Steel Dynamics (STLD) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Steel Dynamics has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 12.08% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 12.08%, up 93.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.08% (up 93.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.89%, down 433.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 12.08% for Q1 2026 at Steel Dynamics, up from 10.49% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 52.44% in Q2 2022 to a low of 1.98% in Q3 2024.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 12.08% (2026), against an average of 21.29%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 3407 bps in 2022 and sank 3681 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Steel Dynamics' Return on Capital Employed stood at 42.18% in 2022, then plunged by 87 bps to 5.37% in 2023, then soared by 175 bps to 14.78% in 2024, then dropped by 29 bps to 10.49% in 2025, then rose by 15 bps to 12.08% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 12.08% (Q1 2026), 10.49% (Q4 2025), and 10.17% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.