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Steel Dynamics STLD Earnings yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$5.2B+19.1%
Gross profit$763.2M+56.9%
Operating income$538.0M+95.5%
Net income$403.4M+85.8%
EPS (diluted)$2.78+93.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$556.5M-53.1%
Total debt$4.2B+0.1%
Total equity$9.2B+3.9%
Total assets$16.7B+5.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$148.3M-2.8%
CapEx$138.0M-54.8%
Free cash flow$10.3M+107%

Valuation

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Market cap$38.96B+38.9%
Enterprise value$42.6B+36.5%
P/E28.4×+4.4×
P/S2.1×+0.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin14%+0.6pp
Operating margin9.1%+0.6pp
Net margin7.2%+0.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity15.3%+2.2pp
Debt / equity0.5×0.0×
Current ratio3.1×+0.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Steel Dynamics’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Steel Dynamics’s 10-Q, filed April 27, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Steel Dynamics's earnings yield?
Steel Dynamics (STLD) reported earnings yield of 5.3% in Q1 2026.
How has Steel Dynamics's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
Steel Dynamics's earnings yield decreased by 15.6% year-over-year, from 6.2% to 5.3%.
What is the long-term trend for Steel Dynamics's earnings yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Steel Dynamics's earnings yield has grown at a -24.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 66.7% to 22%.
What does earnings yield mean?
The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
How do you interpret earnings yield?
Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
How does earnings yield compare across companies?
Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.