Growth Metrics

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Steel Dynamics (STLD) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 17 consecutive years, with $21.5 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation fell 11.13% to $21.5 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $66.8 million through Dec 2025, up 1.83% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $66.8 million for FY2025, 1.83% up from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $21.5 million in Q4 2025 for Steel Dynamics, up from $14.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $24.1 million in Q4 2024 to a low of $9.8 million in Q2 2021.
  • Historically, Share-based Compensation has averaged $15.6 million across 5 years, with a median of $14.9 million in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: rose 21.94% in 2022 and later fell 11.13% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Share-based Compensation stood at $21.0 million in 2021, then dropped by 6.64% to $19.6 million in 2022, then grew by 12.19% to $21.9 million in 2023, then rose by 10.04% to $24.1 million in 2024, then dropped by 11.13% to $21.5 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Share-based Compensation for STLD at $21.5 million in Q4 2025, $14.2 million in Q3 2025, and $14.1 million in Q2 2025.