Growth Metrics

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Steel Dynamics (STLD) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.08%.

  • Steel Dynamics' Return on Invested Capital fell 500.0% to 0.08% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.08%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 500.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.12% for FY2024, which is 900.0% down from last year.
  • As of Q3 2025, Steel Dynamics' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.08%, which was down 500.0% from 0.08% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Steel Dynamics' Return on Invested Capital registered a high of 0.43% during Q2 2022, and its lowest value of 0.08% during Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Steel Dynamics' median Return on Invested Capital value was 0.2% (recorded in 2023), while the average stood at 0.23%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Steel Dynamics' Return on Invested Capital soared by 2900bps in 2022 and then plummeted by -1800bps in 2023.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Steel Dynamics' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.37% in 2021, then decreased by -4bps to 0.35% in 2022, then tumbled by -43bps to 0.2% in 2023, then crashed by -41bps to 0.12% in 2024, then decreased by -28bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 0.08% in Q3 2025, 0.08% for Q2 2025, and 0.09% during Q1 2025.