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Steel Dynamics (STLD) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Steel Dynamics (STLD) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 17 consecutive years, with -$598000.0 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings fell 100.0% to -$598000.0 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$598000.0 through Dec 2025, down 100.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$598000.0 for FY2025, 100.0% down from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings hit -$598000.0 in Q4 2025 for Steel Dynamics, up from -$1.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $15.2 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of -$5.0 million in Q2 2022.
  • Historically, Retained Earnings has averaged $5.0 billion across 5 years, with a median of $8.1 million in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Retained Earnings: crashed 125.97% in 2022 and later surged 114926392.31% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at $7.8 billion in 2021, then surged by 46.57% to $11.4 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 100.0% to $421000.0 in 2023, then soared by 3514883.85% to $14.8 billion in 2024, then crashed by 100.0% to -$598000.0 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Retained Earnings for STLD at -$598000.0 in Q4 2025, -$1.3 million in Q3 2025, and $15.2 billion in Q2 2025.