With 1.5 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.88 million shares. During the session, the Steel company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $130.16 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $124.73. The 52-week range on STLD shows that it touched its highest point at $155.56 and its lowest point at $103.17 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $147.00. With its current market cap of 19.44 billion, STLD has annualized dividend of $1.88 while the current yield stands at 1.45%. STLD paid its most recent dividend on 1743379200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1751241600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.45.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of STLD was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.89%, but this was up by 3.70% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 0.42% while six-month performance rose 0.10%. The stock lost -3.23% in the past year, while it has gained 13.71% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for STLD yields 7.57 with Next year EPS estimates of 12.32. For the next quarter, that number is 2.75. This implies an EPS growth rate of 0.41% for this year and 24.71% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 14.12% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 26.49%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 149.90 million STLD shares are outstanding with a float of 140.32 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-04-15, short shares totaled 2.79 million, which was 186.0 higher than short shares on 1741910400. In addition to Mr. Mark D. Millett as the firm’s Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Mr. Barry T. Schneider serves as its President & COO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.86171997 of STLD’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, STLD reported revenue of $3872138000.0 and operating income of $257257000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $384092000.0 and diluted EPS was $1.36.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for STLD since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With STLD analysts setting a high price target of 155.0 and a low target of 128.91, the average target price over the next 12 months is 145.01077. Based on these targets, STLD could surge 19.5% to reach the target high and fall by -0.62% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 11.8% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $9.99082 being high and $9.60079 being low. For STLD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $9.7608. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $3.49 and the low estimate is $2.76. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.99.
