Growth Metrics

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

Steel Dynamics (STLD) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.87 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 231.06% to 0.87 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.58 through Dec 2025, up 104.83% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.58 for FY2025, 104.83% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.87 in Q4 2025 for Steel Dynamics, up from 0.13 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 5.62 in Q2 2025 to a low of 3.56 in Q1 2024.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.03 across 5 years, with a median of 0.11 in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: tumbled 3174.17% in 2024 and later surged 383.48% in 2025.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.1 in 2021, then dropped by 24.9% to 0.08 in 2022, then soared by 164.3% to 0.2 in 2023, then crashed by 433.31% to 0.66 in 2024, then soared by 231.06% to 0.87 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for STLD at 0.87 in Q4 2025, 0.13 in Q3 2025, and 5.62 in Q2 2025.