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Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD) stock analysis

$247.97+1.47%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • STLD gained 6.2% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 147th of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned +70.5%, 54.7 points ahead of the S&P 500, and trades 12.3% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 7 analysts raised earnings estimates and 2 cut; forward EPS moved +10.2% (+12.4% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Steelmaking segment of the Chemicals & Basic Materials, where the 1-month median return is +7.1%.
  • The daily chart reads Trend transition · Trend repair (since Oct 13, 2026).
Market cap$35.5B
12-month return+70.5%
Forward P/E11.6×
Mean target vs price+9.6%

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

STLD+6.2%
Sector median−11.6%
S&P 5000.0%
STLD+3.1%
Sector median−3.0%
S&P 500+4.7%
STLD+9.0%
Sector median−15.8%
S&P 500+8.7%
STLD+70.5%
Sector median+2.6%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 500147 / 497
3-month rank in its sector · Basic Materials95 / 246

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Trend transition · Trend repairAwaiting confirmation

Holding since Oct 13, 2026

  • Close above EMA20 above EMA50
  • EMA50 rose over the last ten sessions
  • Confirmed swing highs and lows are rising
  • Intermediate and long-term directions differ
  • Neither a stable trend nor a range is confirmed
This pattern on this stock

53 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was +0.7%, positive 55% of the time, against +2.0% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$21.34
30-day change+10.2%
90-day change+12.4%
Mean target$271.75 +9.6%
Raised (30d) 7Cut (30d) 2

14 analysts cover the stock

Fundamental shape vs peers

Six dimensions on fixed scales. The filled shape is the company; the outline is the peer average.

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Ahead of peersGrowth, Revisions

PeersNUE · MT · RS · PKX

Where it sits in the supply chain

Chemicals & Basic Materials · Basic processing

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Supplied by
Industrial gases+6.8%
LIN+7.7%1 monthAPD+5.8%1 month
Its segment
Steelmaking+7.1%
NUE+7.9%1 monthSTLD+6.2%1 month

Steel serves construction and manufacturing; scrap costs and utilization matter.

Sells into
Industry, consumer & investment demand−8.4%
CAT−8.4%1 monthGM−8.8%1 monthPG+5.8%1 month

Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps

Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−22.5%
Volatility, 60D35.9%
From 52-week high−12.3%
From 52-week low+67.9%
Trailing P/E22.5×
Forward P/E11.6×

Themes

  • Industrial Metals3M rank 43 / 128

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