Why Steel Dynamics, Inc.’s (STLD) Stock Is Up 5.48%
As of Friday, August 21, Steel Dynamics, Inc.’s STLD share price has surged by 5.48%, which has investors questioning if this is right time to sell.Cynthia McLaughlin
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COMPANY 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.
Commentary & Analysis
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Why Steel Dynamics, Inc.’s (STLD) Stock Is Down 5.44%
As of Monday, June 29, Steel Dynamics, Inc.’s STLD share price has dipped by 5.44%, which has investors questioning if this is right time to buy.Rosalio Madrigal
Financial Summary
| Share Statistics | STLD | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Market Cap (Mil) | $32,776.3 | $1,779.6 | 90% |
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| Shares Out (Mil) | 144.6 | 140.4 | 70% |
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| Institutional Ownership | 92.6% | 82.7% | 61% |
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| Float (Mil) | 133.5 | 142.2 | 67% |
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| Beta | 1.53 | 1.25 | 84% |
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| Avg Daily Volume (000s) | 1,283 | 384 | 75% |
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| Price Change (52-week) |
82.3% | 73.2% | 88% |
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| Growth | STLD | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (5yr) | 13.6% | 10.9% | 69% |
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| Net Income (5yr) | 16.6% | (0.4%) | 67% |
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| EPS (5yr) | 25.3% | 7.5% | 76 |
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| Dividends (5yr) | 14.9% | 0.0% | 90% |
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| Cash Flow (5yr) | 86.1% | (8.7%) | 98% |
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| Estimates | Qtrly | Current Fiscal Year |
Next Fiscal Year |
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| # of Estimates | 11 | 13 | 13 | |
| Current EPS | $5.391 | $16.763 | $19.018 | |
| Month Ago EPS | $5.129 | $16.378 | $19.124 | |
| # Rev Up | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| # Rev Down | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Three Months Ago EPS | $4.490 | $15.024 | $17.012 | |
| Year/Year Chg | 46.1% | 109.8% | 123.5% | |
| Financials | STLD | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (TTM) (Mil) | $20,539 | $1,641 | 91% |
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| Net Income (TTM) (Mil) | $1,607 | $9 | 90% |
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| EPS (TTM) | $11.058 | $0.100 | 95% |
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| Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $1,572 | $45 | 86% |
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| Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $110 | $27 | 78% |
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| Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) | $4,392 | $94 | 84% |
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| Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) | $40,803 | $2,083 | 90% |
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| Valuation | STLD | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| P/B | 3.49 | 2.92 | 68% |
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| P/E | 20.8 | 18.6 | 53% |
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| Dividend Yield | 0.9% | 0.0% | 66% |
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| PEG (5yr hist) | 0.8 | 0.6 | 38% |
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| Ratios | STLD | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Gross Margin | 14.7% | 41.5% | 14% |
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| Net Margin | 7.8% | 8.0% | 57% |
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| ROA | 9.8% | 1.0% | 87% |
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| ROE | 17.6% | 3.4% | 76% |
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| Liabilities to Assets | 45.3% | 34.5% | 36% |
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| F-Score | 7 | 4 | 82% |
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Passing Stock Screens
As of 8/21/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies,
FACTOR STRATEGY
Value on the Move--PEG With Hist Growth Screen
Factors: Value, Quality, Momentum, Growth
Using PEG ratios and price strength to find growth stocks trading at a reasonable price.
| Performance Since Inception: | 13.9% |
| +/- S&P 500: | +6.4 |
FACTOR STRATEGY
Dual Cash Flow Screen
Factors: Quality, Growth
An analysis that can provide advance notice that a company may be facing financial trouble, though earnings and sales appear strong.
| Performance Since Inception: | 11.4% |
| +/- S&P 500: | +3.9 |
