“The favorable change in cash used for financing activities was primarily due to increased net borrowings due to the Eventscape acquisition, partially offset by an increase in repurchases of our outstanding common stock and an increase in payments of tax withh…”10-Q · Jul 28, 2026 ↗
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
AWI
Market read
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 32 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 9 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 2.8 percentage points.
- AWI's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if AWI's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 32 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 9 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 2.8 percentage points.
- Gross margin fell 1.3 percentage points.
- Net margin fell 1.8 percentage points.
- AWI's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +12.1% year over year.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.15x in the latest annual period.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- P/E is 42% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 296% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
162.70Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Consolidated net sales for the first six months of 2026 increased 9.2% over the prior-year period due to higher volumes of $47 million and favorable AUV of $27 million.”10-Q · Jul 28, 2026 ↗
“During the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, the changes in fair value of acquisition-related contingent consideration were primarily due to changes in financial projections over each entity’s earn-out periods, changes in valuation inputs and…”10-Q · Jul 28, 2026 ↗
“These benefits were partially offset by a $9 million increase in manufacturing costs, including freight, raw material and energy inflation, partially offset by ongoing manufacturing productivity.”10-Q · Jul 28, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 4.4× · EV/sales 4.6×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:00 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for AWI. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
The latest filing shows material pressure
10-Q filed 2026-04-28 against the comparable filing from 2025-04-29.
What improved
- Revenue increased 7.1% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Operating margin fell 2.8 percentage points.
- Gross margin fell 1.3 percentage points.
- Net margin fell 1.8 percentage points.
Filing receipts
“The increase in cost of goods sold as a percent of net sales was primarily driven by higher organic manufacturing costs, including raw material and energy inflation and unfavorable inventory valuation impacts, as well as an increase in inorganic costs related to our 2026 and 2025 acquisitions.”
“The decrease in interest expense was primarily due to lower average debt balances.”
“The increase in cost of goods sold as a percentage of net sales was primarily driven by a $5 million increase in costs related to our 2026 and 2025 acquisitions and a $3 million increase in manufacturing costs within our organic business, which was primarily driven by higher employee costs and the impact of growth investments.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind AWI
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
WORWorthington Enterprises, Inc.partnerApr 28, 2026 ▾
“We also manufacture ceiling suspension system (grid) products through a joint venture with Worthington Enterprises, Inc.”
HDThe Home Depot, Inc.distributorFeb 24, 2026 ▾
“In September 2025, GMS, Inc., one of our largest distributor customers, was acquired by The Home Depot, Inc.”
Depended on by
LIILennox International Inc.supplierFeb 17, 2026 ▾
“The Allied Air Enterprise business and brands (“Armstrong Air,” “AirEase,” “Concord,” “Ducane,” “Allied,” and “MagicPak”) include a full line of heating, ventilation and air conditioning products and are sold through independent wholesale distributors in the…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
AWI is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Industrial Equipment. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.