Basic Materials
Gerdau S.A.(GGB)
Live Price
Offline$4.17
-7.13% today
1Y Change
+46.83%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $45.06B
- Revenue Growth
- +4.2%
- EPS Growth
- -68.3%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.7%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Gerdau S.A. (GGB) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $45.06B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $4.17 and up 46.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +4.2%, EPS growth of -68.3%, a dividend yield of 2.7%. What stands out right now is revenue +4.2%, EPS -68.3%, free cash flow -76.0% with operating margin 5.5% and ROIC 3.0%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 2.7%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 32.6 and price/sales 0.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines GGB price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+4.2% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+5.5% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 27, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +4.2% and EPS is at -68.3%, with operating margin around 5.5%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.7%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +1.1% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 27, 2026 | โ | +4.4% | +4.2% | +8.3% |
2026 Feb 23, 2026 | -36.4% | -2.2% | -4.3% | -18.0% |
2025 Oct 30, 2025 | -9.1% | +1.2% | +3.5% | +4.3% |
Benchmark Edge
GGB vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
GGB
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
GGB Max Drawdown
-28.67%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for GGB and SPY.
Company Overview
Gerdau S.A.
New York Stock Exchange
Gerdau S.A. provides steel products and services. The company operates through Brazil Business, North America Business, South America Business, and Special Steel Business segments. It offers semi-finished products, including billets, blooms, and slabs; common long rolled products, such as rebars, wire rods, merchant bars, light shapes, and profiles to the construction and manufacturing industries; finished industrial products, including commercial rolled-steel bars, and light profiles and wires; agricultural products that include stakes and smooth wire products; and drawn products comprises barbed and barbless fence wires, galvanized wires, fences, concrete reinforcing wire meshes, nails, and clamps. The company also produces special steel products used in auto parts, light and heavy vehicles, and agricultural machinery, as well as the oil and gas, wind energy, machinery and equipment, mining and rail, and other markets. In addition, it offers flat products, including hot rolled coils and heavy plates; and resells flat steel products, as well as mines and produces iron ore. It sells its products through independent distributors, direct sales from the mills, and through its retail network. The company was founded in 1901 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Leadership
- Gustavo Werneck Da Cunha
- IPO Date
- Mar 10, 1999
- Employees
- 30.0k
- Street Address
- Av. Dra. Ruth Cardoso, 8,501
- Mailing
- Sรฃo Paulo, SP, 05425-070
- Region
- Sรฃo Paulo, SP, BR
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 55 11 3094 6300
- Last Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 32.6
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.3
- Price/Sales
- 0.6
- Price/Book
- 0.8
Growth
- Revenue
- +4.2%
- EPS
- -68.3%
- Free Cash Flow
- -76.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 11.4%
- Operating Margin
- 5.5%
- Net Margin
- 2.0%
- ROE
- 2.5%
- ROIC
- 3.0%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.31
- Current Ratio
- 2.89
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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