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Worthington Steel, Inc.

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Worthington Steel, Inc.

WS·NYSE·Manufacturing·CIK 0001968487

Worthington Steel, Inc. is one of North America's premier value-added metals processors. The company processes carbon flat-rolled steel and produces laser welded solutions and electrical steel laminations. Worthington Steel is one of the largest independent intermediate processors of carbon flat-rolled steel in the U.S., focusing on products requiring exact specifications. The company purchases coils of steel from primary steel producers and processes them to precise type, thickness, length, width, shape, and surface quality according to customer specifications. Its product lines and processing capabilities include: * **Carbon Flat-Rolled Steel Processing:** This involves value-added processes such as pickling, specialty re-rolling, hot dip galvanizing, blanking, slitting, and cutting-to-length, based on customer requirements. * **Electrical Steel Laminations:** The company manufactures precision magnetic steel laminations for the automotive (including electrified vehicles), industrial motor, generator, and transformer industries. Services include precision manufacturing (stamping, heat treating, core assembly, die casting, bonding), material sourcing, metallurgical analysis, engineering, prototyping, product design, and tooling, delivered through a global manufacturing footprint. * **Tailor Welded Products:** This category includes tailor welded blanks and aluminum tailor welded blanks, used by North American automotive customers to reduce weight, lower cost, improve material utilization, and consolidate parts. Tailor welded blanks are made from individual sheets of steel of different thickness, strength, and coating joined by laser welding. Aluminum tailor welded blanks are processed using friction stir welding technology, which offers a wide range of formable welded properties for all automotive aluminum alloys. Worthington Steel also toll processes steel for steel mills, large end-users, and service centers.

Worthington Steel, Inc. (NYSE:WS) is a publicly traded company in the Manufacturing sector. Wiseek has independently scored 37 items for WS at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-10-23, rated 7/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 13 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for WS spans 8-K, 10-Q, 8-K/A, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Kloeckner DPLTA Vote Fails; Worthington Steel Keeps 62% Stake and Consolidation
  • Worthington Steel Sets One-Year Freeze If Kloeckner DPLTA Vote Fails
  • Worthington Steel Q1 FY2027: Kloeckner Integration Drives $2.73B Revenue, $10M Loss
  • Worthington Steel Q1 FY2027: Kloeckner Integration Drives 212% Revenue Surge, Net Loss on Acquisition Costs
  • Worthington Steel Q1 Revenue Soars 212% on Kloeckner Deal, But Adjusted EPS Misses

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended May 31, 2026
Revenue
$3.44B
Net Income
$8.5M
Diluted EPS
$0.17
Op. Cash Flow
$201.2M
Free Cash Flow
$80M
Gross Profit
$403.3M
Operating Income
-$1.4M
Cash & Equivalents
$84.6M
Total Debt
$71.4M
Debt / Equity
0.07×
Net Margin
0.2%
Shares Outstanding
49.92M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-07-30 · accession 0001968487-26-000026

Short Interest & Short Volume

3.14 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 1,932,997 shares in WS as of the October 15, 2026 settlement, a 12.8% increase from the prior period — about 3.1 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 30, 2026, 67.8% of WS volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)1,932,997 shares as of October 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 12.8%
Days to cover3.14 at avg daily volume of 616,137
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)67.8% of 100,751 shares on October 30, 2026
5-day average short volume66.5%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$40.66
52-week range · as of 2026-10-23 $27.22 – $49.17
Market cap
$2.08B
Volume
375.3K (0.8× avg)
3-mo avg 469.1K
Live data · 2026-10-31 08:32 UTC · Market closed

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Oct 23, 2026, 11:55 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $41.81
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: -$1.15 (-3%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Oct 21, 2026, 7:21 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $41.24
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: -$0.580 (-1%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Oct 13, 2026, 4:23 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $39.20
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$1.46 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Oct 07, 2026, 6:30 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $37.45
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$3.21 (+9%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Oct 06, 2026, 4:16 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $37.60
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$3.06 (+8%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Sep 08, 2026, 5:20 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $35.59
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$5.07 (+14%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Sep 08, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT
Source: BusinessWire
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $35.59
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$5.07 (+14%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Aug 19, 2026, 4:25 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K/A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $36.02
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$4.64 (+13%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Aug 05, 2026, 1:00 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $37.88
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$2.78 (+7%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Jul 30, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $35.13
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$5.53 (+16%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Jul 22, 2026, 2:05 AM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $35.81
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$4.85 (+14%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Jul 15, 2026, 7:24 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $33.94
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$6.72 (+20%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Jul 15, 2026, 6:29 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $33.94
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$6.72 (+20%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Jul 10, 2026, 5:28 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $33.05
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$7.61 (+23%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Jul 10, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K/A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $33.05
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$7.61 (+23%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Jun 30, 2026, 4:33 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $33.58
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$7.08 (+21%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Jun 30, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $33.58
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$7.08 (+21%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Jun 25, 2026, 6:30 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $39.30
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$1.36 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Jun 24, 2026, 4:29 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $38.01
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: +$2.65 (+7%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
WS
Jun 03, 2026, 6:47 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $43.00
Real-time Price: $40.66 info
Change: -$2.34 (-5%) info
Market Cap: $2.082B info
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