Worthington Enterprises has beaten earnings estimates in 3 of the last 4 quarters and is showing strong momentum with rising volume and on-balance volume accumulation, but the stock is trading above its analyst target with negative upside remaining and faces earnings event risk within 7 days.
Thesis pillars
- Target Exceeded Negative Asymmetry↓Deteriorating
- Earnings Beat Growth Trajectory→Stable
- Strong Price Momentum↓Deteriorating
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Worthington Enterprises, Inc. (WOR) Stock Analysis
Industrials · Metal Fabrication
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $58.42 — A.R:R is negative (-0.2) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Consecutive earnings misses (2).
Worthington Enterprises designs and manufactures consumer products (tools, outdoor living, and celebrations brands like Balloon Time, Bernzomatic, and licensed Coleman grills) and building products (pressurized containment solutions for heating, cooking, and cooling), plus 50%-... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $58.42 — A.R:R is negative (-0.2) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Consecutive earnings misses (2). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.5/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 45d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
About Worthington Enterprises, Inc.
About Worthington Enterprises, Inc.
Worthington Enterprises splits its business between Building Products, which generated 57% of fiscal 2025 net sales, and Consumer Products, which generated 43%, spanning brands from Bernzomatic torches to licensed Coleman grills alongside pressurized containment cylinders for heating, cooking, and cooling. The company operates 15 wholly-owned manufacturing facilities across the U.S., Norway, and Portugal, plus unconsolidated joint ventures WAVE and ClarkDietrich, and derived 17% of net sales from international operations, primarily Europe.
Worthington sells Consumer Products -- torches, tools, balloon kits, and licensed Coleman grills -- primarily to mass merchandisers, retailers, and distributors, with one retail customer accounting for 12% of consolidated net sales and roughly 28% of Consumer Products segment net sales in fiscal 2025. Building Products sells pressurized cylinders and tanks mainly to gas producers and distributors, and reaches the ceiling-suspension and metal-framing markets only through its unconsolidated joint ventures: WAVE, a 50%-owned venture with Armstrong World Industries, and ClarkDietrich, a 25%-owned venture with CWBS-MISA. The company's principal raw material is flat-rolled steel purchased from multiple primary producers, along with aluminum, zinc, copper, and helium; steel prices have swung sharply in recent years on tariffs, supplier consolidation, and the war in Ukraine, and Worthington tries to match customer pricing terms to its own supplier pricing terms to limit margin exposure.
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Worthington's margin structure sits between two unhedged pressures: it generally has no long-term contracts with customers, who buy on an order-by-order basis and can walk away at any time, while on the supply side steel producer consolidation has left fewer alternative sources for certain specialty steel grades. The company's stated mitigation -- matching customer pricing terms to supplier pricing terms -- works only when both sides move together; the 10-K itself flags that a sharp decline in steel prices could force Worthington to work through higher-cost inventory on hand while contractual or competitive pressure requires it to cut customer prices immediately, squeezing margins from both directions at once.
See also: Industrials · Metal Fabrication
From Worthington Enterprises, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted August 2, 2026.
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updated 2026-08-08Recent Developments — Worthington Enterprises, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Canaccord Genuity Maintains Buy on Worthington Enterprises, Lowers Price Target to $67 — benzinga Jun 25, 2026 positive
- NEWS Worthington Enterprises Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga Jun 24, 2026 neutral
- NEWS 12 Industrials Stocks Moving In Tuesday's After-Market Session — benzinga Jun 23, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Worthington Enterprises Q4 Adj. EPS $0.97 Misses $1.06 Estimate, Sales $371.456M Miss $386.493M Estimate — benzinga Jun 23, 2026 negative
- NEWS Worthington Enterprises Raises Quarterly Dividend From $0.19 To $0.20/Share — benzinga Jun 23, 2026 positive
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- LOWCustomerone retail customer12%10-K Item 1: 'Sales to one retail customer accounted for 12% of our consolidated net sales in fiscal 2025.'
- MEDIUMCustomerlargest customer (Consumer Products segment)28%10-K Item 1: 'Approximately 28% of fiscal 2025 Consumer Products net sales was attributable to our largest customer.'
- LOWGeographicinternational operations17%10-K Item 1: 'International operations accounted for approximately 17% of consolidated net sales in fiscal 2025, primarily to customers in Europe.'
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2 floor-breakers
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $58.42 — A.R:R is negative (-0.2) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Consecutive earnings misses (2). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $54.62. Score 5.5/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $67.18 (-2.3% upside). Prior stop was $54.62. Stop-loss: $54.62.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Consecutive earnings misses (2).
Worthington Enterprises, Inc. trades at a P/E of 18.6 (forward 14.1). TrendMatrix value score: 6.6/10. Verdict: Sell.
8 analysts cover WOR with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $66.
What does Worthington Enterprises, Inc. do?Worthington Enterprises designs and manufactures consumer products (tools, outdoor living, and celebrations brands like...
Worthington Enterprises designs and manufactures consumer products (tools, outdoor living, and celebrations brands like Balloon Time, Bernzomatic, and licensed Coleman grills) and building products (pressurized containment solutions for heating, cooking, and cooling), plus 50%- and 25%-owned joint ventures WAVE and ClarkDietrich in ceiling and framing systems. Building Products generated 57% of fiscal 2025 net sales and Consumer Products 43%; international operations were about 17% of net sales.