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Steel Dynamics STLD Price / sales

Price / sales at other companies

Nucor logo
NucorNUE
1.1×+0.2×
Reliance logo
RelianceRS
1.1×-0.1×
Alcoa logo
AlcoaAA
1.4×+0.8×
Carpenter Technology logo
Carpenter TechnologyCRS
6.5×+3.4×
CSX logo
CSXCSX
5.4×+1.5×
ATI logo
ATIATI
4.3×+2.7×

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×

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 the most recent quarter.

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 price / sales?
Steel Dynamics (STLD) reported price / sales of 1.4× in Q1 2026.
How has Steel Dynamics's price / sales changed year-over-year?
Steel Dynamics's price / sales increased by 25.8% year-over-year, from 1.1× to 1.4×.
What is the long-term trend for Steel Dynamics's price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Steel Dynamics's price / sales has grown at a 9.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 3.3× to 4.7×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.