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Steel Dynamics (MEX:STLD) Dividend Yield % : 1.33% (As of Mar. 31, 2025)


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What is Steel Dynamics Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2025-03-31), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Steel Dynamics is 1.33%.

Good Sign:

Steel Dynamics Inc stock Dividend Yield % is close to 2-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Steel Dynamics's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:STLD' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 1.67   Max: 5.1
Current: 1.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Steel Dynamics was 5.10%. The lowest was 1.00%. And the median was 1.67%.

MEX:STLD's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
72.92% of 336 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 3.125 vs MEX:STLD: 1.33

Steel Dynamics's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.34.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Steel Dynamics was 1.05. The lowest was 0.07. And the median was 0.19.

As of today (2025-03-31), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Steel Dynamics is 1.58%.

Steel Dynamics's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was MXN9.59.

During the past 12 months, Steel Dynamics's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 20.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 15.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 15.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Steel Dynamics was 58.70% per year. The lowest was 4.80% per year. And the median was 13.60% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Steel Dynamics Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Steel Dynamics's Dividend Yield % 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 Dividend Yield % Chart

Steel Dynamics Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.76 1.64 1.34 1.44 1.13

Steel Dynamics Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Dividend Yield % 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 1.44 1.33 1.22 1.53 1.13

Competitive Comparison of Steel Dynamics's Dividend Yield %

For the Steel subindustry, Steel Dynamics's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % 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 Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Steel Dynamics's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Steel Dynamics's Dividend Yield % falls into.


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Steel Dynamics Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Steel Dynamics Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.5000002025-03-312025-03-312025-04-11Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:MXN 20.545712
USD 0.4600002024-12-312024-12-312025-01-10Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:MXN 20.261600
USD 0.4600002024-09-302024-09-302024-10-11Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:MXN 19.596300
USD 0.4600002024-06-282024-06-302024-07-12Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:MXN 18.194600

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Steel Dynamics's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=36.977006/2575.00
=1.44 %

Current Share Price is MXN2575.00.
Steel Dynamics's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is MXN36.977006.

Steel Dynamics's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=41.091424/2575.00
=1.60 %

Current Share Price is MXN2575.00.
Steel Dynamics's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as MXN10.272856 * 4 = MXN41.091424.

* 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  (MEX:STLD) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Steel Dynamics Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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.