Worthington Steel (WS) Operating Margin (2022 - 2026)
Worthington Steel (WS) posted Operating Margin of -8.02% for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), down 15.99 percentage points from 7.97% a year earlier and down 8.42 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Worthington Steel (WS) Operating Margin (2022 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Worthington Steel's Operating Margin came in at -0.04%, down 4.79 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Operating Margin shows a four-year change of -5.61 percentage points (FY2022 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Worthington Steel's Operating Margin was 4.75% in FY2025 (-0.92 pp), 5.67% in FY2024 (+2.34 pp), 3.33% in FY2023 (-2.23 pp) and 5.57% in FY2022.
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Operating Margin in data going back to fiscal Q2 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.73 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2024, with a gain of 7.01 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2026, with a drop of 15.99 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin for the three prior fiscal quarters was 0.40% (Q3 2026), 2.49% (Q2 2026) and 5.53% (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caterpillar | 334.06 Bn | 305.75 Bn | 7.76 Bn | 20.91% |
| 2 | Amphenol | 195.22 Bn | 189.80 Bn | 3.55 Bn | 29.51% |
| 3 | Deere | 170.77 Bn | 138.86 Bn | 4.66 Bn | 14.72% |
| 4 | Eaton | 148.39 Bn | 145.58 Bn | 2.86 Bn | 16.32% |
| 5 | Parker-Hannifin | 119.49 Bn | 117.61 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 23.86% |
| 6 | Emerson Electric | 89.58 Bn | 82.32 Bn | 2.66 Bn | 26.92% |
| 7 | 3M | 88.93 Bn | 70.33 Bn | 2.68 Bn | 15.14% |
| 8 | Illinois Tool Works | 78.81 Bn | 75.37 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 26.67% |
| 9 | Vertiv Holdings | 78.25 Bn | 68.87 Bn | 1.23 Bn | 19.48% |
| 10 | Worthington Steel | 2.06 Bn | 1.72 Bn | 118.80 Mn | -8.02% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | -8.02% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 0.40% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 2.49% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 5.53% |
| May 31, 2025 | 7.97% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 2.66% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 2.56% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 5.20% |
| May 31, 2024 | 7.39% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 8.23% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | -1.09% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 7.69% |
| May 31, 2023 | 10.16% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 1.22% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | -2.29% |
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Worthington Steel Operating Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=WS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "WS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=WS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();