---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-402803"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WOR"
cik: "0000108516"
company_name: "WORTHINGTON ENTERPRISES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-09-25T20:01:39+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:21:21.089562+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Worthington Q1 FY27 net earnings $42.6M vs $48.1M prior quarter; TTM adj EBITDA $302.6M

## Summary
- Q1 FY2027 (ended Aug 31, 2026) net earnings $42.6M vs $48.1M in Q4 FY26, $45.1M in Q3 and $27.3M in Q2; Q1 adjusted EBITDA $74.0M.
- TTM adjusted EBITDA $302.6M at a 21.3% adjusted EBITDA margin; TTM net earnings attributable to controlling interest $163.5M, an 11.5% GAAP net earnings margin.
- TTM free cash flow $196.3M on $251.8M operating cash flow (116% free cash flow conversion); net debt $250.5M, or $305.6M long-term debt less $55.1M cash, at Aug 31, 2026.
- CEO Joseph B. Hayek was granted 150,000 performance shares on Sept 21, 2026, vesting only if the 90-day average share price reaches $100 within five years and he stays through certification.
- At the Sept 22, 2026 annual meeting, directors Endres, Horton and Winland retired; Chiappone, Southern and Standridge were elected to terms expiring 2029; KPMG ratified as auditor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-402803
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WOR
- cik: 0000108516
- company_name: WORTHINGTON ENTERPRISES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-09-25T20:01:39+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108516/000119312526402803/0001193125-26-402803-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108516/000119312526402803/wor-20260921.htm

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