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STEEL DYNAMICS INC STLD
STEEL DYNAMICS INC (STLD) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.82% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $18.2B at a 6.5% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.39 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | UBS | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-07-22 | Wells Fargo | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-22 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight (main) |
| 2026-07-22 | JP Morgan | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-07-22 | Barclays | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-15 | JP Morgan | Neutral (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.266 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.955 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.09 |
| Equity / liabilities | 1.196 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STLD | STEEL DYNAMICS INC | 5/9 | 6.72 | 29.9 | +3.6% |
| CMC | COMMERCIAL METALS Co | 4/9 | — | 90.6 | -1.6% |
| NUE | NUCOR CORP | 6/9 | — | 31.3 | +5.7% |
| CRS | CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP | 8/9 | 7.05 | 55.5 | +8.6% |
| SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | 2/9 | 1.39 | — | -5.1% |
| TWI | TITAN INTERNATIONAL INC | 4/9 | 2.94 | — | -0.9% |
| MTUS | Metallus Inc. | 4/9 | — | — | +6.9% |
About STEEL DYNAMICS INC
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.
FAQ
Is STLD financially healthy?
STEEL DYNAMICS INC's Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does STLD pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. STEEL DYNAMICS INC pays a dividend yielding about 0.82% with a 24.6% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is STLD?
In FY2025, STEEL DYNAMICS INC had a net margin of 6.5% and a return on equity of 13.2%.
Is STLD overvalued or undervalued?
STEEL DYNAMICS INC trades at about 32.9× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 3.6×–22.5×, median 13.0×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for STLD?
The average Wall-Street price target for STEEL DYNAMICS INC is $272.64, about 3.6% above the recent price, from 14 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is STLD a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on STEEL DYNAMICS INC: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 29.9×, a dividend yield of 0.82%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.