Growth Metrics

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

Steel Dynamics (STLD) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 1.91% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 465.0% to 1.91% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 2.76% through Dec 2025, up 289.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 2.76% for FY2025, 289.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin hit 1.91% in Q4 2025 for Steel Dynamics, down from 11.53% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 22.2% in Q3 2022 to a low of 3.5% in Q1 2025.
  • Historically, FCF Margin has averaged 6.85% across 5 years, with a median of 8.23% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: surged 1762bps in 2021 and later tumbled -1101bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 9.73% in 2021, then soared by 70bps to 16.56% in 2022, then crashed by -50bps to 8.26% in 2023, then crashed by -133bps to 2.75% in 2024, then soared by 169bps to 1.91% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for STLD at 1.91% in Q4 2025, 11.53% in Q3 2025, and 0.29% in Q2 2025.