Growth Metrics

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Steel Dynamics (STLD) has disclosed Debt Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.26 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 18.55% to 0.26 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.26 through Dec 2025, up 18.55% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.26 for FY2025, 18.55% up from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio hit 0.26 in Q4 2025 for Steel Dynamics, up from 0.24 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.31 in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.2 in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.23 across 5 years, with a median of 0.23 in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Debt Ratio: fell 25.98% in 2021 and later surged 30.29% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.25 in 2021, then dropped by 12.51% to 0.22 in 2022, then fell by 5.01% to 0.21 in 2023, then increased by 5.02% to 0.22 in 2024, then increased by 18.55% to 0.26 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Debt Ratio for STLD at 0.26 in Q4 2025, 0.24 in Q3 2025, and 0.24 in Q2 2025.