Growth Metrics

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

Historic Operating Margin for Steel Dynamics (STLD) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 10.52%.

  • Steel Dynamics' Operating Margin rose 14100.0% to 10.52% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 7.96%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 44700.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 11.08% for FY2024, which is 56900.0% down from last year.
  • Per Steel Dynamics' latest filing, its Operating Margin stood at 10.52% for Q3 2025, which was up 14100.0% from 8.39% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Steel Dynamics' Operating Margin's 5-year high stood at 26.91% during Q4 2021, with a 5-year trough of 6.13% in Q4 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, Steel Dynamics' median Operating Margin value was 16.0% (recorded in 2024), while the average stood at 16.63%.
  • In the last 5 years, Steel Dynamics' Operating Margin skyrocketed by 193000bps in 2021 and then crashed by -111800bps in 2022.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Steel Dynamics' Operating Margin stood at 26.91% in 2021, then plummeted by -42bps to 15.73% in 2022, then decreased by -22bps to 12.25% in 2023, then crashed by -50bps to 6.13% in 2024, then soared by 71bps to 10.52% in 2025.
  • Its Operating Margin was 10.52% in Q3 2025, compared to 8.39% in Q2 2025 and 6.3% in Q1 2025.