Growth Metrics

Steel Dynamics (STLD) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Steel Dynamics' FCF Payout Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.87 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 231.07% year-over-year to 0.87; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.58, up 104.83%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.58, 104.83% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.87 at Steel Dynamics, up from 0.13 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 5.62 in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 3.56 in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.11 (2023), against an average of 0.03.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Payout Ratio plummeted 3174.17% in 2024 before it skyrocketed 383.48% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.1 in 2021, then decreased by 24.94% to 0.08 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 164.47% to 0.2 in 2023, then crashed by 433.38% to 0.66 in 2024, then skyrocketed by 231.07% to 0.87 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for STLD's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.87 (Q4 2025), 0.13 (Q3 2025), and 5.62 (Q2 2025).