Growth Metrics

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

Steel Dynamics' Share-based Compensation history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $21.5 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Share-based Compensation fell 11.13% year-over-year to $21.5 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $66.8 million, up 1.83%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $66.8 million, 1.83% up from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation for Q4 2025 was $21.5 million at Steel Dynamics, up from $14.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $29.5 million in Q4 2022 and bottomed at $9.8 million in Q2 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $14.9 million (2024), against an average of $16.0 million.
  • The largest annual shift saw Share-based Compensation skyrocketed 40.9% in 2022 before it plummeted 31.23% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $21.0 million in 2021, then surged by 40.9% to $29.5 million in 2022, then tumbled by 31.23% to $20.3 million in 2023, then rose by 18.95% to $24.1 million in 2024, then dropped by 11.13% to $21.5 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for STLD's Share-based Compensation are $21.5 million (Q4 2025), $14.2 million (Q3 2025), and $14.1 million (Q2 2025).