Steel Dynamics dividend yield STLD
Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 2004.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 0.87%
- 10-year median
- 1.5%
- Against its 10-year history
- 2nd
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 0.7% to 5.1%
- Peer median
- 0.6%
Steel Dynamics pays 0.87% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is below its ten-year median of 1.5%, lower than on 98% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 0.7% in Jun 2026 to 5.1% in Mar 2020.
The median for 3 steel stocks of a similar size is 0.6%.
Dividend yield over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| 2025 | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.6% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | 1.2% | 2.0% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| 2020 | 2.7% | 2.5% | 5.1% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | 1.9% | 3.2% |
| 2018 | 2.5% | 1.3% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | 1.5% | 3.4% |
| 2015 | 3.1% | 2.2% | 3.1% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | 1.8% | 2.7% |
| 2013 | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.9% |
| 2012 | 3.0% | 2.4% | 3.8% |
| 2011 | 3.0% | 1.5% | 3.8% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4.8% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | 0.7% | 5.3% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.6% |
Against its peers
Companies in Steel nearest Steel Dynamics' size, closest first, today.
| Company | Dividend yield |
|---|---|
| STLDSteel Dynamics | 0.87% |
| RSReliance Steel & Aluminum | n/m |
| NUENucor | 0.87% |
| CRSCarpenter Technology | 0.28% |
| Peer median | 0.57% |
Where Steel Dynamics ranks
What the dividend yield tells you
Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.
A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.