—
C+
C+ The full Closelooknet — membership. Open the C+ overview

Steel Dynamics Inc (STLD) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

Pick a ticker to load its detail page.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for STLD, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.33 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How STLD has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.33 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Steel Dynamics Inc moved 0.33% on average · correlation 0.08 · higher than 32% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.18 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.01% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.39% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Steel · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Steel · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against STLD on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Steel Dynamics Inc

STLD in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Steel Dynamics makes steel and also recycles scrap metal, running its business through separate steel, metals recycling, steel fabrication and aluminium units. Its steel mills roll and coat sheet, produce structural beams, bars and rail products, and finish bar products by cutting and heat treating them. The recycling arm collects, processes and sells both ferrous scrap such as shredded steel and nonferrous scrap such as aluminium and copper. The fabrication unit turns steel into joists, joist girders and decking used in non-residential buildings, while the newer aluminium operation extends the group beyond steel. Customers span construction, automotive, manufacturing, transport, energy and agricultural equipment. It is based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Where it sits in the stack
Steel Dynamics carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI build-out indices, so it sits outside that stack entirely; it belongs to the steel industry within the Basic Materials sector of our wider universe.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not set a peer group for this name; the comparison the market draws is with Nucor, the closest scale peer among US steelmakers with a similar mix of mills and scrap recycling.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin or Halo membership, no Closelooknet score yet, and no quotes recorded across the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
Whether scrap metal costs feeding its recycling arm move against steel selling prices, and whether construction and manufacturing demand hold up enough to steady the recent pullback from its highs.

Steel Dynamics Inc (STLD) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Wells Fargo, 2026-09-18

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for STLD from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Wells Fargo — target 257 from 255 Target raised to $257 from $255 (+4.7% to spot) 2026-09-18

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.88%, quarterly · last 0.53 USD on 2026-06-30

Dividends and capital return

What STLD pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.06 USD per share · a 0.88% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +7.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.92 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.53 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-30
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.85 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.84 USD · 2025: 2.00 USD · 2026: 1.06 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-28

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Steel Dynamics Inc (STLD)?

Steel Dynamics Inc trades as STLD on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is STLD in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Steel Dynamics Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does STLD trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -4.2% vs the 50-day and +8.6% vs the 200-day average, 19.1% below the 52-week high and +74.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Steel Dynamics Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Steel Dynamics Inc had a beta of 0.33 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 32% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.01% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Steel Dynamics Inc do?

Steel Dynamics makes steel and also recycles scrap metal, running its business through separate steel, metals recycling, steel fabrication and aluminium units. Its steel mills roll and coat sheet, produce structural beams, bars and rail products, and finish bar products by cutting and heat treating them. The recycling arm collects, processes and sells both ferrous scrap such as shredded steel and nonferrous scrap such as aluminium and copper. Closelooknet has not set a peer group for this name; the comparison the market draws is with Nucor, the closest scale peer among US steelmakers with a similar mix of mills and scrap recycling.

Where does Steel Dynamics Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Steel Dynamics carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI build-out indices, so it sits outside that stack entirely; it belongs to the steel industry within the Basic Materials sector of our wider universe. It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin or Halo membership, no Closelooknet score yet, and no quotes recorded across the diary's editions.

Does Steel Dynamics Inc pay a dividend?

Steel Dynamics Inc has paid 2.06 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.88% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.53 USD on 2026-06-30. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Steel Dynamics Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Steel Dynamics Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Wells Fargo on 2026-09-18 (target 257 from 255). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for STLD, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Steel, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.