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

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

Steel Dynamics announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 17th. Shareholders of record on Sunday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, July 12th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.60%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 27th. View Steel Dynamics' Dividend History.

Steel Dynamics declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, September 4th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $750,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 6.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD) posted its earnings results on Monday, July, 22nd. The basic materials company reported $0.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.02. The basic materials company had revenue of $2.77 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.78 billion. Steel Dynamics had a net margin of 9.11% and a return on equity of 28.50%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 10.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.53 earnings per share. View Steel Dynamics' Earnings History.

Steel Dynamics is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 16th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Steel Dynamics.

Steel Dynamics issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Monday, June, 17th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.86-0.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.94.

11 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Steel Dynamics' stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Steel Dynamics' share price to reach $38.6364 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 44.8% 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 stories about STLD stock have been trending positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Steel Dynamics earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Steel Dynamics.

Steel Dynamics saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,264,800 shares, an increase of 20.5% from the June 30th total of 4,369,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,840,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 2.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Steel Dynamics' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Steel Dynamics include SUMITOMO CORP/S (SSUMY), POSCO (PKX), Nucor (NUE), ArcelorMittal (MT), Tenaris (TS), EVRAZ (EVRZF), Ternium (TX), Carpenter Technology (CRS), APERAM/SH N Y REGISTRY SH (APEMY), United States Steel (X), Commercial Metals (CMC), USINAS SIDERURG/S (USNZY), AK Steel (AKS), SunCoke Energy (SXC) and Timkensteel (TMST).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Steel Dynamics investors own include AK Steel (AKS), Micron Technology (MU), Hill-Rom (HRC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Intel (INTC), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Steel Dynamics' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.33%), BlackRock Inc. (10.45%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.28%), Prudential Financial Inc. (1.64%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.35%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (1.26%). Company insiders that own Steel Dynamics stock include Christopher A Graham, Gabriel Shaheen, Glenn Pushis, Jurgen Dr Kolb, Keith E Busse, 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 BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Van ECK Associates Corp, Man Group plc, AQR Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Morgan Stanley. Company insiders that have sold Steel Dynamics company stock in the last year include Christopher A Graham and Keith E Busse. View Insider Buying and Selling for Steel Dynamics.

STLD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eaton Vance Management, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, LSV Asset Management, Zacks Investment Management, WINTON GROUP Ltd and Panagora Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Steel Dynamics stock in the last two years include Gabriel Shaheen, Glenn Pushis, 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of STLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.69.

Steel Dynamics has a market capitalization of $5.86 billion and generates $11.82 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.26 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.49 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]