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Steel Dynamics STLD Return on assets

Return on assets at other companies

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6.6%+2.7pp
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7.6%+0.3pp
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6.6%+0.7pp
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13.6%+2.7pp
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7%-0.6pp
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ATIATI
8.2%+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 return on assets?
Steel Dynamics (STLD) reported return on assets of 8.4% in Q1 2026.
How has Steel Dynamics's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Steel Dynamics's return on assets increased by 11.2% year-over-year, from 7.6% to 8.4%.
What is the long-term trend for Steel Dynamics's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Steel Dynamics's return on assets has grown at a -21.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 76.8% to 29.1%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.