Steel Dynamics Inc (NASDAQ: STLD) kicked off on Tuesday, down -1.46% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $133.12. Over the past 52 weeks, STLD has traded in a range of $103.17-$155.56.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Basic Materials Sector giant was 16.43%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 0.41%. With a float of $140.32 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $149.90 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 13000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 13.36%, operating margin of 8.52%, and the pretax margin is 8.7%.
Steel Dynamics Inc (STLD) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Steel Industry. The insider ownership of Steel Dynamics Inc is 6.39%, while institutional ownership is 85.87%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 11 ’25, was worth 3,184,811. In this transaction Senior Vice President of this company sold 23,649 shares at a rate of $134.67, taking the stock ownership to the 122,140 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 11 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 23,649 for $132.87, making the entire transaction worth $3,142,243.
Steel Dynamics Inc (STLD) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 0.41% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 14.12% during the next five years compared to 26.49% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Steel Dynamics Inc (NASDAQ: STLD) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Steel Dynamics Inc’s (STLD) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.38. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.14.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 7.57, a number that is poised to hit 2.75 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 12.32 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Steel Dynamics Inc (STLD)
Looking closely at Steel Dynamics Inc (NASDAQ: STLD), its last 5-days average volume was 1.1 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.8 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 84.79%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.83.
During the past 100 days, Steel Dynamics Inc’s (STLD) raw stochastic average was set at 76.75%, which indicates a significant decrease from 81.71% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 35.95% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 41.81% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $124.59, while its 200-day Moving Average is $126.38. However, in the short run, Steel Dynamics Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $132.52. Second resistance stands at $133.86. The third major resistance level sits at $134.59. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $130.45, it is likely to go to the next support level at $129.72. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $128.38.
Steel Dynamics Inc (NASDAQ: STLD) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 19.66 billion has total of 149,897K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 17,540 M in contrast with the sum of 1,537 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 4,369 M and last quarter income was 217,150 K.
