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) Free cash flow

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Steel Dynamics, Inc.'s free cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $501.5M, compared with −$23.5M in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $1.1B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −$211.0M (fiscal 2020) to $3.6B (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. Steel Dynamics, Inc. ranks 2nd of 19 Steel companies by free cash flow.

Free cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
FY2025 $501.5M —
FY2024 −$23.5M —
FY2023 $1.9B (47.57%)
FY2022 $3.6B 196.48%
FY2021 $1.2B —
FY2020 −$211.0M —
FY2019 $944.3M (19.70%)
FY2018 $1.2B 104.72%
FY2017 $574.5M (12.24%)
FY2016 $654.6M (30.30%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 $696.2M 128.94%
Jun 2026 $304.1M 2,841.80%
Mar 2026 $10.3M (87.73%)
Dec 2025 $84.2M (84.88%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −$211.0M High $3.6B
Ten-year median $939.1M
Current reading's percentile 27

Free cash flow against peers

What Free cash flow is

Free Cash Flow tells an investor how much cash a company’s operations generate after paying for its investment in physical and intangible assets.

Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)

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