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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
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Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD) Operating margin
Steel Dynamics, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 11.5%, up 3.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.12%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.96% (fiscal 2015) to 23.4% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Steel industry median of 5.84% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.48%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8.12% | (2.96) |
| FY2024 | 11.1% | (5.69) |
| FY2023 | 16.8% | (6.10) |
| FY2022 | 22.9% | (0.49) |
| FY2021 | 23.4% | 14.54 |
| FY2020 | 8.82% | (0.61) |
| FY2019 | 9.43% | (5.14) |
| FY2018 | 14.6% | 3.39 |
| FY2017 | 11.2% | 1.82 |
| FY2016 | 9.36% | 10.32 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 15.5% | 3.96 |
| Jun 2026 | 11.5% | 1.16 |
| Mar 2026 | 10.3% | 3.31 |
| Dec 2025 | 7.03% | (3.49) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare | 17.0% |
| NUE Nucor Corporation compare | 13.3% |
| STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 11.5% |
| RS Reliance, Inc. compare | 8.80% |
| TX Ternium S.A. compare | 7.45% |
| GGB Gerdau S.A. compare | 7.45% |
| MT ArcelorMittal compare | 4.26% |
| PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare | 2.57% |
| CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare | −1.40% |
| Steel industry median | 5.84% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 2.48% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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