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
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$18.4B
-17.3% YoY
FY Net Income
$3.2B
-16.8% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$1.2B
-66.3% YoY
Revenue Growth
+3.6%
EPS Growth
-18.9%
Gross Margin
14.0%
Net Margin
7.2%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 18.2B | 17.5B | 18.8B | 22.3B | 18.4B |
| Gross Profit | 2.4B | 2.8B | 4.0B | 6.1B | 5.4B |
| Operating Income | 1.5B | 1.9B | 3.2B | 5.1B | 4.3B |
| EBITDA | 2.1B | 2.5B | 3.7B | 5.5B | 4.6B |
| Net Income | 1.2B | 1.5B | 2.5B | 3.9B | 3.2B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 770M | 589M | 1.4B | 1.6B | 1.2B |
| Total Assets | 16.4B | 14.9B | 14.9B | 14.2B | 12.5B |
| Total Liabilities | 7.5B | 6.0B | 6.1B | 6.1B | 6.2B |
| Shareholder Equity | 9.0B | 8.9B | 8.9B | 8.1B | 6.3B |
| Total Debt | 4.2B | 3.3B | 3.1B | 3.1B | 3.1B |
| Net Debt | 3.4B | 2.8B | 1.7B | 1.4B | 1.9B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
2.2B
-50.6% YoY
Capital Expenditures
1.0B
-10.7% YoY
Free Cash Flow
1.2B
-66.3% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
14.0%
Operating Margin
9.4%
Net Margin
7.2%
ROE
15.3%
Debt / Equity
0.46x
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