secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STEEL DYNAMICS INC (STLD)
CIK:        0001022671
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-005488
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Steel Dynamics 2024 EPS $9.84, down 33% YoY; Q4 $1.36 vs $2.61
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- Annual net sales $17.5B (-7% YoY), net income $1.5B (-40% YoY), diluted EPS $9.84 vs $14.64.
- Q4 net sales $3.9B, net income $207M, diluted EPS $1.36; sequential Q3 EPS was $2.05.
- Steel ops op income $1.6B; fabrication $667M; metals recycling $77M (all annual).
- Sinton Texas flat roll division Q4 operating loss $58M; expects positive contributions H1 2025.
- Share repurchases $1.2B (6% of outstanding); liquidity $2.2B; dividends $283M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022671/000110465925005488/0001104659-25-005488-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022671/000110465925005488/tm254167d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-005488

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