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Steel Dynamics (STLD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$115.69 +0.40 (+0.35%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

About Steel Dynamics Stock (NASDAQ:STLD)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$114.03
$116.85
50-Day Range
$115.29
$154.32
52-Week Range
$104.60
$155.56
Volume
4.41 million shs
Average Volume
1.30 million shs
Market Capitalization
$17.61 billion
P/E Ratio
10.47
Dividend Yield
1.59%
Price Target
$144.25
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Steel Dynamics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer and metal recycler in the United States. The Steel Operations segment offers hot rolled, cold rolled, and coated steel products; parallel flange beams and channel sections, flat bars, large unequal leg angles, and reinforcing steel bars, as well as 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 agriculture equipment, 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, girders, trusses, and steel deck products for non-residential steel fabricators, metal building companies, general construction contractors, developers, owners, brokers, and governmental entities, as well as e-commerce warehouses, data centers, metal buildings, and education and commercial building projects. The Aluminum Operations segment offers recycled aluminum flat rolled products. The company also exports its products. Steel Dynamics, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Steel Dynamics Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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97th Percentile Overall Score

STLD MarketRank™: 

Steel Dynamics scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 13th out of 193 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Steel Dynamics has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Steel Dynamics has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Steel Dynamics' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Steel Dynamics are expected to grow by 1.39% in the coming year, from $10.09 to $10.23 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Steel Dynamics is 10.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 112.81.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Steel Dynamics is 10.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 112.26.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Steel Dynamics has a P/B Ratio of 2.16. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.07% of the float of Steel Dynamics has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Steel Dynamics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Steel Dynamics has recently decreased by 25.81%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Steel Dynamics pays a meaningful dividend of 1.60%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Steel Dynamics has been increasing its dividend for 12 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Steel Dynamics is 16.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Steel Dynamics will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.99% next year. This indicates that Steel Dynamics will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Steel Dynamics' dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.07% of the float of Steel Dynamics has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Steel Dynamics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Steel Dynamics has recently decreased by 25.81%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Steel Dynamics has a news sentiment score of 0.43. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Basic Materials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 31 news articles for Steel Dynamics this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    21 people have searched for STLD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 75% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    9 people have added Steel Dynamics to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 125% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Steel Dynamics insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $3,885,938.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 6.00% of the stock of Steel Dynamics is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    82.41% of the stock of Steel Dynamics is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Steel Dynamics' insider trading history.
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STLD Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Steel Dynamics' stock was trading at $118.10 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, STLD shares have decreased by 2.0% and is now trading at $115.69.
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Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 16th. The basic materials company reported $2.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.98 by $0.07. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 5.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Steel Dynamics' Board of Directors approved a share repurchase plan on Friday, November 3rd 2023, which permits the company to buy back $1,500,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could repurchase up to 8.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

The following companies are subsidiaries of Steel Dynamics: United Steel Supply LLC, Kentucky Electric Steel, Vulcan Threaded Products, Severstal, OmniSource Corporation, Roanoke Electric Steel Corporation, Mesabi Nugget Delaware LLC, and more.

Steel Dynamics' top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.72%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.40%), FMR LLC (1.94%) and Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (1.75%). Insiders that own company stock include Keith E Busse, Glenn Pushis, Miguel Alvarez, Gabriel Shaheen, Christopher A Graham, James C Marcuccilli, Bradley S Seaman, Richard A Poinsatte and Chad Bickford.
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Shares of STLD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Steel Dynamics investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Adobe (ADBE), Tesla (TSLA) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 10/11 Dividend
9/30/2024
Dividend Payable
10/11/2024
Last Earnings
10/16/2024
Today
12/22/2024
Ex-Dividend for 1/10 Dividend
12/31/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024
Dividend Payable
1/10/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Blast furnaces & steel mills
Sub-Industry
Steel
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:STLD
CUSIP
85811910
Employees
12,600
Year Founded
1993

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$144.25
High Stock Price Target
$155.00
Low Stock Price Target
$131.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+24.7%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.25
Research Coverage
8 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$2.45 billion
Pretax Margin
12.74%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$17.90 billion
Cash Flow
$17.19 per share
Book Value
$53.57 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
143,110,000
Market Cap
$17.61 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.31

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This page (NASDAQ:STLD) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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