Steel Dynamics Steel Fabrication Operations — Operating Income decreased by 1.1% to $89.51M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 23.3%, from $116.75M to $89.51M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Steel Fabrication Operations — Operating Income shows an upward trend with a 2.8% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
An increase indicates improved operational efficiency or higher margins, while a decrease signals margin compression or operational challenges.
The profit or loss generated by the steel fabrication segment after deducting operating expenses from revenue. It measur...
Standard segment operating profit metric; directly comparable to segment EBIT reported by industrial peers.
stld_segment_steel_fabrication_operations_operating_income_loss| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | 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 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $28.41M | $89.39M | $237.60M | $466.88M | $599.19M | $676.73M | $681.86M | $551.27M | $462.08M | $330.02M | $249.89M | $178.34M | $180.74M | $165.59M | $142.31M | $116.75M | $93.11M | $107.02M | $90.55M | $89.51M |
| QoQ Change | — | +214.7% | +165.8% | +96.5% | +28.3% | +12.9% | +0.8% | -19.2% | -16.2% | -28.6% | -24.3% | -28.6% | +1.3% | -8.4% | -14.1% | -18.0% | -20.2% | +14.9% | -15.4% | -1.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | >999% | +657.1% | +187.0% | +18.1% | -22.9% | -51.2% | -63.4% | -67.6% | -60.9% | -49.8% | -43.0% | -34.5% | -48.5% | -35.4% | -36.4% | -23.3% |