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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-139038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WS"
cik: "0001968487"
company_name: "Worthington Steel, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T00:35:44.744668+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Worthington Steel Q2 net earnings $12.8M, revenue down 9%; acquires Sitem Group stake; declares $0.16 dividend

## Summary
- Q2 net earnings $12.8M ($0.25/sh) vs loss $6.0M; adjusted EPS $0.19 vs $0.11.
- Net sales $739M, down 9% YoY; volume 936k tons down 3%.
- Automotive volume down 2% but one Detroit 3 customer cut >30%; construction down 20%.
- Agreed to acquire 52% stake in Sitem Group, Europe electric motor lamination producer, close early 2025.
- Quarterly dividend $0.16/sh declared, payable March 28, 2025, record March 14, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-139038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WS
- cik: 0001968487
- company_name: Worthington Steel, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1968487/000095017024139038/0000950170-24-139038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1968487/000095017024139038/ws-20241218.htm

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