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Steel Dynamics Inc. (STLD)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Steel Dynamics Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Steel Dynamics Inc.

Steel Dynamics Inc produces steel and aluminum products and operates in steelmaking, steel fabrication, metals recycling, and aluminum operations. The company serves customers in various industries by supplying steel and aluminum materials and related products. It also engages in metals recycling and biocarbon solutions.

Snapshot

Revenue
$18.18B
Revenue growth (YoY)
3.6%
Net income
$1.19B
Diluted EPS
$7.99
Gross margin
13.2%
Operating margin
8.1%
Net margin
6.5%
FCF margin
2.8%
ROE
13.2%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
17.7×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$34.62B
Long-term debt / equity
0.47×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Steel Dynamics

  • Revenue grew 3.6% to $18.2B in FY2025, after a 6.7% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 8.1% in FY2025, -15.2 pp against 23.4% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $6.5B, up 34.8% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $502M in FY2025, 2.8% of revenue.
  • Net income fell 22.9% to $1.2B in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Steel Dynamics’s fundamentals sit among the 224 Materials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin13.2%
18th percentile of 177
Operating margin8.1%
63rd percentile of 174
Net margin6.5%
68th percentile of 206
FCF margin2.8%
41st percentile of 191
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.6%
56th percentile of 219
ROE13.2%
75th percentile of 199
P/E17.7×
39th percentile of 114
Long-term debt / equity0.47×
39th percentile of 156
Short interest3.80d
45th percentile of 220

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 of the superinvestors we track (plus 4 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
2
+4 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
5
1 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
1
1 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$392.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$185.3M807.6KAdded
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$86.8M378.5KReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$80.7M351.9KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$27.4M119.6KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$10.3M44.7KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$1.5M6.4KNew

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
—
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
—
Reported activity
Quiet
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-06-05
filed 2026-06-08
James Stanley AndersonSenior Vice PresidentSell4.4K$269.22$1.2M
2026-06-05
filed 2026-06-08
James Stanley AndersonSenior Vice PresidentSell4.2K$268.42$1.1M
2026-06-05
filed 2026-06-08
James Stanley AndersonSenior Vice PresidentSell1.1K$267.35$294K
2026-06-05
filed 2026-06-08
James Stanley AndersonSenior Vice PresidentSell322$269.93$87K
2026-05-13
filed 2026-05-15
Christopher A. GrahamSenior Vice PresidentSell3.0K$237.01$711K
2026-05-13
filed 2026-05-15
Christopher A. GrahamSenior Vice PresidentSell3.0K$236.90$711K
2026-05-13
filed 2026-05-15
Christopher A. GrahamSenior Vice PresidentSell3.0K$236.52$709K
2026-05-12
filed 2026-05-14
Richard A. PoinsatteSenior Vice PresidentSell2.3K$234.11$538K
2026-04-23
filed 2026-04-24
Kenneth W. CornewDirectorSell4.8K$224.85$1.1M
2026-04-23
filed 2026-04-24
Miguel AlvarezSenior Vice PresidentSell3.8K$225.11$861K
2026-04-23
filed 2026-04-24
Miguel AlvarezSenior Vice PresidentSell700$227.82$159K
2026-04-23
filed 2026-04-24
Miguel AlvarezSenior Vice PresidentSell300$226.36$68K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
4.0M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+6.4%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.80
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.1M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-304.0M+6.4%3.80
2026-09-153.8M-0.9%4.03
2026-08-313.8M-2.4%2.77
2026-08-143.9M-3.8%3.93
2026-07-314.1M+14.1%3.26
2026-07-153.6M-3.3%3.21
2026-06-303.7M-8.2%2.25
2026-06-154.0M+5.7%3.88

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$18.18B$17.54B$18.80B$22.26B$18.41B
Gross profit
Operating income$1.48B$1.94B$3.15B$5.09B$4.30B
Pre-tax income$1.49B$1.98B$3.22B$5.02B$4.21B
Net income$1.19B$1.54B$2.45B$3.86B$3.21B
Diluted EPS$7.99$9.84$14.64$20.92$15.56

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$1.45B$1.84B$3.52B$4.46B$2.20B
Capital expenditure$948.0M$1.87B$1.66B$908.9M$1.01B
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q3 FY2026$6.51B34.8%$756.0M$5.26
Q2 FY2026$6.09B33.4%$534.1M$3.69
Q1 FY2026$5.20B19.1%$403.4M$2.78
Q4 FY202514.0%
Q3 FY2025$4.83B11.2%$403.7M$2.74
Q2 FY2025$4.57B-1.5%$298.7M$2.01
Q1 FY2025$4.37B-6.9%$217.2M$1.44
Q4 FY2024-8.5%

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorMaterials
SIC industrySteel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens)
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended September 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2019
SEC CIK1022671

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-27
View on EDGAR →
10-K2025-02-28
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10-Q2026-10-23
View on EDGAR →
10-Q2026-07-28
View on EDGAR →
10-Q2026-04-27
View on EDGAR →
10-Q2025-10-24
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8-K2026-10-20
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8-K2026-10-19
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.