Worthington Steel (WS) FCF Payout Ratio (2022 - 2026)

Worthington Steel's (WS) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.74 in Q1 2026, down 1.5% year-on-year from 0.75 in Q1 2025, and up 780.37% quarter-over-quarter from 0.11 in Q4 2025.

Worthington Steel (WS) FCF Payout Ratio (2022 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Worthington Steel has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 5 years of filings, most recently posting 0.74 for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.74, down 1.5% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 0.4 (up 15.18% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.32, up 248.71% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.74 for Q1 2026 at Worthington Steel, up from 0.11 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.95 in Q2 2025 to a low of 0.54 in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.09 (2024), against an average of 0.17.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio slumped 554.19% in 2024 and jumped 780.26% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Worthington Steel's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.13 in 2022, then plunged by 137.63% to 0.05 in 2023, then surged by 286.75% to 0.09 in 2024, then sank by 216.28% to 0.11 in 2025, then soared by 780.37% to 0.74 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.74 (Q1 2026), 0.11 (Q4 2025), and 0.23 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn -
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn 0.98
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - -
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn 7.01
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn 0.76
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn -
7 Algoma Steel 2.77 Bn 2.77 Bn -92.32 -
8 National Steel 2.24 Bn -552.84 Mn 479.33 Mn -
9 Worthington Steel 2.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 76.10 Mn 0.74
10 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 0.74
Nov 30, 2025 -0.11
Aug 31, 2025 -0.23
May 31, 2025 0.95
Feb 28, 2025 0.75
Nov 30, 2024 0.09
Aug 31, 2024 0.06
May 31, 2024 -0.54
Feb 29, 2024 0.09
Aug 31, 2023 -0.05
May 31, 2023 0.12
Nov 30, 2022 0.13