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WS (Worthington Steel) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.53 (As of Feb. 2025)


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What is Worthington Steel Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.

Worthington Steel's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was $-28.60 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was $53.80 Mil.

Hence, Worthington Steel's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was 0.53.


Worthington Steel Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Worthington Steel's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Worthington Steel Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Worthington Steel Annual Data
Trend May21 May22 May23 May24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
0.19 0.92 0.14 0.52

Worthington Steel Quarterly Data
May21 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.50 1.26 0.39 0.51 0.53

Competitive Comparison of Worthington Steel's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Steel subindustry, Worthington Steel's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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 Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Worthington Steel's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Worthington Steel's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Worthington Steel Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Worthington Steel's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-103.4) / 199.5
=0.52

Worthington Steel's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-28.6) / 53.8
=0.53

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Worthington Steel  (NYSE:WS) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.


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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.