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Armstrong World Industries Inc (AWI) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for AWI, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.73 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How AWI has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.73 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Armstrong World Industries Inc moved 0.73% on average · correlation 0.25 · higher than 72% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.27 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.31% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.12% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Building Products & Equipment · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Building Products & Equipment · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against AWI on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Armstrong World Industries Inc

AWI in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Armstrong World Industries designs, makes and sells ceiling and wall systems for commercial and residential buildings across the Americas. It works through two segments, one for mineral-fibre and related ceiling materials and one for architectural specialty products such as metal, wood and glass panels. Customers include distributors, contractors, wholesalers and large retail chains serving new construction and renovation work. The company is based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Where it sits in the stack
Armstrong does not sit inside our AI build-out index; it belongs to our Industrials sleeve, within the Building Products & Equipment sector, tracking construction and renovation demand rather than chip or data-centre activity.
Who it is priced against
No peer group is set for Armstrong in our system; the comparison the market draws is with USG Corporation, another maker of ceiling and interior building systems.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Armstrong holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelooknet score and no index quotes in our coverage; the diary notes it mainly as a construction-cycle name outside the AI stack.
What the diary watches
Whether commercial construction and renovation activity picks up or slows, since that flow, not chip demand, is what moves Armstrong's order book.

Armstrong World Industries Inc (AWI) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by DA Davidson, 2026-08-24

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for AWI from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target DA Davidson — target 215 Target set to $215 (+20.6% to spot) 2026-08-24

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.83%, quarterly · last 0.34 USD on 2026-08-05

Dividends and capital return

What AWI pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.36 USD per share · a 0.83% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +10.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.23 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.34 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-05
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.28 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.15 USD · 2025: 1.26 USD · 2026: 1.02 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-01

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Armstrong World Industries Inc (AWI)?

Armstrong World Industries Inc trades as AWI on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is AWI in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Armstrong World Industries Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does AWI trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -4.7% vs the 50-day and -5.6% vs the 200-day average, 20.7% below the 52-week high and +8.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Armstrong World Industries Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Armstrong World Industries Inc had a beta of 0.73 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 72% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.31% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Armstrong World Industries Inc do?

Armstrong World Industries designs, makes and sells ceiling and wall systems for commercial and residential buildings across the Americas. It works through two segments, one for mineral-fibre and related ceiling materials and one for architectural specialty products such as metal, wood and glass panels. Customers include distributors, contractors, wholesalers and large retail chains serving new construction and renovation work. No peer group is set for Armstrong in our system; the comparison the market draws is with USG Corporation, another maker of ceiling and interior building systems.

Where does Armstrong World Industries Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Armstrong does not sit inside our AI build-out index; it belongs to our Industrials sleeve, within the Building Products & Equipment sector, tracking construction and renovation demand rather than chip or data-centre activity. Armstrong holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelooknet score and no index quotes in our coverage; the diary notes it mainly as a construction-cycle name outside the AI stack.

Does Armstrong World Industries Inc pay a dividend?

Armstrong World Industries Inc has paid 1.36 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.83% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.34 USD on 2026-08-05. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Armstrong World Industries Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Armstrong World Industries Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by DA Davidson on 2026-08-24 (target 215). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AWI, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

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