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

Steel Dynamics (STLD) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 2.51% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 956.0% to 2.51% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 2.51% through Dec 2025, down 956.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 2.59% for FY2025, 989.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 2.51% in Q4 2025 for Steel Dynamics, down from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 7.05% in Q4 2024 to a low of 20.74% in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 1.12% across 5 years, with a median of 0.16% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: plummeted -1083bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 2079bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 9.91% in 2021, then crashed by -109bps to 20.74% in 2022, then soared by 100bps to 0.04% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 15596bps to 7.05% in 2024, then plummeted by -136bps to 2.51% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for STLD at 2.51% in Q4 2025, 0.17% in Q3 2025, and 0.14% in Q2 2025.