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WS (Worthington Steel) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 1.97 (As of Jul. 06, 2025)


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What is Worthington Steel 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Worthington Steel's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 was 1.97.


The historical rank and industry rank for Worthington Steel's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

WS' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 1.28   Max: 2.79
Current: 1.97


During the past 5 years, Worthington Steel's highest Yield on Cost was 2.79. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 1.28.


WS's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
67.56% of 336 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 3.74 vs WS: 1.97

Competitive Comparison of Worthington Steel's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Steel subindustry, Worthington Steel's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % 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 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Worthington Steel's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Worthington Steel's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.


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Worthington Steel 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Worthington Steel is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost=Dividend Yield %*(1+Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Worthington Steel  (NYSE:WS) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.


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Worthington Steel Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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.