STLDSteel Dynamics

Materials · Steel · Nasdaq

Steel Dynamics, Inc. is a leading industrial metals solutions company, with facilities located throughout the United States and Mexico. 10-K, Item 1

Employees: 14,400
Headquarters: Fort Wayne, IN
CEO: Mark D. Millett
Next results: around Jan 26, 2027

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STLD and 9 peers, year by year

The 9 Materials companies closest to STLD in revenue over the last twelve months. Every number is from the 10-K and links to it in SEC's Inline XBRL viewer.

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Each company's latest fiscal year
Company	Year	Revenue	Sales growth	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	FCF margin	Return on equity	Debt / equity
STLD Steel Dynamics	FY2025	$18.2B	+3.6%	13.2%	8.1%	6.5%	2.8%	13.2%	0.47
AMCR Amcor	FY2026	$23.5B	+56.6%	20.0%	8.1%	4.7%	5.2%	9.4%	1.19
IP International Paper	FY2025	$23.6B	+49.3%	-	-	−14.9%	−0.7%	−23.7%	0.66
SHW Sherwin-Williams	FY2025	$23.6B	+2.1%	48.8%	-	10.9%	11.3%	55.9%	2.36
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	FY2025	$25.9B	+0.1%	-	25.2%	8.5%	4.3%	11.7%	0.50
NEM Newmont	FY2025	$22.7B	+21.3%	-	-	31.3%	32.2%	20.9%	0.15
ECL Ecolab	FY2025	$16.1B	+2.2%	-	17.0%	12.9%	11.8%	21.2%	0.84
PPG PPG Industries	FY2025	$15.9B	+0.2%	-	-	9.9%	7.3%	19.8%	0.92
BALL Ball Corporation	FY2025	$13.2B	+11.6%	-	-	6.9%	6.0%	16.8%	1.29
SW Smurfit Westrock	FY2025	$31.2B	+47.7%	19.4%	5.5%	2.2%	3.8%	3.8%	0.74

Revenuepeer median $23.5B

Sales growthpeer median +11.6%

Gross marginpeer median 20.0%

SHW 48.8%
AMCR 20.0%
SW 19.4%
STLD 13.2%
IP -
FCX -
NEM -
ECL -
PPG -
BALL -

Operating marginpeer median 12.6%

FCX 25.2%
ECL 17.0%
STLD 8.1%
AMCR 8.1%
SW 5.5%
IP -
SHW -
NEM -
PPG -
BALL -

Net marginpeer median 8.5%

FCF marginpeer median 6.0%

Return on equitypeer median 16.8%

Debt / equitypeer median 0.84

SHW 2.36
BALL 1.29
AMCR 1.19
PPG 0.92
ECL 0.84
SW 0.74
IP 0.66
FCX 0.50
STLD 0.47
NEM 0.15

RevenueSales growthGross marginOperating marginNet marginFree cash flowFCF marginReturn on equityDebt / equityEPS (diluted)

Revenue, FY2016 to FY2025

Revenue as reported in the 10-K.

Company	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
STLD Dec	$7.8B	$9.5B	$11.8B	$10.5B	$9.6B	$18.4B	$22.3B	$18.8B	$17.5B	$18.2B
AMCR Jun	-	$9.1B	$9.3B	$9.5B	$12.5B	$12.9B	$14.5B	$14.7B	$13.6B	$15.0B
IP Dec	$19.5B	$21.7B	$23.3B	$18.3B	$17.6B	$19.4B	$21.2B	$16.0B	$15.8B	$23.6B
SHW Dec	$11.9B	$15.0B	$17.5B	$17.9B	$18.4B	$19.9B	$22.1B	$23.1B	$23.1B	$23.6B
FCX Dec	$14.8B	$16.4B	$18.9B	$14.4B	$14.2B	$22.8B	$23.3B	$25.5B	-	$25.9B
NEM Dec	$6.7B	$7.4B	$7.3B	$9.7B	$11.5B	$12.2B	$11.9B	$11.8B	$18.7B	$22.7B
ECL Dec	$13.2B	$13.8B	$12.2B	$12.6B	$11.8B	$12.7B	$14.2B	$15.3B	$15.7B	$16.1B
PPG Dec	$14.3B	$14.7B	$15.4B	$15.1B	$13.8B	$16.8B	$15.6B	$16.2B	$15.8B	$15.9B
BALL Dec	$9.1B	$11.0B	$11.6B	$11.5B	$11.8B	$13.8B	$15.3B	$14.0B	$11.8B	$13.2B
SW Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	$13.5B	$12.1B	$21.1B	$31.2B
Peer median	$13.2B	$14.3B	$13.8B	$13.5B	$13.2B	$15.3B	$15.3B	$15.3B	$15.8B	$22.7B

Sales growth, FY2016 to FY2025

Revenue against the fiscal year before.

Company	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
STLD Dec	+2.4%	+23.1%	+26.0%	−11.4%	−8.3%	+91.7%	+20.9%	−15.6%	−6.7%	+3.6%
AMCR Jun	-	-	+2.4%	+1.5%	+31.8%	+3.2%	+13.1%	+1.0%	−7.2%	+10.0%
IP Dec	−5.7%	+11.5%	+7.2%	−4.0%	−4.1%	+10.2%	+9.3%	−10.6%	−1.2%	+49.3%
SHW Dec	+4.6%	+26.4%	+17.0%	+2.1%	+2.6%	+8.6%	+11.1%	+4.1%	+0.2%	+2.1%
FCX Dec	+1.5%	+9.1%	+19.2%	−24.3%	−3.2%	+61.4%	+3.8%	+10.9%	-	+0.1%
NEM Dec	+10.3%	+10.5%	−1.7%	+34.3%	+18.0%	+6.3%	−2.5%	−0.9%	+58.2%	+21.3%
ECL Dec	−2.9%	+5.2%	+6.0%	+2.8%	−6.1%	+8.0%	+11.4%	+8.0%	+2.7%	+2.2%
PPG Dec	+0.2%	+3.3%	+4.2%	−1.5%	−8.7%	+21.5%	+5.1%	+4.0%	−2.4%	+0.2%
BALL Dec	+13.3%	+21.2%	+5.9%	−1.4%	+2.7%	+17.2%	+11.1%	−9.8%	−2.2%	+11.6%
SW Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	−10.5%	+74.6%	+47.7%
Peer median	+1.5%	+10.5%	+6.0%	+0.1%	−0.3%	+9.4%	+10.2%	+1.0%	−0.5%	+10.0%

Gross margin, FY2016 to FY2025

Gross profit / revenue.

Company	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
STLD Dec	17.2%	16.6%	19.6%	14.6%	14.9%	29.1%	27.5%	21.5%	16.0%	13.2%
AMCR Jun	-	21.0%	19.9%	19.0%	20.3%	21.2%	19.4%	18.5%	19.9%	18.9%
IP Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SHW Dec	49.9%	44.8%	42.3%	44.9%	47.3%	42.8%	42.1%	46.7%	48.5%	48.8%
FCX Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NEM Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ECL Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
PPG Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BALL Dec	15.7%	16.0%	15.5%	15.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
SW Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	24.2%	25.3%	19.9%	19.4%
Peer median	-	21.0%	19.9%	19.0%	-	-	24.2%	25.3%	19.9%	19.4%

Operating margin, FY2016 to FY2025

Operating income / revenue.

Company	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
STLD Dec	9.4%	11.2%	14.6%	9.4%	8.8%	23.4%	22.9%	16.8%	11.1%	8.1%
AMCR Jun	-	10.1%	10.7%	8.4%	8.0%	10.3%	8.5%	10.3%	8.9%	6.7%
IP Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SHW Dec	18.3%	14.9%	14.9%	15.7%	18.4%	15.5%	15.3%	18.1%	-	-
FCX Dec	−18.4%	22.5%	25.1%	7.6%	17.2%	36.6%	30.2%	27.0%	-	25.2%
NEM Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ECL Dec	14.2%	14.1%	14.1%	14.7%	11.8%	12.6%	11.0%	13.0%	17.8%	17.0%
PPG Dec	16.7%	15.5%	13.8%	15.0%	15.2%	12.9%	13.1%	16.5%	-	-
BALL Dec	5.1%	7.3%	8.0%	8.1%	8.5%	9.3%	7.9%	9.1%	-	-
SW Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.5%	11.3%	4.8%	5.5%
Peer median	14.2%	14.5%	14.0%	11.5%	13.5%	12.7%	11.5%	13.0%	8.9%	11.9%

Net margin, FY2016 to FY2025

Net income / revenue.

Company	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
STLD Dec	4.9%	8.5%	10.6%	6.4%	5.7%	17.5%	17.4%	13.0%	8.8%	6.5%
AMCR Jun	-	6.2%	6.2%	4.5%	4.9%	7.3%	5.5%	7.1%	5.4%	3.4%
IP Dec	4.6%	9.9%	8.6%	6.7%	2.7%	9.0%	7.1%	1.8%	3.5%	−14.9%
SHW Dec	9.6%	11.5%	6.3%	8.6%	11.1%	9.3%	9.1%	10.4%	11.6%	10.9%
FCX Dec	−28.0%	11.1%	13.7%	−1.7%	4.2%	18.8%	14.9%	7.4%	-	8.5%
NEM Dec	−9.4%	−1.5%	4.7%	28.8%	24.6%	9.5%	−3.6%	−21.1%	17.9%	31.3%
ECL Dec	9.3%	10.9%	11.7%	12.4%	−10.2%	8.9%	7.7%	9.0%	13.4%	12.9%
PPG Dec	6.1%	10.8%	8.7%	8.2%	7.7%	8.6%	6.6%	7.8%	7.0%	9.9%
BALL Dec	2.9%	3.4%	3.9%	4.9%	5.0%	6.4%	4.7%	5.0%	34.0%	6.9%
SW Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.7%	6.8%	1.5%	2.2%
Peer median	4.6%	10.3%	7.5%	7.4%	4.9%	9.0%	7.1%	7.1%	9.3%	8.5%

Free cash flow, FY2016 to FY2025

Cash from operations minus capital spending.

Company	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
STLD Dec	$654.6M	$574.5M	$1.2B	$944.3M	−$211.0M	$1.2B	$3.6B	$1.9B	−$23.5M	$501.5M
AMCR Jun	-	$529.6M	$506.4M	$443.8M	$984.0M	$993.0M	$999.0M	$735.0M	$829.0M	$810.0M
IP Dec	$1.2B	$477.0M	$1.7B	$2.5B	$2.4B	$1.6B	$1.2B	$692.0M	$757.0M	−$159.0M
SHW Dec	$1.1B	$1.7B	$1.7B	$2.0B	$3.1B	$1.9B	$1.3B	$2.6B	$2.1B	$2.7B
FCX Dec	$924.0M	$3.3B	$1.9B	−$1.2B	$1.1B	$5.6B	$1.7B	$2.4B	-	$1.1B
NEM Dec	$1.7B	$1.3B	$795.0M	$1.4B	$3.6B	$2.6B	$1.1B	$97.0M	$3.0B	$7.3B
ECL Dec	$1.2B	$1.2B	$1.5B	$1.7B	$1.4B	$1.4B	$1.1B	$1.6B	$1.8B	$1.9B
PPG Dec	$971.0M	$1.2B	$1.1B	$1.7B	$1.8B	$1.2B	$477.0M	$1.9B	$699.0M	$1.2B
BALL Dec	−$413.0M	$922.0M	$750.0M	$950.0M	$319.0M	$34.0M	−$1.4B	$818.0M	−$369.0M	$788.0M
SW Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	$503.0M	$630.0M	$17.0M	$1.2B
Peer median	$1.1B	$1.2B	$1.3B	$1.5B	$1.6B	$1.5B	$1.1B	$818.0M	$793.0M	$1.2B

FCF margin, FY2016 to FY2025

Free cash flow / revenue.

Company	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
STLD Dec	8.4%	6.0%	9.9%	9.0%	−2.2%	6.5%	16.0%	9.9%	−0.1%	2.8%
AMCR Jun	-	5.8%	5.4%	4.7%	7.9%	7.7%	6.9%	5.0%	6.1%	5.4%
IP Dec	6.3%	2.2%	7.1%	13.5%	13.7%	8.0%	5.9%	4.3%	4.8%	−0.7%
SHW Dec	9.0%	11.1%	9.7%	11.1%	16.9%	9.4%	5.8%	11.4%	9.0%	11.3%
FCX Dec	6.2%	19.9%	10.0%	−8.1%	7.4%	24.5%	7.2%	9.2%	-	4.3%
NEM Dec	24.6%	17.0%	11.0%	14.4%	31.1%	21.5%	9.1%	0.8%	15.8%	32.2%
ECL Dec	9.0%	8.8%	12.3%	13.4%	11.6%	11.1%	7.6%	10.7%	11.6%	11.8%
PPG Dec	6.8%	8.2%	6.9%	11.0%	13.2%	7.1%	3.1%	11.7%	4.4%	7.3%
BALL Dec	−4.6%	8.4%	6.4%	8.3%	2.7%	0.2%	−8.8%	5.8%	−3.1%	6.0%
SW Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.7%	5.2%	0.1%	3.8%
Peer median	6.8%	8.6%	8.4%	11.1%	12.4%	8.7%	5.9%	5.8%	5.4%	6.0%

Return on equity, FY2016 to FY2025

Net income / shareholders' equity at the year end.

Company	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
STLD Dec	13.1%	24.2%	32.0%	16.5%	12.7%	51.0%	47.5%	27.6%	17.2%	13.2%
AMCR Jun	-	96.0%	91.8%	7.7%	13.2%	19.7%	19.7%	26.0%	18.8%	4.4%
IP Dec	20.8%	32.9%	27.3%	15.9%	6.1%	19.3%	17.7%	3.4%	6.8%	−23.7%
SHW Dec	60.3%	47.4%	29.7%	37.4%	56.2%	76.5%	65.1%	64.3%	66.2%	55.9%
FCX Dec	−68.6%	22.8%	26.6%	−2.6%	5.9%	30.8%	22.3%	10.7%	-	11.7%
NEM Dec	−5.9%	−1.1%	3.2%	13.1%	12.3%	5.3%	−2.2%	−8.6%	11.2%	20.9%
ECL Dec	17.8%	19.8%	17.9%	17.9%	−19.5%	15.6%	15.1%	17.1%	24.1%	21.2%
PPG Dec	18.1%	28.7%	29.0%	23.5%	18.6%	22.9%	15.6%	16.2%	16.4%	19.8%
BALL Dec	7.7%	9.5%	13.1%	19.2%	17.9%	24.2%	20.8%	18.8%	68.4%	16.8%
SW Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/m	13.4%	1.8%	3.8%
Peer median	17.8%	25.7%	26.9%	16.9%	12.8%	21.3%	18.7%	16.2%	17.6%	16.8%

Debt / equity, FY2016 to FY2025

Total debt / shareholders' equity at the year end.

Company	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
STLD Dec	0.81	0.71	0.60	0.67	0.71	0.49	0.38	0.35	0.36	0.47
AMCR Jun	-	-	7.74	1.09	1.35	1.32	1.59	1.68	1.73	1.20
IP Dec	2.61	1.71	1.45	1.27	1.03	0.61	0.66	0.67	0.68	0.66
SHW Dec	1.04	2.88	2.50	2.11	2.30	3.95	3.41	2.65	2.44	2.36
FCX Dec	0.57	1.66	1.14	1.06	0.95	0.68	0.68	0.51	-	0.50
NEM Dec	0.43	0.38	0.39	0.29	0.26	0.26	0.29	0.31	0.28	0.15
ECL Dec	0.97	0.97	0.88	0.73	1.08	1.21	1.19	1.02	0.86	0.84
PPG Dec	0.91	0.74	1.08	0.95	1.01	1.05	1.03	0.77	0.86	0.92
BALL Dec	2.19	1.77	1.95	2.65	2.38	2.13	2.59	2.27	0.97	1.29
SW Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.61	0.81	0.74
Peer median	0.97	1.66	1.29	1.07	1.06	1.13	1.11	0.77	0.86	0.84

EPS (diluted), FY2016 to FY2025

Diluted earnings per share, on today's share count after splits.

Company	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
STLD Dec	$1.56	$3.36	$5.35	$3.04	$2.59	$15.56	$20.92	$14.64	$9.84	$7.99
AMCR Jun	-	$2.40	$2.47	$1.81	$1.91	$3.01	$2.65	$3.52	$2.52	$1.60
IP Dec	$2.18	$5.13	$4.85	$3.07	$1.22	$4.47	$4.10	$0.82	$1.57	−$6.95
SHW Dec	$4.00	$6.07	$3.89	$5.50	$7.36	$6.98	$7.72	$9.25	$10.55	$10.26
FCX Dec	−$3.16	$1.25	$1.78	−$0.17	$0.41	$2.90	-	-	-	-
NEM Dec	−$1.18	−$0.21	$0.64	$3.81	$3.51	$1.46	−$0.54	−$2.97	$2.92	$6.39
ECL Dec	$4.14	$5.12	$4.88	$5.33	−$4.15	$3.91	$3.81	$4.79	$7.37	$7.28
PPG Dec	$3.27	$6.18	$5.47	$5.22	$4.45	$6.01	$4.32	$5.35	$4.75	$6.94
BALL Dec	$0.81	$1.05	$1.29	$1.66	$1.76	$2.65	$2.25	$2.23	$13.00	$3.30
SW Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.96	$3.17	$0.82	$1.33
Peer median	$2.18	$3.76	$3.18	$3.44	$1.83	$3.46	$3.88	$3.35	$3.83	$4.84

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