Growth Metrics

Steel Dynamics (STLD) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Steel Dynamics' FCF Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 1.91% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Margin rose 465.0% year-over-year to 1.91%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 2.76%, up 289.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 2.76%, 289.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q4 2025 was 1.91% at Steel Dynamics, down from 11.53% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 22.2% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 3.5% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 8.22% (2023), against an average of 6.83%.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Margin skyrocketed 1762bps in 2021 before it plummeted -1101bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 9.73% in 2021, then surged by 70bps to 16.56% in 2022, then tumbled by -50bps to 8.26% in 2023, then tumbled by -133bps to 2.75% in 2024, then surged by 169bps to 1.91% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for STLD's FCF Margin are 1.91% (Q4 2025), 11.53% (Q3 2025), and 0.29% (Q2 2025).