Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$249.91
-7.49% today
1Y Change
+121.88%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → 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 $249.91 and up 121.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → 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.
Benchmark Comparison
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STLD
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
STLD Max Drawdown
-20.33%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for STLD and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
0.89%
Trailing 12M Payout
$2.03
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | Apr 10, 2026 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | Jan 9, 2026 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 11, 2025 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | Apr 11, 2025 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | Jan 10, 2025 | $0.46 | $0.46 | Quarterly |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Oct 11, 2024 | $0.46 | $0.46 | Quarterly |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Jul 12, 2024 | $0.46 | $0.46 | Quarterly |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Apr 12, 2024 | $0.46 | $0.46 | Quarterly |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Dec 31, 2023 | Jan 16, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.42 | Quarterly |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Oct 16, 2023 | $0.42 | $0.42 | Quarterly |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | Jul 14, 2023 | $0.42 | $0.42 | Quarterly |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Apr 14, 2023 | $0.42 | $0.42 | Quarterly |
| Dec 29, 2022 | Dec 31, 2022 | Jan 13, 2023 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Oct 14, 2022 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Jul 15, 2022 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Mar 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Apr 15, 2022 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Dec 31, 2021 | Jan 14, 2022 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Oct 15, 2021 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Jun 29, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Jul 16, 2021 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Mar 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Apr 16, 2021 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Dec 30, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | Jan 15, 2021 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Sep 29, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Oct 16, 2020 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Jun 29, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | Jul 10, 2020 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Mar 30, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | Apr 10, 2020 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Dec 30, 2019 | Dec 31, 2019 | Jan 10, 2020 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Oct 11, 2019 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| Jun 27, 2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | Jul 12, 2019 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| Mar 28, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | Apr 12, 2019 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| Dec 28, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Jan 11, 2019 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Sep 27, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Oct 12, 2018 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Jun 28, 2018 | Jun 30, 2018 | Jul 13, 2018 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Mar 28, 2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | Apr 13, 2018 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Dec 28, 2017 | Dec 31, 2017 | Jan 10, 2018 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Quarterly |
| Sep 28, 2017 | Sep 30, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Quarterly |
| Jun 28, 2017 | Jun 30, 2017 | Jul 7, 2017 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Quarterly |
| Mar 29, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 | Apr 10, 2017 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Quarterly |
| Dec 28, 2016 | Dec 31, 2016 | Jan 13, 2017 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Sep 28, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 | Oct 14, 2016 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Jun 28, 2016 | Jun 30, 2016 | Jul 14, 2016 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
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