Growth Metrics

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Debt to Equity (2016 - 2025)

Steel Dynamics' Debt to Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $0.47 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Debt to Equity rose 30.0% year-over-year to $0.47; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $0.47, up 30.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $0.47, 30.0% up from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity for Q4 2025 was $0.47 at Steel Dynamics, up from $0.43 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $0.68 in Q1 2021 and bottomed at $0.34 in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.41 (2022), against an average of $0.44.
  • The largest annual shift saw Debt to Equity plummeted 35.54% in 2022 before it soared 41.53% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $0.51 in 2021, then dropped by 23.69% to $0.39 in 2022, then decreased by 8.68% to $0.35 in 2023, then rose by 2.08% to $0.36 in 2024, then surged by 30.0% to $0.47 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for STLD's Debt to Equity are $0.47 (Q4 2025), $0.43 (Q3 2025), and $0.43 (Q2 2025).