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) Return on invested capital

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Steel Dynamics, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 12.4%, up 4.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.54%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.03% (fiscal 2015) to 36.5% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Steel industry median of 3.18% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 7.54% (3.24)
FY2024 10.8% (9.70)
FY2023 20.5% (15.98)
FY2022 36.5% 2.73
FY2021 33.7% 24.79
FY2020 8.94% (3.37)
FY2019 12.3% (8.82)
FY2018 21.1% 6.47
FY2017 14.7% 4.06
FY2016 10.6% 11.63

Against its own ten years

Low −1.03% High 36.5%
Ten-year median 12.3%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. 12.4%
NUE Nucor Corporation compare 11.7%
RS Reliance, Inc. compare 10.5%
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 10.0%
GGB Gerdau S.A. compare 4.96%
TX Ternium S.A. compare 4.39%
MT ArcelorMittal compare 2.52%
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare 1.66%
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare −1.30%
Steel industry median 3.18%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
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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