Worthington Steel WS
NYSE WS
$34.93 +0.98 (+2.89%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Worthington Steel (WS) Return on Invested Capital (2023 - 2026)

Worthington Steel (WS) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.0% for Q2 2026, down 100.43% sequentially from 0.0% in Q1 2026, and little changed YoY from 0.0% in Q2 2025.

Worthington Steel (WS) Return on Invested Capital (2023 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Worthington Steel has reported Return on Invested Capital for 4 years, with the latest figure at 0.0% in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 0.0%, down 1.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital slipped to 0.0% in Q2 2026 per WS's latest filing, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.01% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 0.0% in Q2 2026.
  • A 4-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Invested Capital decreased 1 bps in 2024, then changed 0 bps in 2025.
  • Over 4 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.01% in 2023, then plunged by 74 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then decreased by 21 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then tumbled by 100 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 0.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Ternium 108.84 Bn 98.95 Bn 941.02 Mn -0.07%
2 Nucor 55.75 Bn 53.05 Bn 2.03 Bn 0.04%
3 ArcelorMittal 54.97 Bn 50.12 Bn - 0.00%
4 Steel Dynamics 32.99 Bn 32.40 Bn 958.97 Mn 0.27%
5 Reliance 19.82 Bn 19.59 Bn 1.30 Bn 0.05%
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 6.46 Bn 6.39 Bn 132.00 Mn -
7 Gerdau 5.42 Bn 4.28 Bn 558.98 Mn 0.00%
8 GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V 4.53 Bn 2.97 Bn - -
9 Posco Holdings 4.32 Bn 1.83 Bn 1.04 Bn 0.00%
10 Worthington Steel 1.74 Bn 1.66 Bn 118.80 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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May 31, 2026 0.00%
Feb 28, 2026 0.00%
Nov 30, 2025 0.00%
Aug 31, 2025 0.00%
May 31, 2025 0.00%
Feb 28, 2025 0.00%
Nov 30, 2024 0.00%
Aug 31, 2024 0.00%
May 31, 2024 0.00%
Feb 29, 2024 0.01%
Nov 30, 2023 0.01%