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STLD

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

STLD

NASDAQ·Basic Materials·Steel·Mkt cap $32.0B

$217.49

-1.93%

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52-Week Range

$119.89 - $288.74

P/E

23.29

Fwd P/E

13.29

Beta

1.52

Div Yield

0.93%

Avg Vol

1.2M

Shares Out

144.2M

Mkt Cap

$32.0B

Price action

Price chart

Up 65.4% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Vertically integrated production model
  • Comprehensive metal recycling capabilities
  • Diverse product portfolio
  • Advanced manufacturing technologies

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Above-average volatility (beta 1.5).

Growth

Moderate growth ahead

Infrastructure investment demand

Value

Fairly valued vs Steel & Aluminum peers

Momentum

Hot

+23.1% over 3m

Quality

Thin

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Modest

0.93% yield

Earnings track record

Recent earnings results

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Jul 20, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

APR 22, 2026

Reported EPS of $2.78 vs $2.83 consensus (-1.8% surprise). Revenue of $5.2B vs $5.1B expected (+2.1%).

EPS miss
Rev beat +2.1%

EPS surprise · last 4Q

0 of 2 beats

Q2 26

-1.8%

Q2 26

-0.4%

Next: Jul 20, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

-9%

-7%

-1%

+11%

+14%

+19%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$4.6B

$4.3B

$3.9B

$4.4B

$4.6B

$4.8B

$4.4B

$5.2B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

14.7%

Operating

11.3%

Profit

7.8%

Wall Street consensus

6 analysts · 67% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

4

67%

Hold

2

33%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$207.00

-4.8% vs $217.49

Low $207.00
Median $207.00
High $270.00

Latest: KeyBanc · Jun 24, 2026

2 analysts covering

vs Industry

How STLD stacks vs Steel

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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