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

Steel Dynamics' Debt Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.26 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Debt Ratio rose 18.55% year-over-year to 0.26; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.26, up 18.55%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.26, 18.55% up from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.26 at Steel Dynamics, up from 0.24 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.31 in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 0.2 in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.23 (2022), against an average of 0.23.
  • The largest annual shift saw Debt Ratio decreased 25.98% in 2021 before it skyrocketed 30.29% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.25 in 2021, then fell by 12.51% to 0.22 in 2022, then decreased by 5.01% to 0.21 in 2023, then grew by 5.02% to 0.22 in 2024, then grew by 18.55% to 0.26 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for STLD's Debt Ratio are 0.26 (Q4 2025), 0.24 (Q3 2025), and 0.24 (Q2 2025).