Basic Materials
Steel Dynamics, Inc.(STLD)
Live Price
Offline$282.76
+1.15% today
1Y Change
+124.58%
Window
Jun 20, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
- Market Cap
- $33.06B
- Revenue Growth
- +3.6%
- EPS Growth
- -18.9%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.9%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 20, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $33.06B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $282.76 and up 124.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 20, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +3.6%, EPS growth of -18.9%, a dividend yield of 0.9%. What stands out right now is revenue +3.6%, EPS -18.9%, free cash flow +2233.8% with operating margin 9.4% and ROIC 9.0%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.9%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 24.2 and price/sales 1.7. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines STLD 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
+3.6% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+9.4% 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 20, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +3.6% and EPS is at -18.9%, with operating margin around 9.4%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.9%, 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 +7.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 3 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 20, 2026 | โ | +5.2% | +7.5% | +9.2% |
2026 Jan 26, 2026 | +7.1% | +1.3% | +7.6% | +10.1% |
2025 Oct 20, 2025 | +4.2% | +5.2% | +8.0% | +6.0% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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STLD Max Drawdown
-20.33%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
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Company Overview
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Steel Dynamics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer and metal recycler in the United States. It operates through three segments: Steel Operations, Metals Recycling Operations, and Steel Fabrication Operations. The Steel Operations segment offers hot roll, cold roll, and coated steel products; parallel flange beams and channel sections, flat bars, large unequal leg angles, and reinforcing bars, as well as standard strength carbon, intermediate alloy hardness, and premium grade rail products; and engineered special-bar-quality products, merchant-bar-quality products, and other engineered round steel bars. The company also engages in turning, polishing, straightening, chamfering, threading, precision saw-cutting, and heat treating of bar products; and cutting to length, straightening, hole punching, shot blasting, welding, galvanizing, and coating of specialty products. Its products are used in construction, automotive, manufacturing, transportation, heavy and agriculture equipment, and pipe and tube markets. This segment sells directly to end-users, steel fabricators, and service centers. The Metals Recycling Operations segment purchases, processes, and resells ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals into reusable forms and grades. Its ferrous products include heavy melting steel, busheling, bundled scrap, shredded scrap, steel turnings, and cast-iron products; and nonferrous products comprise aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel, and other nonferrous metals. This segment also provides transportation logistics, marketing, brokerage, and scrap management services. The Steel Fabrication Operations segment produces non-residential steel building components, such as steel joists, girders, trusses, and steel deck products. The company also exports its products. Steel Dynamics, Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- Leadership
- Mark D. Millett
- IPO Date
- Nov 22, 1996
- Employees
- 13.0k
- Street Address
- 7575 West Jefferson Boulevard
- Mailing
- Fort Wayne, IN, 46804
- Region
- Fort Wayne, IN, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 260 969 3500
- Last Updated
- May 5, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 24.2
- EV/EBITDA
- 15.1
- Price/Sales
- 1.7
- Price/Book
- 3.6
Growth
- Revenue
- +3.6%
- EPS
- -18.9%
- Free Cash Flow
- +2233.8%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 14.0%
- Operating Margin
- 9.4%
- Net Margin
- 7.2%
- ROE
- 15.3%
- ROIC
- 9.0%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.46
- Current Ratio
- 3.13
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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