Steel Dynamics, Inc.

STLD Basic Materials Steel

Steel Dynamics, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $18.2 billion, up 3.63% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+34.8%
EPS
+92.4%
Free cash flow
+25.0%
Total debt
+11.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

252.35 1.55 +0.62%
Market cap
$35.7B
P/E
18.5×
Fwd P/E
14.2×
Dividend yield
0.83%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
5.03
Beneish M
−2.40
Dividend safety
71/100

Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD) Current ratio

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Steel Dynamics, Inc.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 3.1×, up 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (3.1×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.5× (fiscal 2024) to 4.7× (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Steel industry median of 2.6× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 3.1× 20.98%
FY2024 2.5× (13.22%)
FY2023 2.9× (22.56%)
FY2022 3.8× 21.30%
FY2021 3.1× (8.42%)
FY2020 3.4× (19.92%)
FY2019 4.2× 6.77%
FY2018 4.0× (2.04%)
FY2017 4.0× (1.72%)
FY2016 4.1× (13.31%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 3.1× (1.20%)
Jun 2026 3.2× 1.69%
Mar 2026 3.1× 2.46%
Dec 2025 3.1× (1.66%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.5× High 4.7×
Ten-year median 3.8×
Current reading's percentile 27

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 5.8×
RS Reliance, Inc. compare 4.1×
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. 3.1×
GGB Gerdau S.A. compare 2.9×
TX Ternium S.A. compare 2.6×
NUE Nucor Corporation compare 2.5×
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare 2.0×
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare 1.9×
MT ArcelorMittal compare 1.4×
Steel industry median 2.6×
Basic Materials sector median 2.5×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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