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

Steel Dynamics (STLD) posted Net Margin of 8.71% for Q2 2026, up 13.35% sequentially from 7.69% in Q1 2026, and up 212.0% YoY from 2.79% in Q2 2025.

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

Steel Dynamics has reported Net Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 8.71% in Q2 2026.

Quarterly Net Margin rose 212.0% year-over-year to 8.71% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 7.75% (up 182.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 6.49%, down 216.0% from the prior year.
Net Margin advanced to 8.71% in Q2 2026 per STLD's latest filing, from 7.69% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 19.88% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 4.58% in Q4 2024.
A 5-year average of 10.94% and a median of 9.7% in 2024 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Net Margin jumped 750 bps in 2022, then plunged 753 bps in 2025.
Over 5 years, Net Margin stood at 13.24% in 2022, then declined by 24 bps to 10.09% in 2023, then sank by 55 bps to 4.58% in 2024, then rose by 27 bps to 5.81% in 2025, then soared by 50 bps to 8.71% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Net Margin over the past three periods registered 8.71%, 7.69%, and 5.81% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Net Margin (Qtr)
1	Ternium	106.22 Bn	96.33 Bn	941.02 Mn	7.92%
2	Nucor	55.03 Bn	52.34 Bn	2.03 Bn	12.31%
3	ArcelorMittal	54.04 Bn	49.19 Bn	-	4.07%
4	Steel Dynamics	31.61 Bn	31.03 Bn	958.97 Mn	8.71%
5	Reliance	19.53 Bn	19.29 Bn	1.30 Bn	6.97%
6	Cleveland-Cliffs	6.15 Bn	6.08 Bn	132.00 Mn	-2.77%
7	Gerdau	5.42 Bn	4.28 Bn	558.98 Mn	8.14%
8	GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V	4.56 Bn	3.00 Bn	-	-
9	Posco Holdings	4.34 Bn	1.84 Bn	1.04 Bn	15.70%
10	Worthington Steel	1.70 Bn	1.61 Bn	118.80 Mn	-5.81%

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