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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Worthington Steel (WS)

Worthington Steel Q1 net earnings rise to $36.8 million on 5% higher sales

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Worthington Steel reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 results for the three months ended August 31, 2025, with net sales up 5% to $872.9 million and net earnings attributable to the company up to $36.8 million from $28.4 million a year earlier. The company also declared a $0.16 per share quarterly dividend and held its annual meeting, where shareholders re-elected directors and approved the executive pay proposal, but operating cash flow turned negative at $5.0 million.

Key points

  • Diluted EPS was $0.72 versus $0.56; adjusted diluted EPS was $0.77 versus $0.56.
  • Operating income rose to $48.3 million from $43.4 million; adjusted EBIT was $54.9 million versus $39.4 million.
  • Net cash used in operating activities was $5.0 million, compared with $54.6 million provided a year earlier; free cash flow was negative $34.4 million.
  • Quarterly dividend of $0.16 per share is payable December 26, 2025, to holders of record on December 12, 2025.

The filing

CompanyWorthington Steel (WS)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 29, 2025, 4:40 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-223315

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations5.07 Shareholder Vote Results8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:54 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 29, 2025.

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