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Steel Dynamics STLD Free cash flow yield

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2.8%+0.2pp

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 free cash flow yield?
Steel Dynamics (STLD) reported free cash flow yield of 2.6% in Q1 2026.
How has Steel Dynamics's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
Steel Dynamics's free cash flow yield increased by 404.1% year-over-year, from -0.8% to 2.6%.
What is the long-term trend for Steel Dynamics's free cash flow yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Steel Dynamics's free cash flow yield has grown at a -32.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 10.3% to 2.1%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.