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Steel Dynamics Inc

STLDNASDAQ

SectorMaterials

IndustrySteel

Beta (adjusted)1.35

Intrinsic Value $277.74median of 6 methods · middle span $118-$503based on filings through 30 Jun 2026

Market Price $226.17Price as of 1 Oct 2026

UndervaluedIntrinsic value is 23% above the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

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Market Cap $32.4B

Enterprise Value $36B

Shares Outstanding 143.5M diluted

Moat Rating Narrow

Next Earnings Date21 Oct 2026

Last ex-dividend30 Sep 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Steel Dynamics entered the second half of 2026 with record quarterly steel shipments, improving steel-market conditions, and a steel-fabrication backlog extending into the first quarter of 2027. The developing aluminum platform offers meaningful diversification, but commissioning and customer-qualification execution remain important uncertainties. These strengths are balanced by metals-market cyclicality, input-cost volatility, and startup risk. The recommendation is operationally based rather than valuation-anchored.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets14 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$221.00

Mean target$272.64

High · most bullish analyst$310.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$221.0018%

Steel demand weakens, customer inventories rebuild, or scrap and energy costs rise faster than realized selling prices. Aluminum commissioning or customer qualifications take longer than expected, while the fabrication backlog loses its year-over-year growth, reducing the benefit expected from diversification.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$272.6458%

Matches the consensus mean

Steel demand and pricing remain supportive but normalize from the strong second-quarter conditions. Fabrication activity remains healthy, and aluminum shipments increase as commissioning progresses, although startup inefficiencies persist during the transition.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$310.0024%

Strong domestic steel demand, low customer inventories, reshoring and infrastructure activity sustain shipment momentum, while the Columbus aluminum mill completes commissioning, expands customer qualifications, and sharply increases volumes. A fabrication backlog extending into 2027 provides additional demand visibility.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Second-quarter 2026 steel shipments reached a company record of 3,741,340 tons, while management reported stronger pricing, solid demand, lower-than-normal customer inventories, and longer backlogs and lead times.
The fabrication backlog was nearly 45% above the prior-year level and extended into the first quarter of 2027, supported by commercial construction, data centers, manufacturing, warehousing, and healthcare.
Aluminum flat-rolled sheet shipments increased to 53,000 metric tons in the second quarter, and management expected volumes to increase sharply as commissioning, utilization, yields, and recycled-content performance improve.

Key Investment Risks

Steel and recycled-metals markets are cyclical and exposed to import pressure, global overcapacity, volatile scrap availability and pricing, and energy-cost fluctuations.
The aluminum platform remains in startup and qualification mode; slower commissioning, lower yields, equipment issues, or delayed customer approvals could postpone the expected diversification benefits.
Unexpected equipment downtime and a deterioration in the fabrication backlog could reverse the operating momentum reported through the second quarter of 2026.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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