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

Steel Dynamics has disclosed Return on Invested Capital across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.0% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 came in at 0.0%, changed 0.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.07%, down 7.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.0% for Q1 2026 at Steel Dynamics, up from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.01% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.21% in Q4 2022.
• The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.0% (2022), against an average of 0.01%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital grew 21 bps in 2023 and dropped 7 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Steel Dynamics' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.21% in 2022, then jumped by 100 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then jumped by 168 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then tumbled by 5699 bps to 0.07% in 2025, then jumped by 100 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.0% (Q1 2026), 0.07% (Q4 2025), and 0.0% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.