Steel Dynamics Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:STLD)

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

Steel Dynamics declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 26th. Investors of record on Monday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, October 11th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.34%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 27th. View Steel Dynamics' Dividend History.

Steel Dynamics declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, September 4th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $750,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 6.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 16th. The basic materials company reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.70 by $0.01. The basic materials company earned $2.53 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.62 billion. Steel Dynamics had a net margin of 7.44% and a return on equity of 22.08%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.69 earnings per share. View Steel Dynamics' Earnings History.

Steel Dynamics is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Steel Dynamics.

Steel Dynamics issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, September, 17th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.66-0.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.72.

11 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Steel Dynamics' shares. Their predictions range from $29.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate Steel Dynamics' stock price to reach $33.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.4% 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 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Steel Dynamics.

Media coverage about STLD stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Steel Dynamics earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely 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 decrease in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 5,160,000 shares, a decrease of 16.5% from the August 30th total of 6,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,250,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's shares 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), Commercial Metals (CMC), APERAM/SH N Y REGISTRY SH (APEMY), United States Steel (X), USINAS SIDERURG/S (USNZY), AK Steel (AKS), SunCoke Energy (SXC) and Mechel PAO (MTL).

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

Steel Dynamics' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.39%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.37%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.24%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.13%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.10%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.07%). 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 Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, Meeder Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. and Cerebellum GP LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Steel Dynamics.

STLD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Winmill & CO. Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Peregrine Capital Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP. 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 $28.71.

Steel Dynamics has a market capitalization of $6.30 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]