WSWorthington Steel, Inc.

$40.83+38% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 28 out of 100, Weak
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Weak. Worthington Steel, Inc. scores higher than 26% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by cycle position and earnings quality, held back by valuation and return on new capital.

Basic Materials median 57 · all companies 55

How the score has moved

At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time
66
31
28
20252026today

The biggest move was down 35 points from 2025 to 2026, mostly valuation.

Valuation

26% of the score

0median 53

Worthington Steel, Inc. is valued at 641.2x its operating profit, including debt: past the 60 times where this criterion gives nothing.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
641.2x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

30median 24

Over 3 years the business earned 5.9% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
5.9%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
3 years agolatest -0.1%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

0median 33

Over 5 years yearly profit fell by 21 cents for every dollar earned.

-5%
12%
-21%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

38median 63

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countUp 0.8% a year over 4 years: new shares
53
5%
-3%
0.8%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 8.5% a year, sales -1.5%
14
12%
-2%
10%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

100median 63

Today's operating margin of 0.1% is 0.02x its normal 5%: near a trough. Normal is half the 5 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
5 years agonow 0.1%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

0median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA19.9x a year of EBITDA
0
4.5x
0.5x
19.9x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 0x
0
1.5x
12x
0.1x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

96median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.30x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
2.3x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 9.2% of assets
100
8%
0%
-8%
-9.2%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.75
87
-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.75
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-08-31, latest annual report FY2026.