Growth Metrics

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Steel Dynamics' Return on Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.16% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.16%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.16%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.17%, 6.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.16% at Steel Dynamics, up from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.74% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.15% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.29% (2023), against an average of 0.37%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Equity skyrocketed 54bps in 2021 before it crashed -34bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.71% in 2021, then fell by -23bps to 0.54% in 2022, then crashed by -50bps to 0.27% in 2023, then plummeted by -31bps to 0.19% in 2024, then dropped by -14bps to 0.16% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for STLD's Return on Equity are 0.16% (Q4 2025), 0.16% (Q3 2025), and 0.15% (Q2 2025).