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Steel Dynamics Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Weak signals across every dimension
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1 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
0/2
Revenue grew 3.6% year over year, outpacing the sector median 2.9% by +24%, yet the operating margin of 8.1% sits -57% below the sector median 18.7% — growth at the top line has not translated into proportional profit. ROIC of 9.5% runs -6% below the sector median 10.2%, which means the capital deployed to generate that revenue is earning a below-average return. The balance sheet is the cleaner part of the picture: a current ratio of 3.06 exceeds the sector median 2.29 by +34%, and Debt/EBITDA of 2.1× compares well against the median 2.1×. The F-Score of 5/9 reflects the mixed read — efficiency sub-scores are weak while liquidity holds. Consensus models a recovery in earnings; the realized three-year EPS CAGR per SEC filings is weak, and the beat rate over eight quarters has been thin, so the market's optimism carries the usual caveat.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APD | Air Products | 5/9 | -2% |
When STLD reports on October 19, 2026, track operating margin against the current 18.7% — 57% below the sector median. Also check whether ROIC closes its 6% gap to the 10.2% median, and whether revenue growth holds above the sector pace of 2.92% year over year.
Pull Steel Dynamics' most recent 10-K on SEC EDGAR and focus on management's discussion of steel pricing cycles and cost structure — the context behind an operating margin of 18.7% and an F-Score efficiency signal of 0/2. The risk factors section will clarify how input costs and capacity utilization affect those figures.
From the same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies yourself and line up operating margin alongside ROIC. With STLD sitting at 18.7% and 10.2% respectively on those metrics, a side-by-side view will show where it stands within the Materials sector without relying on a single reference point.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: +196%-48%-101%+2,234%
Over 4 years: 0.550.731.162.06
Over 4 years: +21%-16%-7%+4%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 6 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| -1% |
| -7% |
| CTVA | Corteva | 7/9 | 5% | +3% | — |
| DD | DuPont | 5/9 | -4% | +2% | — |
| DOW | Dow Inc. | 3/9 | -15% | -7% | — |
| ECL | Ecolab | 5/9 | 22% | +2% | 17% |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan | 5/9 | 23% | +2% | 25% |
| LIN | Linde | 4/9 | 18% | +3% | 26% |
| MLM | Martin Marietta | 8/9 | 12% | +9% | 23% |
| NEM | Newmont | 8/9 | 22% | +21% | — |
| NUE | Nucor | 6/9 | 8% | +6% | — |
| PKG | Packaging Corp | 3/9 | 17% | +7% | 12% |
| PPG | PPG Industries | 6/9 | 21% | +0% | — |
| SHW | Sherwin-Williams | 6/9 | 59% | +2% | — |
| STLD | Steel Dynamics Inc. | 5/9 | 13% | +4% | 8% |
| VMC | Vulcan Materials | 9/9 | 13% | +7% | 20% |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.