.7M (not pre-planned)
50 is neutral. Buying by more insiders, top executives and bigger stakes raises it. Selling lowers it; pre-planned sales count less.
Weekly insider trend13 weeks agoBoughtSoldThis week
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
23/ 100
- This week
- 1
- Normal week
- 3.3
- vs normal
- 0.3x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady+0.8%Institutions added 0.8% to their holdings. 143 bought, 110 sold. 2 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions25.6M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-0.5%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.3x · $305.6M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
49MNext reportAround Dec 15 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedSep 25
- Results filedSep 22
- Results filedJun 26
- Results filedJun 23
- Results filedMar 27
Flags and big holders
Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days
No offerings, red flags or new big holders. Clean record.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days Bought$00 insiders
Sold$6.7M1 insider, 0 pre-planned
| Insider | Trade | Shares | Avg price | Value | Owns after | Date |
|---|
John P/oh Mcconnell10% owner | Sell | 42K | $60.43 | $2.6M | 1M | |
- -3.1% of their holdings
- $59.75 to $60.48 across 2 trades
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 1 day after
|
John P/oh Mcconnell10% owner | Sell | 69K | $60.27 | $4.2M | 1M | |
- -4.9% of their holdings
- $59.23 to $61.21 across 4 trades
- Traded Sep 24 to Sep 25
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 3 days after
|
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
Investor disclosureOct 23 · Form 8-K ↗Stock awardJoseph B HayekPresident & CEO, Director
5 shares at $64.24 · $319
- +0% of holdings
- Now owns 6,254 shares
- Phantom Stock Acquired Under the Deferred Compensation Plan
- Filed 3 days after trade
Stock awardKevin J ChanController
4 shares at $64.24 · $252
- +1% of holdings
- Now owns 342 shares
- Phantom Stock Acquired Under the Deferred Compensation Plan
- Filed 3 days after trade
Quarterly reportOct 9 · Form 10-Q ↗Planned insider saleOct 7 · Form 144 ↗Planned insider saleOct 6 · Form 144 ↗Stock awardJoseph B HayekPresident & CEO, Director
5 shares at $60.66 · $318
- +0% of holdings
- Now owns 6,249 shares
- Phantom Stock Acquired Under the Deferred Compensation Plan
- Filed 3 days after trade
Stock awardKevin J ChanController
4 shares at $60.66 · $252
- +1% of holdings
- Now owns 338 shares
- Phantom Stock Acquired Under the Deferred Compensation Plan
- Filed 3 days after trade
SoldJohn P/oh Mcconnell10% owner
42,491 shares at $60.43 avg ($59.75 to $60.48) · $2.6M
- -3% of holdings
- Now owns 1,335,648 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- 2 transactions
- Filed 1 day after trade
- Also: Option exercise
SoldJohn P/oh Mcconnell10% owner
69,244 shares at $60.27 avg ($59.23 to $61.21) · $4.2M
- -5% of holdings
- Now owns 1,335,648 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- 4 transactions
- Filed 3 days after trade
- Also: Option exercise
Planned insider saleSep 28 · Form 144 ↗Insider tradeSep 25 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeSep 25 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeSep 25 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeSep 25 · Form 4 ↗