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

Steel Dynamics' Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.06% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.06%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.08%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.08%, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.06% at Steel Dynamics, down from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.27% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 0.06% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.12% (2024), against an average of 0.14%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales grew 20bps in 2021 before it dropped -11bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.27% in 2021, then crashed by -43bps to 0.15% in 2022, then crashed by -37bps to 0.1% in 2023, then plummeted by -32bps to 0.07% in 2024, then decreased by -2bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for STLD's Return on Sales are 0.06% (Q4 2025), 0.1% (Q3 2025), and 0.08% (Q2 2025).