Steel Dynamics (STLD) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2026)

Steel Dynamics has disclosed Change in Inventory across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $174.4 million for Q1 2026.

• Change in Inventory for Q1 2026 came in at $174.4 million, up 1363.05% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $611.7 million (up 724.34% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $423.4 million, up 91.57% from the prior year.
• Change in Inventory came in at $174.4 million for Q1 2026 at Steel Dynamics, down from $338.3 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $338.3 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$270.6 million in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Change in Inventory is -$13.8 million (2025), against an average of $10.2 million.
• Across the five-year window, Change in Inventory tumbled 885.76% in 2023 and soared 1363.05% in 2026, its largest moves.
• Steel Dynamics' Change in Inventory stood at -$258.9 million in 2022, then surged by 83.02% to -$44.0 million in 2023, then surged by 258.21% to $69.5 million in 2024, then soared by 386.56% to $338.3 million in 2025, then tumbled by 48.44% to $174.4 million in 2026.
• The last three Change in Inventory figures came in at $174.4 million (Q1 2026), $338.3 million (Q4 2025), and -$64.5 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.