Growth Metrics

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

Steel Dynamics' Gross Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 11.99% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin rose 58.0% year-over-year to 11.99%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 13.16%, down 282.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 13.16%, 282.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 was 11.99% at Steel Dynamics, down from 15.7% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 33.02% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 11.14% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 20.82% (2023), against an average of 21.17%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Gross Margin soared 1889bps in 2021 before it plummeted -1255bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 33.02% in 2021, then plummeted by -38bps to 20.46% in 2022, then dropped by -16bps to 17.26% in 2023, then plummeted by -34bps to 11.41% in 2024, then increased by 5bps to 11.99% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for STLD's Gross Margin are 11.99% (Q4 2025), 15.7% (Q3 2025), and 13.55% (Q2 2025).