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Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD)

Basic Materials | Steel | Fort Wayne, United States | NasdaqGS
234.67 USD -1.18 (-0.498%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 234.67

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★★★Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 6:09 a.m. EDT

Steel Dynamics is a standout compounder with exceptional growth metrics, yet the short-term chart is currently digesting a sharp correction. The business fundamentals—driven by robust revenue and earnings expansion alongside a fortress-like balance sheet—justify a premium valuation. While the recent price action has created a discount relative to the 52-week high, the options market is establishing a support zone near current levels while capping upside at $260. Investors should view the recent dip as a buying opportunity for a high-quality industrial leader, provided they can stomach the cyclical volatility inherent to the steel sector.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.058235
AutoETS0.060947
AutoARIMA0.060948
AutoTheta0.087575

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 48%
H-stat 0.70
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.244
Excess Kurtosis -1.14
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-29
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-29
Debt to Equity Ratio 46.924
Revenue per Share 141.313
Market Cap 33,634,086,912
Trailing P/E 21.29
Forward P/E 12.39
Beta 1.53
Profit Margins 7.83%
Website https://www.steeldynamics.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 6:09 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound outcome between $220 and $260 over the next few months. Heavy call open interest clusters at the $260 strike for September expiration, while put walls concentrate near the $220 level, suggesting a strong support floor. Implied volatility remains moderate, indicating normal expectations rather than extreme fear or euphoria.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.23% 1.18% 1.39% 1.51%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-30 0.53000 0.230977
2026-03-31 0.53000 0.294444
2025-12-31 0.50000 0.295072
2025-09-30 0.50000 0.358603
2025-06-30 0.50000 0.390595
2025-03-31 0.50000 0.399744
2024-12-31 0.46000 0.403261
2024-09-30 0.46000 0.364848
2024-06-28 0.46000 0.355212
2024-03-27 0.46000 0.312946
2023-12-28 0.42500 0.356903
2023-09-28 0.42500 0.401133
2023-06-29 0.42500 0.389408
2023-03-30 0.42500 0.381679
2022-12-29 0.34000 0.345493
2022-09-29 0.34000 0.480837
2022-06-29 0.34000 0.508754
2022-03-30 0.34000 0.406504
2021-12-30 0.26000 0.420168
2021-09-29 0.26000 0.436608
2021-06-29 0.26000 0.442553
2021-03-30 0.26000 0.507020
2020-12-30 0.25000 0.683247
2020-09-29 0.25000 0.872296
2020-06-29 0.25000 0.971251
2020-03-30 0.25000 1.145213
2019-12-30 0.24000 0.704639
2019-09-27 0.24000 0.816882
2019-06-27 0.24000 0.790514
2019-03-28 0.24000 0.692241
2018-12-28 0.18800 0.629394
2018-09-27 0.18800 0.412915
2018-06-28 0.18800 0.409675
2018-03-28 0.18800 0.440281
2017-12-28 0.15500 0.353720
2017-09-28 0.15500 0.448236
2017-06-28 0.15500 0.443618
2017-03-29 0.15500 0.451369
2016-12-28 0.14000 0.384510
2016-09-28 0.14000 0.547517
2016-06-28 0.14000 0.596506
2016-03-29 0.14000 0.620018
2015-12-29 0.13800 0.762852
2015-09-28 0.13800 0.826842
2015-06-26 0.13800 0.625850
2015-03-27 0.13800 0.707692
2014-12-29 0.11500 0.586735
2014-09-26 0.11500 0.499349
2014-06-26 0.11500 0.646794
2014-03-27 0.11500 0.655271
2013-12-27 0.11000 0.558376
2013-09-26 0.11000 0.656325
2013-06-26 0.11000 0.754976
2013-03-26 0.11000 0.692259
2012-12-27 0.10000 0.747384
2012-09-26 0.10000 0.885740
2012-06-27 0.10000 0.880282
2012-03-28 0.10000 0.694444
2011-12-28 0.10000 0.763942
2011-09-28 0.10000 0.983284
2011-06-28 0.10000 0.628536
2011-03-29 0.10000 0.522193
2010-12-29 0.07500 0.408497
2010-09-28 0.07500 0.530035
2010-06-28 0.07500 0.539180
2010-03-29 0.07500 0.423729
2009-12-29 0.07500 0.420404
2009-09-28 0.07500 0.472292
2009-06-26 0.07500 0.483871
2009-03-27 0.10000 1.069519
2008-12-29 0.10000 0.963391
2008-09-26 0.10000 0.508647
2008-06-26 0.10000 0.264201
2008-03-27 0.05000 0.152369
2007-12-27 0.07500 0.250167
2007-09-26 0.07500 0.326087
2007-06-27 0.07500 0.366838
2007-03-28 0.07500 0.368279
2006-12-28 0.07500 0.452762
2006-09-27 0.07500 0.601805
2006-06-28 0.05000 0.340368
2006-03-29 0.05000 0.346081
2005-12-28 0.02500 0.281690
2005-09-28 0.02500 0.298686
2005-06-28 0.02500 0.378501
2005-03-29 0.02500 0.296296
2004-12-29 0.02500 0.259538
2004-09-28 0.01875 0.197368
2004-07-22 0.01875 0.241235
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.12
dividendYield 0.9
exDividendDate 2026-09-30
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.06
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.008734736
lastDividendValue 0.53
lastDividendDate 2026-06-30
dividendDate 2026-10-09

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.8188653
Address1 7,575 West Jefferson Boulevard
All Time High 288.74
All Time Low 2.0625
Ask 243.99
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 2.0 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,452,450
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,251,873
Average Volume 1,251,873
Average Volume10Days 1,452,450
Beta 1.532
Bid 224.46
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 4
Book Value 65.591
City Fort Wayne
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 234.665
Current Ratio 3.183
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 239.37
Day Low 232.02
Debt To Equity 46.924
Display Name Steel Dynamics
Dividend Date 1,791,504,000
Dividend Rate 2.12
Dividend Yield 0.9
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,646,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,646,000
Earnings Growth 0.836
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.788
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,577,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,440,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,440,000
Ebitda 2,674,440,960
Ebitda Margins 0.13021
Enterprise To Ebitda 13.986
Enterprise To Revenue 1.821
Enterprise Value 37,403,455,488
Eps Current Year 16.84739
Eps Forward 18.94531
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 11.02
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,790,726,400
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 242.656
Fifty Day Average Change -7.9910126
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.032931443
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 81.88653
Fifty Two Week High 288.74
Fifty Two Week High Change -54.074997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.18727921
Fifty Two Week Low 126.88
Fifty Two Week Low Change 107.784996
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.84950346
Fifty Two Week Range 126.88 - 288.74
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 848,673,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.4
Float Shares 133,548,813
Forward Eps 18.94531
Forward P E 12.386442
Free Cashflow 234,191,248
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 14,400
Fullday Change -1.175003
Fullday Change Percent -0.4982204
Fullday Price 234.665
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.14652
Gross Profits 3,009,368,064
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.06565
Held Percent Institutions 0.86225
Implied Shares Outstanding 143,328,088
Industry Steel
Industry Disp Steel
Industry Key steel
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,782,777,600
Last Dividend Value 0.53
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,206,921,600
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Steel Dynamics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer and metal recycler in the United States. It operates through four segments: Steel Operations, Metals Recycling Operations, Steel Fabrication Operations, and Aluminum Operations. The Steel Operations segment offers hot rolled, cold rolled, and coated steel products; parallel flange beams and channel sections, large unequal leg angles, and reinforcing steel bars, standard strength carbon, intermediate alloy hardness, and premium grade rail products; engineered special-bar-quality products, merchant-bar-quality products, and other engineered round steel bars; channels, angles, flats, merchant rounds, and reinforcing steel bars; and specialty shapes and light structural steel products. This segment also engages in turning, polishing, straightening, chamfering, precision saw-cutting, and heat treating of bar products. Its products are used in construction, automotive, manufacturing, transportation, heavy and agricultural equipment, energy, and pipe and tube markets. The Metals Recycling Operations segment is involved in the ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal processing, transportation, marketing, brokerage, and scrap management services. Its ferrous products include heavy melting steel, busheling, bundled scrap, shredded scrap, steel turnings, and cast-iron products; and nonferrous products comprise aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel, and other nonferrous metals. The Steel Fabrication Operations segment produces steel non-residential building components, such as steel joists, joist girders, and steel deck products for non-residential steel fabricators, metal building companies, general construction contractors, developers, property owners, brokers, and governmental entities. The Aluminum Operations segment offers recycled aluminum flat rolled products. The company also exports its products. Steel Dynamics, Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Long Name Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 33,634,086,912
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_34768
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 1,607,240,960
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 33,802,496,273
Number Of Analyst Opinions 14
Open 237.14
Operating Cashflow 1,571,571,968
Operating Margins 0.114989996
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.1869
Peg Ratio 11.95
Phone 260 969 3500
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 234.665
Post Market Time 1,787,959,806
Previous Close 235.84
Price Eps Current Year 13.9288645
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.5777009
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.6375976
Profit Margins 0.07825
Quick Ratio 1.316
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.0
Region US
Regular Market Change -1.175003
Regular Market Change Percent -0.4982204
Regular Market Day High 239.37
Regular Market Day Low 232.02
Regular Market Day Range 232.02 - 239.37
Regular Market Open 237.14
Regular Market Previous Close 235.84
Regular Market Price 234.665
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 670,293
Return On Assets 0.0787
Return On Equity 0.17568001
Revenue Growth 0.334
Revenue Per Share 141.313
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 143,328,088
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0272
Shares Short 3,904,382
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 3,554,612
Short Name Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0343
Short Ratio 3.48
Source Interval 15
State IN
Symbol STLD
Target High Price 310.0
Target Low Price 221.0
Target Mean Price 271.2143
Target Median Price 266.0
Total Cash 567,708,032
Total Cash Per Share 3.961
Total Debt 4,393,537,024
Total Revenue 20,538,677,248
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.06
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.008734736
Trailing Eps 11.02
Trailing P E 21.294462
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 208.176
Two Hundred Day Average Change 26.488998
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.1272433
Type Disp Equity
Volume 670,293
Website https://www.steeldynamics.com
Zip 46,804