Steel Dynamics, Inc.

STLD stock score: 65/100

$247.97 · +1.47% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
69
Fundamental
60
News
58

The reading

Steel Dynamics (STLD) scores 65 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 87% of Basic Materials stocks and 89% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 69, fundamentals 60.

Among the fundamentals, Institutional Ownership at 100 and Revenue Quality (Quarterly) at 100 score highest, while PEG Ratio at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 69 and contrarian oscillators 33 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 58; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 24, 2026 the composite has ranged from 58 to 77, and it is down 3 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward STLD’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

60

Pulling it up

  • Institutional Ownership100

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

  • Revenue Quality (Quarterly)100

    Revenue Quality (Quarterly) evaluates recent revenue performance using trailing 12-month data from quarterly reports.

  • Current Ratio97

    Current ratio measures ability to pay short-term liabilities with current assets.

Holding it back

  • PEG Ratio0

    PEG ratio divides the P/E ratio by earnings growth rate.

  • Fair Value2

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

  • Earnings Quality (Yearly)17

    Annual earnings quality examines the durability and cash-backed nature of yearly profits.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

65

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • Ichimoku Cloud100

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (20)8

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • Williams %R (28)10

    Williams %R (28-period) places the close within the last 28 periods' high-low range.

  • Williams %R (14)10

    Williams %R (14-period) measures where the current price sits within the recent high-low range.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Social Sentiment (3D)
63
Social Sentiment (1W)
62
Global News
52

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly601
Daily653
Weekly672
Monthly752
Quarterly782

Composite score, last 90 days

05010065Jul 24, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 24, 2026: 68Jul 25, 2026: 68Jul 26, 2026: 69Jul 27, 2026: 68Jul 28, 2026: 69Jul 29, 2026: 76Jul 30, 2026: 76Jul 31, 2026: 77Aug 2, 2026: 61Aug 3, 2026: 63Aug 5, 2026: 62Aug 6, 2026: 61Aug 7, 2026: 66Aug 8, 2026: 64Aug 9, 2026: 64Aug 10, 2026: 66Aug 11, 2026: 65Aug 12, 2026: 65Aug 13, 2026: 64Aug 14, 2026: 63Aug 15, 2026: 64Aug 16, 2026: 64Aug 17, 2026: 64Aug 18, 2026: 63Aug 19, 2026: 61Aug 20, 2026: 59Aug 22, 2026: 60Aug 23, 2026: 60Aug 24, 2026: 60Aug 25, 2026: 60Aug 26, 2026: 60Aug 27, 2026: 61Aug 28, 2026: 60Aug 29, 2026: 61Aug 30, 2026: 61Aug 31, 2026: 60Sep 1, 2026: 61Sep 2, 2026: 65Sep 3, 2026: 65Sep 4, 2026: 63Sep 5, 2026: 64Sep 6, 2026: 64Sep 7, 2026: 64Sep 8, 2026: 63Sep 9, 2026: 62Sep 10, 2026: 60Sep 11, 2026: 62Sep 12, 2026: 62Sep 13, 2026: 62Sep 14, 2026: 60Sep 15, 2026: 61Sep 16, 2026: 61Sep 17, 2026: 62Sep 18, 2026: 61Sep 19, 2026: 61Sep 20, 2026: 61Sep 21, 2026: 60Sep 22, 2026: 60Sep 23, 2026: 62Sep 24, 2026: 62Sep 25, 2026: 60Sep 26, 2026: 60Sep 27, 2026: 60Sep 28, 2026: 59Sep 29, 2026: 58Sep 30, 2026: 58Oct 1, 2026: 59Oct 2, 2026: 60Oct 3, 2026: 60Oct 4, 2026: 60Oct 5, 2026: 63Oct 6, 2026: 63Oct 7, 2026: 62Oct 8, 2026: 61Oct 9, 2026: 62Oct 10, 2026: 62Oct 11, 2026: 62Oct 12, 2026: 63Oct 13, 2026: 63Oct 14, 2026: 63Oct 15, 2026: 63Oct 16, 2026: 62Oct 17, 2026: 63Oct 18, 2026: 63Oct 19, 2026: 61Oct 20, 2026: 63Oct 21, 2026: 65
Show the daily numbers
DateComposite
Oct 21, 202665
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Jul 31, 202677
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Jul 28, 202669
Jul 27, 202668
Jul 26, 202669
Jul 25, 202668
Jul 24, 202668

Key facts

Market cap
$35.5B
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Steel
Beta
1.49
Risk grade (1–10)
3
Next earnings
Oct 19, 2026

Steel peers

CompanyMarket capScore
NUE Nucor$60.0B63
MT ArcelorMittal$47.7B59
RS Reliance$21.5B63
PKX POSCO$16.9B43
GGB Gerdau$10.3B63
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs$8.0B53

Questions

What is STLD's stock score today?

STLD scores 65/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 69, fundamental 60, and news sentiment 58, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is STLD a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 65 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the STLD score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Basic Materials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.