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How Worthington Steel, Inc. stacks up
WS · against 399 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
17/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #358 of 400 · scores higher than 9% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score30 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including WS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 17?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 81% of peers. Operating margin: 0.1% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 81% of peers. Return on invested capital: 0.2% vs peer median 6.7%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 80% of peers. Return on assets: -1.0% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 380 reported | 0.2% | 7.6% | 11% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 392 reported | 0.1% | 8.8% | 12% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 378 reported | -1.0% | 3.0% | 12% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 373 reported | -1.0% | 7.4% | 16% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 407 reported | 11.7% | 23.7% | 23% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29.0B CNY (≈$4.1B) | 98 | 87 | |
| 1 | 73.0B MXN (≈$3.9B) | 98 | 82 | |
| 1 | 2.0B USD | 98 | 89 | |
| 1 | 2.0B AUD (≈$1.3B) | 98 | 74 | |
| 1 | 4.0B AUD (≈$2.7B) | 98 | 84 | |
| 358 | 8.0B CNY (≈$1.1B) | 17 | 23 | |
| 358 | 28.5B CNY (≈$4.0B) | 17 | 46 | |
| 358 | 8.2B CNY (≈$1.2B) | 17 | 28 | |
| 358 | 2.1B USD | 17 | 39 | |
| 358 | 2.0B USD | 17 | 29 | |
| 364 | 8.3B CNY (≈$1.2B) | 16 | 13 | |
| 364 | 8.6B CNY (≈$1.2B) | 16 | 24 | |
| 364 | 1.0B EUR (≈$1.1B) | 16 | 25 | |
| 367 | 2.7B EUR (≈$3.0B) | 15 | 15 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score