Steel Dynamics (STLD) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Steel Dynamics' (STLD) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 14.66% in Q1 2026, up 353.0% year-on-year from 3.24% in Q1 2025, and up 22.29% quarter-over-quarter from 11.99% in Q4 2025.

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Steel Dynamics has disclosed Gross Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 14.66% for Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 14.66%, up 353.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.04% (up 63.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 13.16%, down 282.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin came in at 14.66% for Q1 2026 at Steel Dynamics, up from 11.99% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 32.0% in Q1 2022 to a low of 11.14% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 17.26% (2023), against an average of 19.06%.
  • Peak annual rise in Gross Margin reached 938 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 1255 bps in 2022.
  • Steel Dynamics' Gross Margin stood at 20.46% in 2022, then slipped by 16 bps to 17.26% in 2023, then sank by 34 bps to 11.41% in 2024, then gained by 5 bps to 11.99% in 2025, then climbed by 22 bps to 14.66% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 14.66% (Q1 2026), 11.99% (Q4 2025), and 15.7% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn 17.46%
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn 15.81%
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - -
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn 14.66%
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn 29.11%
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn -1.67%
7 Algoma Steel 2.77 Bn 2.77 Bn -92.32 -42.64%
8 National Steel 2.24 Bn -552.84 Mn 479.33 Mn 23.79%
9 Worthington Steel 2.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 76.10 Mn 9.89%
10 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn 19.29%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.66%
Dec 31, 2025 11.99%
Sep 30, 2025 15.70%
Jun 30, 2025 13.55%
Mar 31, 2025 11.14%
Dec 31, 2024 11.41%
Sep 30, 2024 13.94%
Jun 30, 2024 16.73%
Mar 31, 2024 20.89%
Dec 31, 2023 17.26%
Sep 30, 2023 20.75%
Jun 30, 2023 25.72%
Mar 31, 2023 21.58%
Dec 31, 2022 20.46%
Sep 30, 2022 25.91%
Jun 30, 2022 30.31%
Mar 31, 2022 32.00%
Dec 31, 2021 33.02%
Sep 30, 2021 31.50%
Jun 30, 2021 26.94%