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 invested capital

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Gerdau S.A.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 4.96%, up 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.79%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.06% (fiscal 2015) to 26.0% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Steel industry median of 3.18% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 3.79% (3.56)
FY2024 7.35% (4.77)
FY2023 12.1% (9.33)
FY2022 21.5% (4.58)
FY2021 26.0% 17.94
FY2020 8.09% 2.56
FY2019 5.53% (1.22)
FY2018 6.75% 4.83
FY2017 1.92% 4.52
FY2016 −2.60% 1.46

Against its own ten years

Low −4.06% High 26.0%
Ten-year median 6.75%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. compare 12.4%
RS Reliance, Inc. compare 10.5%
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 10.0%
TX Ternium S.A. compare 5.65%
GGB Gerdau S.A. 4.96%
SID National Steel Company compare 3.18%
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare 1.66%
WS Worthington Steel, Inc. compare 0.11%
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare −1.30%
Steel industry median 3.18%
Basic Materials sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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