Steel Dynamics (STLD) Q1 FY2026 earnings: revenue $5.2 billion, up 19.1% on the year

Steel Dynamics Inc. (STLD) reported revenue of $5.2 billion for Q1 FY2026, the quarter ended 31 March 2026, up 19.1% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $403 million, up 85.8% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $2.78. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 27 April 2026.

Revenue

$5.2 billion

+19.1% on the year · +17.9% on the quarter

Q2 FY2024Q1 FY2026

Operating margin

10.3%

6.3% a year earlier

Q2 FY2024Q1 FY2026

Net income

$403 million

+85.8% on the year · +51.6% on the quarter

Q2 FY2024Q1 FY2026

Diluted EPS

$2.78

+93.1% on the year · +52.7% on the quarter

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What management said

Guidance figures: 1 raised, 2 new.

Net income rose from prior periods: Net income attributable to Steel Dynamics was $403 million, or $2.78 per diluted share, compared with $266 million or $1.82 in the fourth quarter 2025 and $217 million or $1.44 a year earlier.
Operating income up 73 percent: Consolidated operating income was $538 million, up $228 million from the fourth quarter 2025 and from $275 million a year earlier. Management credited record shipments and higher steel prices.
Steel operating income rose 73 percent: Steel segment operating income was $557 million, up from $322 million in the fourth quarter 2025 and $230 million a year earlier.

Read the earnings call summary

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ million	Q1 FY2026	Q4 FY2025	Q1 FY2025	On the quarter	On the year
Revenue	5,205	4,414	4,369	+17.9%	+19.1%
Cost of revenue	4,442	3,885	3,883	+14.3%	+14.4%
Gross profit	763	529	487	+44.2%	+56.9%
Gross margin	14.7%	12.0%	11.1%
Selling, general and administrative	175	185	182	-5.1%	-3.6%
Operating income	538	310	275	+73.4%	+95.5%
Operating margin	10.3%	7.0%	6.3%
Interest expense	33.2	27.0	12.1	+23.3%	+174.0%
Pre-tax income	513	311	281	+65.2%	+82.9%
Income tax	113	46.1	63.0	+145.4%	+79.6%
Effective tax rate	22.0%	14.8%	22.4%
Net income	403	266	217	+51.6%	+85.8%
Net margin	7.8%	6.0%	5.0%
Diluted EPS	$2.78	$1.82	$1.44	+52.7%	+93.1%

$ million except per share.

Fourth quarters are the year less the first three quarters. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ million	Q1 FY2026	Q4 FY2025	Q1 FY2025	On the quarter	On the year
Operating cash flow	148	273	153	-45.6%	-2.8%
Capital expenditure	138	188	306	-26.8%	-54.8%
Free cash flow	10.3	84.2	-153	-87.7%
Free cash flow margin	0.2%	1.9%	-3.5%
Cash from investing	-139	-370	-179
Cash from financing	-223	96.8	623
Depreciation and amortisation	159	146	134	+8.9%	+19.1%
Share-based compensation	17.5	23.6	17.0	-26.2%	+2.4%
Buybacks	115	240	250	-52.1%	-54.0%
Dividends paid	72.5	73.1	69.5	-0.8%	+4.3%
Dividend per share	$0.53	n/a	$0.50		+6.0%
Diluted shares, weighted	145m	148m	151m	-2.1%	-3.6%
Shares outstanding at period end	144m	145m	149m	-0.3%	-3.3%

Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.

Balance sheet

$ million	Q1 FY2026	Q4 FY2025	Q1 FY2025	On the quarter	On the year
Shareholders' equity	9,165	8,957	8,825	+2.3%	+3.9%
Non-controlling interest	-173	-168	-162
Redeemable equity	141	141	171	0.0%	-17.5%
Debt	4,200	4,211	4,200	-0.3%	0.0%
Operating lease liabilities	n/a	147	n/a
Other liabilities	3,387	3,131	2,897	+8.2%	+16.9%
Total liabilities and equity	16,720	16,420	15,930	+1.8%	+5.0%
Fixed assets	8,550	8,569	8,323	-0.2%	+2.7%
Goodwill	477	477	477	0.0%	0.0%
Intangible assets	323	331	220	-2.4%	+46.8%
Investments	n/a	0.0	19.6
Cash and equivalents	557	770	1,187	-27.7%	-53.1%
Receivables	2,056	1,683	1,721	+22.2%	+19.5%
Inventory	3,908	3,739	3,099	+4.5%	+26.1%
Other assets	848	850	884	-0.2%	-4.0%
Total assets	16,720	16,420	15,930	+1.8%	+5.0%

Questions

What was Steel Dynamics' revenue in Q1 FY2026?

Steel Dynamics (STLD) reported revenue of $5.2 billion for Q1 FY2026, the quarter ended 31 March 2026, up 19.1% on the same quarter a year earlier.

How much did Steel Dynamics earn in Q1 FY2026?

Net income for Q1 FY2026 was $403 million, up 85.8% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $2.78.

When did Steel Dynamics report Q1 FY2026 results?

Steel Dynamics filed its 10-Q for the quarter ended 31 March 2026 with the SEC on 27 April 2026.

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

	Q4 FY2021 *	Q1 FY2022	Q2 FY2022	Q3 FY2022	Q4 FY2022 *	Q1 FY2023	Q2 FY2023	Q3 FY2023	Q4 FY2023 *	Q1 FY2024	Q2 FY2024	Q3 FY2024	Q4 FY2024 *	Q1 FY2025	Q2 FY2025	Q3 FY2025	Q4 FY2025 *	Q1 FY2026	Q2 FY2026	Q3 FY2026
Revenue	5,311	5,570	6,213	5,652	4,826	4,893	5,082	4,587	4,233	4,694	4,633	4,342	3,872	4,369	4,565	4,828	4,414	5,205	6,092	6,509
Cost of revenue	3,549	3,787	4,330	4,187	3,839	3,837	3,775	3,635	3,503	3,713	3,858	3,736	3,430	3,883	3,947	4,070	3,885	4,442	5,133	5,227
Gross profit	1,762	1,783	1,883	1,464	988	1,056	1,307	952	731	981	775	605	442	487	618	758	529	763	959	1,282
Gross margin	33%	32%	30%	26%	20%	22%	26%	21%	17%	21%	17%	14%	11%	11%	14%	16%	12%	15%	16%	20%
SG&A	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	144	141	146	157	160	160	168	177	182	198	201	185	175	193	187
Operating income	1,429	1,495	1,618	1,220	759	835	1,064	734	519	751	559	395	238	275	383	508	310	538	700	1,006
Operating margin	27%	27%	26%	22%	16%	17%	21%	16%	12%	16%	12%	9%	6%	6%	8%	11%	7%	10%	11%	15%
Interest expense	12.3	16.7	25.7	25.3	23.9	22.5	20.8	18.4	14.8	12.0	12.7	17.1	14.6	12.1	17.4	13.6	27.0	33.2	39.1	39.3
Pre-tax income	1,409	1,458	1,596	1,208	758	848	1,074	755	542	766	565	408	244	281	388	514	311	513	683	979
Tax rate	22%	24%	24%	24%	16%	24%	24%	23%	21%	23%	24%	21%	14%	22%	22%	21%	15%	22%	22%	23%
Net income	1,091	1,104	1,210	914	635	637	812	577	424	584	428	318	207	217	299	404	266	403	534	756
Net margin	21%	20%	19%	16%	13%	13%	16%	13%	10%	12%	9%	7%	5%	5%	7%	8%	6%	8%	9%	12%
Diluted EPS	$5.36	$5.71	$6.44	$5.03	$3.74	$3.70	$4.81	$3.47	$2.61	$3.67	$2.72	$2.05	$1.36	$1.44	$2.01	$2.74	$1.82	$2.78	$3.69	$5.26
Operating cash flow	724	819	1,002	1,496	1,143	734	808	1,114	865	355	383	760	347	153	302	723	273	148	428	846
Capital expenditure	205	159	164	241	344	226	358	558	515	374	419	621	453	306	288	166	188	138	124	150
Free cash flow	519	660	838	1,255	799	507	450	555	350	-19.1	-36.6	138	-106	-153	13.3	557	84.2	10.3	304	696
Buybacks	n/a	389	517	482	413	354	380	331	387	298	309	310	295	250	200	210	240	115	200	276
Dividends paid	51.9	50.7	64.3	62.1	60.0	58.8	72.3	70.7	69.5	68.0	72.6	71.6	70.4	69.5	74.7	73.9	73.1	72.5	76.6	76.1
Shares outstanding	195m	189m	183m	177m	173m	170m	166m	163m	160m	158m	156m	153m	151m	149m	148m	146m	145m	144m	144m	142m
Filing	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q

Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.

* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

10-Q for the period ended 31 March 2026, filed 27 April 2026: the filing.