STLD · Steel Dynamics Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $35.26B |
| P/E | 22.46 |
| Float | 133.6M |
| Beta | 1.49 |
| Volatility | 37.3% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Metals & Mining |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | High |
| Clavix score | 74 |
| Price | 241.44 |
| Change | −1.87% |
| Prev Close | 246.03 |
| Open | 250.25 |
| Day Low | 244.66 |
| Day High | 251.88 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $321.9M |
| 52W High | 288.74 |
| 52W Low | 126.88 |
| 52W Pos | 70.8% |
| From High | −16.38% |
| From Low | +90.29% |
| Max DD 1Y | −22.55% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | −1.21% |
| SMA 50 | −0.29% |
| SMA 200 | +15.04% |
| RSI (14) | 52.7 |
| Vol 30D | 43.8% |
| Vol 90D | 39.7% |
| 1Y Range | 127–289 |
| Daily bars | 506 |
| Perf Week | +4.32% |
| Perf Month | −7.49% |
| Perf Quarter | −11.13% |
| Perf Half Y | +29.50% |
| Perf Year | +89.85% |
| Perf YTD | +37.14% |
| Prev Day | −1.87% |
| Clavix | B+ |
| Debt / Eq | 0.47 |
| Curr Ratio | 3.06 |
| Int Cover | 18.9× |
| FCF Margin | 4.2% |
| Rev Growth | +33.4% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 3 / 23 |
What STLD does
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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading daySTLD grades B+, 74 of 100. Steadiest on News Sentiment (68), most exposed on Price Stability (57, mixed). 4 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Metals & Mining median. Ranks 3 of 23 in Metals & Mining by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| STLD | Metals & Mining median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.49 | 1.87 |
| Volatilityannualized | 37.3% | 46.7% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −22.5% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 1.45% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 4919% | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| STLD | Metals & Mining median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.49 | 1.87 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | High | Very High57% of 23 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Metals & Mining names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| STLD | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +4.3% |
| 1 month | −7.5% |
| Year to date | +37.1% |
| 1 year | +89.9% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| STLD | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30since 8 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 64 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 24 · 3 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 24 ↑ 3 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 23 Metals & Mining names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| STLD | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +33.4% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Metals & Mining median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Against Metals & Mining
23 companies| Metric | STLD | Sector spread | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | 1.49 | 1.87 | |
| Volatility | 37.3% | 46.7% | |
| P/E | 22.46 | 22.75 | |
| Debt / equity | 0.47 | 0.20 | |
| Current ratio | 3.06 | 2.78 | |
| FCF margin | 4.2% | 28.7% | |
| Interest coverage | 18.9× | 19.3× |
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openSteel Dynamics' stock rallied after a proposed 50% tariff on Canadian steel and vehicles was announced, as investors expected less competition from Canadian producers in the US market. The article notes the tariff could change Steel Dynamics' competitive position and future earnings if it goes into effect.
Steel Dynamics (STLD) shares rose. No specific catalyst was identified. The article questions whether the current price is a reasonable entry point for buyers.
Shares of major US steel and aluminum producers rose Monday after US-Canada trade negotiations broke down. Steel Dynamics climbed about 4%, Cleveland-Cliffs about 7%, Nucor about 4%, and Century Aluminum around 5%. The move reversed a sharp drop from the prior week, when investors feared a tentative deal might lower tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum exports to 25%, bringing in more Canadian competition.
Shares of US steel producers including Steel Dynamics rose roughly 4% on Monday after US-Canada trade negotiations broke down, alongside Nucor and Cleveland-Cliffs.
Shares of Steel Dynamics and Nucor fell last week. No specific catalyst was identified.S. steel tariffs could be lowered, in the context of Canada trade talks collapsing.
Nearest peers by size
Metals & Mining| Ticker | Company | Grade | Mkt cap | P/E | Beta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TECK | Teck Resources Ltd | C+ | $33.76B | 36.87 | 1.00 | Compare |
| PAAS | Pan American Silver Corp | C | $29.57B | 15.53 | 3.63 | Compare |
| KGC | Kinross Gold Corp | C | $49.64B | 11.31 | 3.39 | Compare |
| CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc | D | $22.25B | 26.11 | 1.39 | Compare |
| AU | Anglogold Ashanti PLC | C- | $56.39B | 12.61 | 0.70 | Compare |
| AGI | Alamos Gold Inc | C- | $20.94B | 12.93 | 3.54 | Compare |
| NUE | Nucor Corp | B+ | $59.55B | 25.81 | 1.87 | Compare |
| RS | Reliance Inc | A- | $20.33B | 23.04 | 0.99 | Compare |
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