Growth Metrics

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

Steel Dynamics' Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.16% for Q2 2024.

  • For Q2 2024, Return on Invested Capital fell 7.0% year-over-year to 0.16%; the TTM value through Jun 2024 reached 0.16%, down 7.0%, while the annual FY2023 figure was 0.21%, 18.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q2 2024 was 0.16% at Steel Dynamics, down from 0.2% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.49% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.11% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.2% (2023), against an average of 0.25%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital skyrocketed 37bps in 2022 before it decreased -25bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.11% in 2020, then fell by -1bps to 0.11% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 330bps to 0.49% in 2022, then tumbled by -58bps to 0.2% in 2023, then decreased by -19bps to 0.16% in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for STLD's Return on Invested Capital are 0.16% (Q2 2024), 0.2% (Q1 2024), and 0.2% (Q4 2023).