Worthington Enterprises, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Worthington Enterprises, Inc. had return on equity of 15.9% and a net margin of 11.3%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010May 2010 | 2011May 2011 | 2012May 2012 | 2013May 2013 | 2014May 2014 | 2015May 2015 | 2016May 2016 | 2017May 2017 | 2018May 2018 | 2019May 2019 | 2020May 2020 | 2021May 2021 | 2022May 2022 | 2023May 2023 | 2024May 2024 | 2025May 2025 | 2026May 2026 | LTMAug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 2.3% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 5.2% | 4.8% | 2.3% | 5.1% | 6.8% | 5.4% | 4.1% | 2.6% | 22.8% | 7.2% | 5.2% | 8.9% | 8.3% | 11.3% | 11.5% |
| Return on equity | 6.4% | 16.4% | 16.7% | 17.9% | 18.0% | 9.6% | 18.6% | 23.4% | 20.8% | 17.5% | 9.5% | 65.2% | 26.4% | 16.2% | 8.6% | 10.5% | 15.9% | 15.8% |
| Return on assets | 3.0% | 7.2% | 6.5% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 3.5% | 6.9% | 9.3% | 7.9% | 6.0% | 3.3% | 25.4% | 10.8% | 7.0% | 4.2% | 5.8% | 8.8% | 8.9% |
| Effective tax rate | 34.1% | 32.0% | 29.3% | 32.0% | 26.4% | 22.8% | 27.2% | 26.7% | 3.9% | 20.9% | 23.8% | 19.2% | 25.0% | 21.5% | 52.7% | 26.3% | 23.0% | 22.9% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 11.2% | 9.6% | 8.9% | 9.9% | 9.6% | 8.7% | 10.5% | 10.5% | 10.3% | 9.0% | 10.7% | 11.1% | 5.4% | 5.8% | 22.8% | 23.3% | 21.4% | 21.2% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 70.0% | 26.2% | 27.8% | 32.4% | 20.6% | 60.5% | 32.8% | 24.8% | 26.4% | 34.1% | 67.6% | 7.3% | 15.1% | 23.1% | 51.4% | 35.3% | 23.6% | 23.1% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $523m of assets due within a year against $196m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $523m short-term assets against $598m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $55m of cash against $306m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 29% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 48% to 29% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $252m of operating cash flow against $306m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $80m against $8m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Worthington Enterprises's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 3 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 4.1% of total assets over 8 years.
- Pricing power 3 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 15.3%, moving by 7.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 1.2%; its worst year was -3.6%.
- Cash conversion 14 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 8.5% of revenue.
- Discipline 19 / 20
The diluted share count fell 6.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (39 before it).
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