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) Gross margin

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Steel Dynamics, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.9%, up 2.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.63% (fiscal 2015) to 29.1% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Steel industry median of 14.0% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 13.2% (2.82)
FY2024 16.0% (5.55)
FY2023 21.5% (5.95)
FY2022 27.5% (1.65)
FY2021 29.1% 14.19
FY2020 14.9% 0.31
FY2019 14.6% (5.02)
FY2018 19.7% 3.06
FY2017 16.6% (0.57)
FY2016 17.2% 7.53

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 19.7% 3.96
Jun 2026 15.7% 1.08
Mar 2026 14.7% 2.67
Dec 2025 12.0% (3.71)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 9.63% High 29.1%
Ten-year median 16.6%
Current reading's percentile 37

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
RS Reliance, Inc. compare 28.1%
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 25.7%
TX Ternium S.A. compare 17.8%
NUE Nucor Corporation compare 17.3%
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. 15.9%
GGB Gerdau S.A. compare 13.2%
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare 7.86%
MT ArcelorMittal compare 7.27%
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare 1.54%
Steel industry median 14.0%
Basic Materials sector median 25.0%
Market median 47.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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