Worthington Steel WS
NYSE WS
$39.75 -1.08 (-2.65%)
As of: Oct 22, 2026 · 12:41 PM EDT

Worthington Steel (WS) Times Interest Earned (2022 - 2026)

Updated

Worthington Steel's Times Interest Earned came in at -3.60 for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), compared with 66.40 a year earlier.

Analysis

Worthington Steel (WS) Times Interest Earned (2022 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Worthington Steel's Times Interest Earned was -0.05.

  • Going back by fiscal year, Times Interest Earned was 20.70 in FY2025 (-36.1%), 32.42 in FY2024 (-19.2%), 40.10 in FY2023 (-46.9%) and 75.53 in FY2022.
  • The fiscal Q4 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Times Interest Earned since fiscal Q2 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Times Interest Earned increased in 1 of the last six quarters, with an average decline of 15.6%.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Times Interest Earned over five years came in fiscal Q4 2025 (growth of 136.8%), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2024 (a decline of 90.6%).
  • Business Quant data shows WS's Times Interest Earned at 1.48 (Q3 2026), 8.04 (Q2 2026) and 16.66 (Q1 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Caterpillar 323.99 Bn 295.69 Bn 7.76 Bn 8.64
2 Amphenol 178.95 Bn 173.53 Bn 3.55 Bn 12.09
3 Deere 172.42 Bn 140.51 Bn 4.66 Bn 2.81
4 Eaton 143.39 Bn 140.57 Bn 2.86 Bn 6.93
5 Parker-Hannifin 113.34 Bn 111.47 Bn 2.25 Bn 14.45
6 3M 90.39 Bn 71.83 Bn 2.78 Bn -
7 Emerson Electric 88.25 Bn 80.98 Bn 2.66 Bn -
8 Illinois Tool Works 79.31 Bn 75.87 Bn 1.90 Bn 14.52
9 Vertiv Holdings 75.57 Bn 66.19 Bn 1.23 Bn 36.66
10 Worthington Steel 1.99 Bn 1.48 Bn 261.20 Mn 1.44
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 31, 2026 1.44
May 31, 2026 -3.60
Feb 28, 2026 1.48
Nov 30, 2025 8.04
Aug 31, 2025 16.66
May 31, 2025 66.40
Feb 28, 2025 13.07
Nov 30, 2024 9.00
Aug 31, 2024 16.69
May 31, 2024 28.04
Feb 29, 2024 22.86
Nov 30, 2023 -44.00
Aug 31, 2023 139.40
May 31, 2023 299.33
Feb 28, 2023 19.00
Nov 30, 2022 -22.11
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