NASDAQ:STLD - Steel Dynamics Stock Price, Forecast & News

Steel Dynamics trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "STLD."

Steel Dynamics announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 22nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, January 10th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. View Steel Dynamics' Dividend History.

Steel Dynamics declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Tuesday, September 4th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $750,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 6.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 22nd. The basic materials company reported $0.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.06. The basic materials company had revenue of $2.37 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.27 billion. Steel Dynamics had a return on equity of 17.59% and a net margin of 6.40%. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.31 earnings per share. View Steel Dynamics' Earnings History.

Steel Dynamics is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Steel Dynamics.

Steel Dynamics issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Monday, December, 16th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.55-0.59 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.59.

11 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Steel Dynamics' stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $46.00. On average, they anticipate Steel Dynamics' stock price to reach $34.64 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Steel Dynamics.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Steel Dynamics in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Steel Dynamics.

News headlines about STLD stock have been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Steel Dynamics earned a news sentiment score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Steel Dynamics.

Steel Dynamics saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,840,000 shares, a decrease of 11.7% from the December 15th total of 5,480,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,970,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Approximately 2.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Steel Dynamics' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Steel Dynamics include Nucor (NUE), Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS), Commercial Metals (CMC), Allegheny Technologies (ATI), Worthington Industries (WOR), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), United States Steel (X), AK Steel (AKS), Schnitzer Steel Industries (SCHN), Haynes International (HAYN), Olympic Steel (ZEUS) and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Steel Dynamics investors own include AK Steel (AKS), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Micron Technology (MU), Hill-Rom (HRC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AT&T (T), Ford Motor (F), AbbVie (ABBV), Nucor (NUE) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Steel Dynamics' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include DNB Asset Management AS (0.56%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.24%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.12%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.07%), Exane Derivatives (0.05%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%). Company insiders that own Steel Dynamics stock include Christopher A Graham, Gabriel Shaheen, Glenn Pushis, Jurgen Dr Kolb, Keith E Busse, Miguel Alvarez, Richard P Teets Jr, Russell B Rinn and Theresa E Wagler. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Steel Dynamics.

STLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Exane Derivatives, Fluent Financial LLC, Sanders Morris Harris LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC, Signet Financial Management LLC and Peregrine Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Steel Dynamics.

STLD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, OLD National Bancorp IN, NEXT Financial Group Inc, Cerebellum GP LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Sciencast Management LP, FormulaFolio Investments LLC and First Citizens Financial Corp. Company insiders that have bought Steel Dynamics stock in the last two years include Gabriel Shaheen, Glenn Pushis, Miguel Alvarez, Richard P Teets Jr and Russell B Rinn. View Insider Buying and Selling for Steel Dynamics.

Shares of STLD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of STLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.63.

Steel Dynamics has a market capitalization of $6.81 billion and generates $10.48 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.26 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.62 on an earnings per share basis. Steel Dynamics employs 8,200 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Steel Dynamics.

The official website for Steel Dynamics is http://www.steeldynamics.com/.

Steel Dynamics' mailing address is 7575 W JEFFERSON BLVD, FORT WAYNE IN, 46804. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 260-969-3500 or via email at [email protected]