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Steel Dynamics STLDThe company said its earnings guidance for Q1 2025 is $1.36 to $1.40 per diluted share. It said earnings for the prior quarter, Q4 2024, were $1.36 per diluted share, and earnings for the year-earlier quarter, Q1, were $3.67 per diluted share.
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AI summaryThe company said its earnings guidance for Q1 2025 is $1.36 to $1.40 per diluted share. It said earnings for the prior quarter, Q4 2024, were $1.36 per diluted share, and earnings for the year-earlier quarter, Q1, were $3.67 per diluted share.
Steel Dynamics said first-quarter steel profitability is expected to be higher than the sequential fourth quarter, as higher shipments more than offset some metal margin compression. It said metals recycling earnings are also expected to be higher. Steel fabrication earnings are expected to be lower, the company said, citing seasonally lower shipments and a realized price decline of less than 5%.
Steel Dynamics said it is commissioning its aluminum flat rolled products mill in Columbus, Mississippi, and that the team cast its first aluminum ingot in January. The company said it continues to expect to begin shipping material in mid-2025.
The company said its board of directors in February 2025 set the Q1 cash dividend at $0.50 per common share, an increase of 9%, and authorized an additional $1.5 billion in share repurchases after the previous $1.5 billion program was exhausted. It said it had repurchased $191 million of its common stock in Q1 as of March 12, 2025.
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Steel Dynamics Provides Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance of $1.36 to $1.40 per Diluted Share
The company said its earnings guidance for Q1 2025 is $1.36 to $1.40 per diluted share. It said earnings for the prior quarter, Q4 2024, were $1.36 per diluted share, and earnings for the year-earlier quarter, Q1, were $3.67 per diluted share.
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Segment Outlook for Q1: Steel, Metals Recycling and Steel Fabrication
Steel Dynamics said first-quarter steel profitability is expected to be higher than the sequential fourth quarter, as higher shipments more than offset some metal margin compression. It said metals recycling earnings are also expected to be higher. Steel fabrication earnings are expected to be lower, the company said, citing seasonally lower shipments and a realized price decline of less than 5%.
Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits
Aluminum Mill Commissioning and Mid-2025 Shipment Plans
Steel Dynamics said it is commissioning its aluminum flat rolled products mill in Columbus, Mississippi, and that the team cast its first aluminum ingot in January. The company said it continues to expect to begin shipping material in mid-2025.
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Dividend Increase and Additional Share Repurchase Authorization of $1.5 billion
The company said its board of directors in February 2025 set the Q1 cash dividend at $0.50 per common share, an increase of 9%, and authorized an additional $1.5 billion in share repurchases after the previous $1.5 billion program was exhausted. It said it had repurchased $191 million of its common stock in Q1 as of March 12, 2025.
Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits
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