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Steel Dynamics (MEX:STLD) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 18.76 (As of Jun. 02, 2025)


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What is Steel Dynamics Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-02), Steel Dynamics's current share price is MXN2298.00. Steel Dynamics's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN122.49. Steel Dynamics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 18.76.

The historical rank and industry rank for Steel Dynamics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:STLD' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.65   Med: 19.39   Max: 30.03
Current: 20.68

During the past years, Steel Dynamics's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 30.03. The lowest was 7.65. And the median was 19.39.

MEX:STLD's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
71.31% of 237 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 10.43 vs MEX:STLD: 20.68

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Steel Dynamics's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN-20.742. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is MXN122.49 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Steel Dynamics Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Steel Dynamics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Steel Dynamics Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Steel Dynamics Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.49 20.86 19.58 19.04 18.75

Steel Dynamics Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.40 20.48 19.97 18.75 21.02

Competitive Comparison of Steel Dynamics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Steel subindustry, Steel Dynamics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Steel Dynamics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Steel Dynamics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Steel Dynamics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Steel Dynamics Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Steel Dynamics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=2298.00/122.49
=18.76

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Steel Dynamics's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Steel Dynamics's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=-20.742/134.9266*134.9266
=-20.742

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Steel Dynamics Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 18.455 100.684 24.732
201509 9.293 100.392 12.490
201512 22.492 99.792 30.411
201603 18.531 100.470 24.886
201606 9.216 101.688 12.228
201609 10.750 101.861 14.240
201612 11.119 101.863 14.728
201703 15.303 102.862 20.073
201706 2.807 103.349 3.665
201709 13.792 104.136 17.870
201712 12.749 104.011 16.538
201803 9.731 105.290 12.470
201806 22.460 106.317 28.504
201809 27.764 106.507 35.172
201812 36.478 105.998 46.433
201903 10.961 107.251 13.789
201906 23.856 108.070 29.785
201909 26.136 108.329 32.553
201912 21.858 108.420 27.202
202003 -0.685 108.902 -0.849
202006 19.251 108.767 23.881
202009 -18.331 109.815 -22.523
202012 -19.250 109.897 -23.634
202103 -4.591 111.754 -5.543
202106 29.214 114.631 34.386
202109 41.915 115.734 48.866
202112 53.594 117.630 61.475
202203 67.967 121.301 75.602
202206 89.768 125.017 96.884
202209 138.992 125.227 149.758
202212 88.585 125.222 95.450
202303 53.033 127.348 56.189
202306 45.638 128.729 47.835
202309 58.237 129.860 60.509
202312 36.579 129.419 38.136
202403 -1.988 131.776 -2.036
202406 -4.256 132.554 -4.332
202409 17.616 133.029 17.867
202412 -14.509 133.157 -14.702
202503 -20.742 134.927 -20.742

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Steel Dynamics  (MEX:STLD) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Steel Dynamics Business Description

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Address
7575 West Jefferson Boulevard, Fort Wayne, IN, USA, 46804
Steel Dynamics Inc operates as a domestic steel producer and metal recycler in the United States. The company's product portfolio comprises hot rolled sheet, hot rolled plate, painted sheet products, cold rolled sheet, and others. Its reportable segments are steel operations, metals recycling operations, steel fabrication operations, and aluminum operations. Maximum revenue is generated from its steel operations segment, which consists of manufacturing various steel products and numerous coating operations. Its primary sources of revenue are currently from the manufacture and sale of steel products, the processing and sale of recycled ferrous and nonferrous metals, and the fabrication and sale of steel joists and deck products.