Growth Metrics

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2025)

Steel Dynamics (STLD) has disclosed Capital Expenditures for 17 consecutive years, with $188.5 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Capital Expenditures fell 58.41% to $188.5 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $948.0 million through Dec 2025, down 49.25% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $948.0 million for FY2025, 49.25% down from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures hit $188.5 million in Q4 2025 for Steel Dynamics, up from $165.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Capital Expenditures ranged from a high of $621.4 million in Q3 2024 to a low of $159.3 million in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Capital Expenditures has averaged $319.5 million across 5 years, with a median of $296.9 million in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Capital Expenditures: soared 131.47% in 2023 and later plummeted 73.33% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Capital Expenditures stood at $204.5 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 68.28% to $344.2 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 49.61% to $514.9 million in 2023, then decreased by 12.0% to $453.2 million in 2024, then plummeted by 58.41% to $188.5 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Capital Expenditures for STLD at $188.5 million in Q4 2025, $165.7 million in Q3 2025, and $288.3 million in Q2 2025.