Brokers Issue Forecasts for Steel Dynamics, Inc.’s Q2 2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:STLD)

Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD) – Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn reduced their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Steel Dynamics in a report released on Friday, September 13th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Englert now forecasts that the basic materials company will post earnings of $3.30 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $3.40. The consensus estimate for Steel Dynamics’ current full-year earnings is $10.81 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Steel Dynamics’ Q3 2025 earnings at $3.00 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $2.81 EPS.

Several other analysts have also issued reports on STLD. Bank of America dropped their price target on shares of Steel Dynamics from $150.00 to $145.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, June 26th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their target price on shares of Steel Dynamics from $135.00 to $127.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Steel Dynamics from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $120.00 to $131.00 in a report on Monday, September 9th. UBS Group raised Steel Dynamics from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $129.00 to $145.00 in a research report on Tuesday, September 3rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Steel Dynamics from $134.00 to $138.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 15th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Steel Dynamics has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $142.29.

Steel Dynamics Trading Up 3.1 %

NASDAQ STLD opened at $114.49 on Monday. Steel Dynamics has a 12 month low of $95.53 and a 12 month high of $151.34. The company has a current ratio of 2.35, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $120.93 and a 200-day moving average of $129.38. The company has a market cap of $17.99 billion, a PE ratio of 7.86 and a beta of 1.32.

Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 17th. The basic materials company reported $2.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.67 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $4.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.43 billion. Steel Dynamics had a return on equity of 22.89% and a net margin of 11.10%. Steel Dynamics’s revenue was down 8.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $4.81 earnings per share.

Steel Dynamics Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 11th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.61%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 30th. Steel Dynamics’s payout ratio is 12.64%.

Institutional Trading of Steel Dynamics

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Larson Financial Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Steel Dynamics in the first quarter worth $25,000. LifeSteps Financial Inc. bought a new position in Steel Dynamics in the 1st quarter valued at about $26,000. Security National Bank acquired a new position in shares of Steel Dynamics in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Innealta Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Steel Dynamics during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $33,000. Finally, Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Steel Dynamics during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $41,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.41% of the company’s stock.

Steel Dynamics Company Profile

Steel Dynamics, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer and metal recycler in the United States. The Steel Operations segment offers hot rolled, cold rolled, and coated steel products; parallel flange beams and channel sections, flat bars, large unequal leg angles, and reinforcing steel bars, as well as standard strength carbon, intermediate alloy hardness, and premium grade rail products; engineered special-bar-quality products, merchant-bar-quality products, and other engineered round steel bars; channels, angles, flats, merchant rounds, and reinforcing steel bars; and specialty shapes and light structural steel products.