Zacks Research Forecasts Higher Earnings for Steel Dynamics

Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD) – Research analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Steel Dynamics in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, July 16th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the basic materials company will earn $2.07 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $2.03. The consensus estimate for Steel Dynamics’ current full-year earnings is $9.01 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Steel Dynamics’ Q4 2026 earnings at $2.01 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $2.43 EPS.

Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The basic materials company reported $1.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.04. Steel Dynamics had a net margin of 6.80% and a return on equity of 13.26%. The firm had revenue of $4.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.17 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.67 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on STLD. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Steel Dynamics from $138.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Steel Dynamics from $140.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, June 20th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Steel Dynamics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, April 25th. UBS Group upgraded shares of Steel Dynamics from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $149.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, March 24th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upgraded shares of Steel Dynamics from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $135.00 to $145.00 in a research report on Monday, March 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $149.33.

Steel Dynamics Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of NASDAQ STLD opened at $131.63 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a quick ratio of 1.38 and a current ratio of 2.74. Steel Dynamics has a 52-week low of $103.17 and a 52-week high of $155.56. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $131.65 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $127.43. The stock has a market cap of $19.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 1.37.

Steel Dynamics Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 11th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 30th were issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.52%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 30th. Steel Dynamics’s payout ratio is 26.42%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Steel Dynamics news, Director Gabriel Shaheen sold 1,254 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.11, for a total value of $168,173.94. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 81,812 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,971,807.32. This trade represents a 1.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Miguel Alvarez sold 7,495 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $135.26, for a total transaction of $1,013,773.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 125,319 shares in the company, valued at $16,950,647.94. This trade represents a 5.64% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 6.30% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in STLD. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. lifted its position in shares of Steel Dynamics by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 6,354 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $725,000 after purchasing an additional 280 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Steel Dynamics by 11.2% during the fourth quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 45,491 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $5,189,000 after purchasing an additional 4,573 shares in the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Steel Dynamics by 4.1% during the fourth quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 38,505 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $4,392,000 after purchasing an additional 1,521 shares in the last quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Steel Dynamics by 7.0% during the fourth quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,967 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $224,000 after purchasing an additional 128 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Xponance Inc. lifted its position in shares of Steel Dynamics by 78.5% during the fourth quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 36,184 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $4,128,000 after purchasing an additional 15,914 shares in the last quarter. 82.41% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.