AWI's Quality Score fell 3 points on Tue, Nov 10, to 5. Buying slipped from its highest in 20 days (4 chart checks stopped).
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Up 14% from Oct 27 to Nov 10.
| The company | A $321M profit |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 27 |
Tue Nov 10: Baird 56th Annual Global Industrial…Investor conference · date confirmed.
After its last 4 reports it closed -2.9% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Below Averagefor quality, not price, 4 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
AWI is #6 of 6 by Quality Score.
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Expected to report Tue Feb 23, before the open (in 105 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $475.8M, 12% more than a year ago; a profit of $2.17 a share.
“Consolidated net sales for the third quarter of 2026 increased 11.9% from the prior-year quarter due to higher volumes of $35 million and favorable AUV of $16 million.”
| Line | Q3 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral fiber | $292M | $288M | $274M |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Oct 27)
No outlook figures read from this release.
“Consolidated operating income increased 11.9% in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the prior-year period, primarily due to a $13 million margin benefit from sales volume growth, a $9 million margin benefit from favorable AUV and a $4 million increase in equity earnings from the Worthington Armstrong Joint Venture ("WAVE").”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Oct 27)
Sales grew 12% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $1.49 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | -4.9% | -5.7% | +3.8% |
| Jul 28, 2026 | +3.0% | +8.1% | +8.6% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | -5.4% | -4.5% | -8.0% |
Sales grew in six of the last seven years, to $1.6B in 2025. It made a profit in seven of the eight years.
RSI 60.6, MACD above signal, above both averages. Not scored.
4 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: AWI is under 0.1% of DGRO and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
Armstrong World Industries Inc designs and manufactures exterior architectural applications, including ceilings, specialty walls, and exterior metal solutions, using materials such as mineral fiber, fiberglass, metal, felt, architectural resin and glass, wood, wood fiber, and glass-reinforced-gypsum. Its segments include Mineral Fiber, which produces suspended mineral fiber and fiberglass ceiling systems and includes results from the Worthington Armstrong Venture (WAVE) for ceiling suspension system (grid) products; Architectural Specialties, which designs, produces, and sources specialty ceilings, walls, and other architectural applications for commercial settings, with revenues mainly project driven; and Unallocated Corporate. The company operates in the United States and Canada.
“The markets in which our products are sold are highly competitive.”
AWI scores 5 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #6 of 6 in Plastics Products by Quality Score, with 4 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 14% from Oct 27 to Nov 10. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
AWI scores 5 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #6 of 6 in Plastics Products by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind AWI's 5.
Expected to report Tue Feb 23, before the open, a date Breakaway expects from the company's usual timing; the company has not confirmed it. AWI closed higher after 1 of its last 4 reports. Past behavior, not a forecast.
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