Steel Dynamics (STLD) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Steel Dynamics' (STLD) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at -$858000.0 in Q1 2026, down 100.01% year-on-year from $14.9 billion in Q1 2025, and down 100.01% quarter-over-quarter from $15.7 billion in Q4 2025.

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Steel Dynamics has disclosed Retained Earnings across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$858000.0 for Q1 2026.

  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 came in at -$858000.0, down 100.01% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$858000.0 (down 100.01% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $15.7 billion, up 6.02% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings came in at -$858000.0 for Q1 2026 at Steel Dynamics, down from $15.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $15.7 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$2.7 million in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $1.0 million (2023), against an average of $4.9 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Retained Earnings slumped 239.05% in 2024 and soared 114926392.31% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Steel Dynamics' Retained Earnings stood at $889000.0 in 2022, then sank by 52.64% to $421000.0 in 2023, then jumped by 3514883.85% to $14.8 billion in 2024, then grew by 6.02% to $15.7 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 100.01% to -$858000.0 in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$858000.0 (Q1 2026), $15.7 billion (Q4 2025), and -$1.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn -
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn -206.00 Mn
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - -
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn -858,000.00
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn -95.70 Mn
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn 1.43 Bn
7 Algoma Steel 2.77 Bn 2.77 Bn -92.32 -
8 National Steel 2.24 Bn -552.84 Mn 479.33 Mn -
9 Worthington Steel 2.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 76.10 Mn 2.10 Mn
10 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn 41,000.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -858,000.00
Dec 31, 2025 15.69 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -1.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 15.17 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 14.94 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 14.80 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -445,000.00
Jun 30, 2024 -1.43 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -13,000.00
Dec 31, 2023 421,000.00
Sep 30, 2023 13.19 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 1.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 889,000.00
Sep 30, 2022 -2.75 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 9.95 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 9.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 7.76 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 6.72 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 5.78 Bn