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Payments to Acquire Short-Term Investments
Steel Dynamics Payments to Acquire Short-Term Investments increased by 195.7% to $29.57M in Q2 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 53.2%, from $63.18M to $29.57M. Over 2 years (FY 2022 to FY 2024), Payments to Acquire Short-Term Investments shows a downward trend with a -10.7% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementIncome Statement
SectionOther
CategoryLiquidity
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityModerate
First reportedQ1 2018
Last reportedQ2 2025Aug 11, 2025
How to read this metric
High levels suggest significant excess cash being parked for short-term yield, while low levels may indicate cash is being deployed into operations or long-term assets.
Detailed definition
Cash outflows used to purchase highly liquid financial instruments with maturities typically under one year. This reflec...
Peer comparison
Commonly found in the investing section as part of cash management activities.
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other_payments_to_acquire_short_term_investmentsHistorical Data
14 periods
| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $0.00 | $351.51M | $283.19M | $292.89M | $356.78M | $165.05M | $170.89M | $452.78M | $205.87M | $63.18M | $430.83M | $39.46M | $10.00M | $29.57M |
| QoQ Change | — | — | -19.4% | +3.4% | +21.8% | -53.7% | +3.5% | +165.0% | -54.5% | -69.3% | +581.9% | -90.8% | -74.7% | +195.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | — | -53.0% | -39.7% | +54.6% | -42.3% | -61.7% | +152.1% | -91.3% | -95.1% | -53.2% |
Range$0.00 – $452.78M
Avg YoY Growth-25.5%
Median YoY Growth-53.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Steel Dynamics's payments to acquire short-term investments?
- Steel Dynamics (STLD) reported payments to acquire short-term investments of $29.57M in Q2 2025.
- How has Steel Dynamics's payments to acquire short-term investments changed year-over-year?
- Steel Dynamics's payments to acquire short-term investments decreased by 53.2% year-over-year, from $63.18M to $29.57M.
- What is the long-term trend for Steel Dynamics's payments to acquire short-term investments?
- Over 2 years (2022 to 2024), Steel Dynamics's payments to acquire short-term investments has grown at a -10.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $927.58M to $739.34M.
- What does payments to acquire short-term investments mean?
- Cash used to buy short-term, liquid financial investments.