Growth Metrics

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2025)

Steel Dynamics (STLD) has disclosed Change in Inventory for 17 consecutive years, with $338.3 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory rose 386.56% to $338.3 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $423.4 million through Dec 2025, up 91.57% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $423.4 million for FY2025, 91.57% up from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory hit $338.3 million in Q4 2025 for Steel Dynamics, up from -$64.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $633.4 million in Q4 2021 to a low of -$270.6 million in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Change in Inventory has averaged $84.2 million across 5 years, with a median of $50.9 million in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Inventory: skyrocketed 980.01% in 2021 and later tumbled 885.76% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Change in Inventory stood at $633.4 million in 2021, then crashed by 140.87% to -$258.9 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 83.02% to -$44.0 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 258.21% to $69.5 million in 2024, then surged by 386.56% to $338.3 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Change in Inventory for STLD at $338.3 million in Q4 2025, -$64.5 million in Q3 2025, and $163.4 million in Q2 2025.