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. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, January 10th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.89%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. View Steel Dynamics' Dividend History.

Steel Dynamics announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, September 4th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $750,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 6.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 16th. The basic materials company reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $2.53 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.62 billion. Steel Dynamics had a net margin of 7.44% and a return on equity of 22.08%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.69 earnings per share. View Steel Dynamics' Earnings History.

Steel Dynamics is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Steel Dynamics.

Steel Dynamics will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 22nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

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

11 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives 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 4.3% 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.

Media coverage about STLD stock has been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Steel Dynamics earned a media sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Steel Dynamics.

Steel Dynamics saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,840,000 shares, a decline of 11.7% from the December 15th total of 5,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,970,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.5 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's shares 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include DNB Asset Management AS (0.56%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.24%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.12%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), Fluent Financial LLC (0.02%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (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, Fluent Financial LLC, Sanders Morris Harris LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Steel Dynamics.

STLD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, OLD National Bancorp IN, Cerebellum GP LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Sciencast Management LP, FormulaFolio Investments LLC and Fruth Investment Management. 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 $33.21.

Steel Dynamics has a market capitalization of $7.16 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]