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WS (Worthington Steel) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate : 217.20% (As of May. 2025)


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What is Worthington Steel 3-Year FCF Growth Rate?

Worthington Steel's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in May. 2025 was $0.17.

During the past 12 months, Worthington Steel's average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 217.20% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average Free Cash Flow per Share growth rate.

During the past 5 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Worthington Steel was 217.20% per year. The lowest was -7.90% per year. And the median was 104.65% per year.


Competitive Comparison of Worthington Steel's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate

For the Steel subindustry, Worthington Steel's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Worthington Steel's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Worthington Steel's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Worthington Steel's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate falls into.


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Worthington Steel 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Calculation

This is the 3-year average growth rate of Free Cash Flow per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.

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Worthington Steel  (NYSE:WS) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Explanation

Free Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Free Cash Flow per outstanding share of the company's stock. Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company. It's used in the calculation of Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.


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Worthington Steel Business Description

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Address
100 Old Wilson Bridge Road, Columbus, OH, USA, 43085
Worthington Steel Inc is a processor of carbon flat-rolled steel, a producer of laser-welded solutions, and a provider of electrical steel laminations. The company has manufacturing facilities across the United States, Canada, China, India, Germany and Mexico. It buys coils of steel from primary steel producers and processes them to precise type, thickness, length, width, shape, and surface quality required by customer specifications. The company's product lines and processing capabilities include; carbon flat-rolled steel processing, electrical steel laminations, and tailor welded products. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from the United States followed by Canada, Mexico, and other regions.