STLD
Steel Dynamics
Materials · Steel · US
$268.50
Data: 2026-05-15
✓ ETHICAL PASS

NARROW MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$33.0B
Total market value of the company
24.49
Premium valuation
13.58
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+19.1%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
7.2%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
15.2%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$238.82
-11% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 11 analysts covering this stock
About Steel Dynamics

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.

https://www.steeldynamics.com

Country: United States Employees: 14,400 Industry: Steel
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
25.6% PASS
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
14.9% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$321.75
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
16.6%
Slight discount to fair value
Rating
OPPORTUNITY
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
98.5th
Ranks in the top 2% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
86.6
Valuation Score
83.5
Quality Score
66.3
Combined
77.1

Trading at $229 against a fair value of $322, a 29% discount. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 94% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

ACCUMULATION
Smart money appears to be building positions quietly
1.085
Excellent risk-adjusted returns
0.0834
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
1.359
Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile
Annual Return
38.9%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-28.7%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BULL
Statistical model sees bullish momentum
Days in State
1
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

1.49
Moves slightly more than the broader market
52W High
$243.73
-10% below the year high
52W Low
$119.89
124% above the year low
Avg Volume
1,161,662
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
3.1
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
3.2%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
0.9%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$9.33
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.46
Conservative use of debt — low financial risk
3.13
Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations
Quick Ratio
1.20
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
14.0%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
10.3%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$-31,788,876
Negative — the business is spending more than it generates
Revenue (TTM)
$19.0B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.4B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
11
Target High
$265.00
Target Median
$238.82
Target Low
$210.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-14 POINSATTE RICHARD A Officer 200
2026-05-13 GRAHAM CHRISTOPHER A. Officer 9,000 $2,131,290
2026-05-12 POINSATTE RICHARD A Officer 2,300 $538,453
2026-05-06 TEETS RICHARD P JR Director 158
2026-05-06 BARGABOS SHEREE L. Director 158
2026-05-06 HAMANN JENNIFER L Director 79
2026-04-23 ALVAREZ MIGUEL Officer 4,825 $1,088,428
2026-04-23 CORNEW KENNETH W Director 5,000 $1,124,358
2026-04-10 TEETS RICHARD P JR Director 9
2026-04-10 SHAHEEN GABRIEL L Director 157
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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