STLD

Steel Dynamics: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published: Jul 20, 2026   |  Read Original Article ↗

Article Summary

HOLD
  • Steel Dynamics Inc. (STLD) reported second-quarter earnings of $534.1 million, with profit of $3.69 per share, exceeding Wall Street expectations.
  • The steel producer and metals recycler posted revenue of $6.09 billion in the period, with revenue exceeding analyst expectations by $1.2 billion.
  • Steel Dynamics posted revenue growth of 6.7% year-over-year, with net income of $4.1 billion, beating expectations of $2.9 billion.
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Growth Stock Metric Rating
STLD Rating
56.0
WEAK HOLD

Growth Stock Scoring Breakdown

METRIC VALUE WEIGHT ANALYSIS
Sales Growth TTM ? 10.4% 25% 50.0 ptsMeets Minimum (10.4%) - Passes screener
EPS Growth Next 5Y ? 33.4% 25% 90.0 ptsExcellent (33.4%) - Strong outlook
Target Price Upside ? 19.7% 20% 60.0 ptsModerate Upside (19.7%) - Target: $275.91 vs Current: $230.49
Gross Margin % ? 13.9% 15% 20.0 ptsThin (13.9%) - Low-margin business
Drawdown from 52-Wk High ? -20.2% 15% 40.0 ptsMild Pullback (-20.2%) - Light entry opportunity
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About STLD

Basic Materials Steel 14,400 employees Fort Wayne, IN, United States
  • 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.
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