Growth Metrics

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

Steel Dynamics' Net Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 6.42% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Net Margin fell 14.0% year-over-year to 6.42%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 7.96%, down 163.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 8.19%, 317.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q4 2025 was 6.42% at Steel Dynamics, down from 10.24% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 26.55% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 6.42% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 12.48% (2023), against an average of 14.06%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Net Margin surged 1988bps in 2021 before it crashed -1134bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 26.55% in 2021, then plummeted by -43bps to 15.21% in 2022, then crashed by -37bps to 9.59% in 2023, then plummeted by -32bps to 6.56% in 2024, then decreased by -2bps to 6.42% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for STLD's Net Margin are 6.42% (Q4 2025), 10.24% (Q3 2025), and 8.5% (Q2 2025).