Worthington Steel WS
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Worthington Steel (WS) Work In Process (2023 - 2026)

Updated

Worthington Steel (WS) posted Work In Process of $182.1 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 7.4% from $169.5 million a year earlier and up 24.8% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Worthington Steel (WS) Work In Process (2023 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

At the end of FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Worthington Steel's Work In Process came in at $145.9 million, down 11.9% from FY2025.

  • Annual Work In Process shows a three-year compound annual growth rate of -3.8% (FY2023 to FY2026).
  • In prior fiscal years, Worthington Steel's Work In Process was $165.6 million in FY2025 (-6.3%), $176.8 million in FY2024 (+7.7%) and $164.1 million in FY2023.
  • The fiscal Q1 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Work In Process in data going back to fiscal Q4 2023.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Work In Process increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 2.0%.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Work In Process in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2026, with growth of 12.8%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2025, with a decline of 20.0%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Work In Process for the three prior fiscal quarters was $145.9 million (Q4 2026), $149.4 million (Q3 2026) and $131.1 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Caterpillar 267.46 Bn 238.77 Bn 7.35 Bn
2 Amphenol 197.37 Bn 192.21 Bn 4.02 Bn
3 Deere 185.36 Bn 194.13 Bn 4.66 Bn
4 Eaton 137.64 Bn 134.62 Bn 3.11 Bn
5 Parker-Hannifin 121.80 Bn 119.79 Bn 2.26 Bn
6 3M 97.84 Bn 80.25 Bn 2.78 Bn
7 Emerson Electric 93.37 Bn 85.86 Bn 2.74 Bn
8 Illinois Tool Works 81.86 Bn 78.53 Bn 1.91 Bn
9 Vertiv Holdings 74.77 Bn 63.62 Bn 1.64 Bn
10 Worthington Steel 1.97 Bn 1.84 Bn 261.20 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 31, 2026 182.10 Mn
May 31, 2026 145.90 Mn
Feb 28, 2026 149.40 Mn
Nov 30, 2025 131.10 Mn
Aug 31, 2025 169.50 Mn
May 31, 2025 165.60 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 140.60 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 127.50 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 150.20 Mn
May 31, 2024 176.80 Mn
Feb 29, 2024 175.80 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 137.30 Mn
May 31, 2023 164.10 Mn
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