Gerdau S.A.

GGB Basic Materials Steel

Gerdau S.A.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $12.5 billion, up 0.68% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+14.3%
EPS
+87.5%
Free cash flow
+172.0%
Total debt
−4.72%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

4.41 0.19 −4.13%
Market cap
$5.5B
P/E
19.2×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
3.41%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.56
Beneish M
−2.86
Dividend safety
16/100

Gerdau S.A. (GGB) Return on equity

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Gerdau S.A.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 4.39%, up 2.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.43%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.5% (fiscal 2015) to 41.1% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Steel industry median of 2.21% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 2.43% (5.77)
FY2024 8.20% (7.76)
FY2023 16.0% (10.23)
FY2022 26.2% (14.93)
FY2021 41.1% 34.01
FY2020 7.11% 2.75
FY2019 4.36% (4.29)
FY2018 8.65% 10.21
FY2017 −1.56% 8.28
FY2016 −9.84% 1.70

Against its own ten years

Low −11.5% High 41.1%
Ten-year median 7.11%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. compare 21.2%
RS Reliance, Inc. compare 14.7%
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 6.07%
GGB Gerdau S.A. 4.39%
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare 2.21%
TX Ternium S.A. compare 0.00%
WS Worthington Steel, Inc. compare −2.67%
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare −8.10%
SID National Steel Company compare −16.0%
Steel industry median 2.21%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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