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Worthington Steel, Inc.

MaterialsPrimary Metals
Ticker WSCOLUMBUS, OHFiscal year ends MayBook value per share $20.93Diluted shares 50.8M

Worthington Steel, Inc. (NYSE: WS) is one of North America's premier value-added metals processors, operating as a stand-alone publicly traded company following its separation from Worthington Enterprises on December 1, 2023. The company processes flat-rolled steel and manufactures specialized steel products for… From the company’s description.

Fiscal year 2026 · ends 05-31Changes are against fiscal 2025
Sales & profitability
$3.44B
+11.3% year over year
-0.04%
−4.8 percentage points
$-12.90M
−110.8% year over year
0.80%
−10.1 percentage points
Cash & financing
$201.20M
−12.6% year over year
$80.00M
−19.9% year over year
0.25
Was 0.14× a year earlier
50.8M
+0.6% year over year

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Worthington Steel, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Worthington Steel, Inc. (NYSE: WS) is one of North America's premier value-added metals processors, operating as a stand-alone publicly traded company following its separation from Worthington Enterprises on December 1, 2023. The company processes flat-rolled steel and manufactures specialized steel products for diverse industrial applications across multiple end markets.

The company's core business encompasses three primary product lines. Carbon flat-rolled steel processing involves purchasing steel coils from primary producers and processing them to precise customer specifications through pickling, specialty re-rolling, hot dip galvanizing, blanking, slitting, and cutting-to-length operations. Electrical steel laminations are precision magnetic steel components manufactured for automotive, industrial motor, generator, and transformer applications, with capabilities including stamping, heat treating, core assembly, and die casting. Tailor welded products consist of laser-welded steel blanks and aluminum tailor welded blanks designed for automotive customers to reduce weight and consolidate parts. The company also provides toll processing services for steel mills and large end-users.

Worthington Steel operates 34 manufacturing facilities across the United States, Canada, China, India, Germany, Mexico, Italy, France, Slovakia, and Switzerland, with an additional three facilities operated through its Serviacero joint venture in Mexico. As of May 31, 2026, the company employed approximately 5,400 people, with an additional 500 employees in its unconsolidated joint venture. The company serves approximately 1,500 customers across automotive, construction, machinery and equipment, agriculture, and heavy trucks sectors. The automotive industry represents the largest end market, accounting for approximately 55 percent of net sales, with the top three automotive customers representing approximately 34.5 percent of total net sales.

The company maintains a controlling interest in four consolidated operating joint ventures: Spartan Steel Coating (52 percent), TWB Company (55 percent), Worthington Samuel Coil Processing (63 percent), and the Sitem Group (52 percent), acquired in June 2025. On June 3, 2026, Worthington Steel acquired a controlling equity stake in Germany-based Klöckner & Co SE, which operates approximately 110 distribution and processing facilities. The company's website is www.worthingtonsteel.com.

Company details
Sector
Materials
Industry
Primary Metals
Headquarters
COLUMBUS, OH
Fiscal year end
May
CIK
1968487
SIC
3310

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2024–2026 · USD
$-358.57M$678.44M$1.72B$2.75B$3.79B202420252026

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Worthington Steel, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

253
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$590.51M
held by funds, at market
32.4%
of shares held by funds
1
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · Worthington Steel, Inc.’s weight in each

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR · iShares Trust
0.06%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND
VB · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.02%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.03%of fund net assets
0.60%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Worthington Steel, Inc.’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 1 issues of Worthington Steel, Inc.’s debt, $28.69M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 7.75%, maturing 2033 to 2033.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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