Q2 EPS Estimates for Steel Dynamics Increased by Analyst

Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Steel Dynamics in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, March 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of $1.87 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.82. The consensus estimate for Steel Dynamics’ current full-year earnings is $9.01 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Steel Dynamics’ Q3 2025 earnings at $2.54 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.99 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.78 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.80 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.81 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.23 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.95 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $10.79 EPS.

Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January 22nd. The basic materials company reported $1.36 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.69 by ($0.33). Steel Dynamics had a return on equity of 17.32% and a net margin of 8.76%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.61 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently commented on the stock. BNP Paribas raised shares of Steel Dynamics from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. Wolfe Research raised shares of Steel Dynamics from an “underperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. KeyCorp upgraded Steel Dynamics from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $155.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Steel Dynamics from $132.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 11th. Finally, Citigroup lowered their price objective on Steel Dynamics from $160.00 to $145.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $148.56.

Steel Dynamics Stock Performance

Shares of STLD opened at $122.67 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $18.39 billion, a PE ratio of 12.52, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.34. Steel Dynamics has a one year low of $104.60 and a one year high of $155.56. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $128.22 and a 200-day moving average of $128.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 2.53 and a quick ratio of 1.08.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new position in shares of Steel Dynamics during the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. ORG Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Steel Dynamics in the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Private Trust Co. NA increased its stake in shares of Steel Dynamics by 532.6% during the third quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 291 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $37,000 after buying an additional 245 shares during the period. IAG Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Steel Dynamics in the fourth quarter worth about $39,000. Finally, Investment Management Corp VA ADV purchased a new position in Steel Dynamics during the 4th quarter valued at about $40,000. Institutional investors own 82.41% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Steel Dynamics

In other Steel Dynamics news, SVP Glenn Pushis sold 23,649 shares of Steel Dynamics stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.67, for a total value of $3,184,810.83. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 122,140 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,448,593.80. This trade represents a 16.22 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 6.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Steel Dynamics announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Monday, February 24th that authorizes the company to buyback $1.50 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the basic materials company to reacquire up to 7.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

Steel Dynamics Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 11th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This is a positive change from Steel Dynamics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.46. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 31st. Steel Dynamics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 20.41%.

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.