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Steel Dynamics, Inc. (XNAS:STLD) In-Depth Stock/Fundamental/Options Analysis Today

Primary Facts

STLD

Name:

STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. (XNAS:STLD)

Sector:

659.64M

Industry:

Steel

CEO:

Mr. Mark Millett

Total Employees:

10,640

Our Technological Advancement Rating

Our Rating:

B

Technological advancement compared to industry is -4.96% lower

ANALYSIS OF ALL CRITICAL FACTORS & RISKS RELATED TO THE STOCK & FUNDAMENTAL/LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.(STLD) AS PER DATA ANALYSIS OF LAST 3 YEARS AND COMPARISON WITH COMPETITORS/PEERS, AND STEEL INDUSTRY. DATE: 07/09/2022

Primary Targets/Price Insights

Previous Close ($) :

77.94

One Month Price Target:

$78.55

Six Month Price Target :

$81.58

Likely Price in One Year's Time:

Ticker:

$85.22

Likely Trading Range Today Under (Normal Volatility)
 

$77.66

Price Upper limit ($) :

$78.48

Price Lower limit ($) :

Crash Risk Prep/Key Price Levels (High Volatility/Risk)

Price, as per data analysis, isn't likely to fall below:

Today:

$73.05

                                                               This week:

$67.01

                                                        This month :

$56.09

Other Primary facts

Market Cap:

14.49B

Market Cap Classification:

Mid Cap

Number of Shares

IPO Date:

182.61M

Best/Worst Daily Performance (Last 3+ Years)
 

Highest Daily Appreciation:

19.42%

-18.17%

Worst Daily Decline:

Our Options Trading Entry Points

Iron Condor entry points for options expiring in 1 week's time

Low risk (<2%) entry points

Buy Call:

Sell Call:

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$100.59

$90.00

$55.29

$65.88

Medium risk (<10%) entry points

Buy Call

Sell Call

$86.55

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$84.29

$69.30

$71.59

These entry points can be used for other strategies, such as butterflies, straddles, etc.

Risk-Adjusted returns (Sharpe Ratio) of

STLD

Sharpe Ratio:

5.04%

Comparison:

STLD, is amongst the top 20% stocks with highest risk-adjusted returns

Sharpe ratio is 33.12% higher than the industry

& ratio is 120.97% higher than the market/S&P 500 average

Average Returns/Yield of

STLD

Daily returns:

0.17%

Weekly returns:

0.83%

Monthly returns:

3.33%

Yearly returns:

34.75%

Comparison of returns:

Average annual returns/yield (last 3 years) is 15.14% above industry average

Classification:

STLD, is amongst the top 20% highest yielding stocks in terms of daily returns

Results of T-Test of Returns:

0.29

Statistical test of Returns:

STLD has yielded returns statistically similar to the market

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Volatility (measured by Standard Deviation)

Daily Volatility:

3.13%

Weekly Volatility:

7.01%

Monthly Volatility:

14.02%

Yearly Volatility:

48.55%

Volitlilty of last five days (Measured by Standard Deviation) 

Average Volatility of this Week:

2.93%

Volatility in last five trading days has been -6.42% below long-term volatility

Value at Risk Analysis (VaR)

Daily VaR:

-6.27%

Weekly VaR:

-14.02%

Monthly VaR:

-28.04%

How Much Can the price of

STLD

Decline in a Recession?

Likely price decline in a recession: 

Base case (decline):

-23%

Worst case (decline):

>85%

This translates to price declining to:

$60.11

This translates to price declining to:

$11.69

Severe Crash Probability

Risk of crash in next 6/12 months: Very high (>70%)

What is Value at Risk (VaR)?

VaR explained figure

Risk Fundamentals

STLD is a 97.90% riskier investment compared to the market/S&P 500 & is 69.54% riskier than Nasdaq (IXIC)

Risk (measured by volatility) is -21.19% below industry average

Overall, it is amongst the top 50% most risky stocks

Beta Examination of

STLD

Beta in relation to market/S&P 500--1.39

Expected beta in 1 year's time:

0.9

Expected beta in 3 year's time:

1.273

Unlevered (debt free) Beta:

1.044

Beta in relation to Nasdaq (XNAS):

0.906

Beta in relation to all global stocks::

0.926

Beta Comparison & Analysis

Beta of competitors/peers::

1.126

Beta is 23.50% higher than peers

Average Industry Beta: 

1.33

Beta is 4.57% above industry average

Sustainable Growth Rate Analysis

Sustainable growth rate for this stock/firm:

56.07%

Sustainable growth rate is 17.39% above industry average

Alpha provided | Alpha Analysis 

Alpha provided:

0.273

Alpha is 21.54% above industry average alpha yield

Alpha is 1740% higher than market/& is unsustainably high

Analysis of Cost of Capital of

STLD

Equity cost of capital:

0.127

Equity cost of capital is 3.40% above industry mean WACC

Unlevered (without debt) cost of capital:  

9.52%

Before-tax cost of debt:

1.84%

After-tax cost of debt:

1.45%

Overall debt rating:

Highest AAA investment grade

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC):

1.45%

WACC is 4.04% above industry mean WACC

Key Per-Share Metrics & Analysis

Revenue per share:

$111.90

Revenue growth rate per share of (3Y):

2.04

Annual revenue growth rate is -23.03% below industry average

EPS:

$19.38

Expected Annual growth rate of  EPS (3Y):

71.96%

Expected future EPS growth rate is 21.06% higher than the Steel industry

Free cash flow (FCF) per share:

$9.90

Balance sheet equity growth per share: 45.68%

Equity growth rate per share is -356.45% lower than the industry

Debt per share

$16.48

EBITDA per share

$29.99

Valuation Analysis Today of

STLD

P/E Ratio:

3.47

P/E Ratio of Competitors/Peers:

22.16

P/E ratio is -84.36% lower than main peers & is -19.94% lower than the industry

Stock price/value with industry average P/E ratio: $83.88

STLD is -7.08% undervalued if valued using industry average P/E ratio

Share value as per dividend discount (DDM) model: $52.61

Present value of the expected future dividends only: $14.19

P/S (Price to Sales ratio):

0.7

Price to sales ratio is 14.75% above the industry mean

P/B (Price to book value ratio):

2.04

Price to free cash flow: 7.87

Price to free cash flow ratio is -13.41% lower than the industry

Net income growth rate (3Y):

195.12%

Net income growth rate is 36.68% higher than the average industry net income growth rate

Dividend Analysis

Dividend payout rate: 1.30%

Dividend yeild: 1.54%

Previous Dividend: $0.34

Previous adjusted dividend: $0.34

Previous Dividend: $1.20

Expected next dividend best case: $0.37

Expected next dividend worst case: $0.31

Average dividend payment (long-term): $0.27

Average dividend increase/decrease (growth rate) % per period: 3.89%

Expected next dividend payment date: 13/10/2022

Expected next dividend record date: 28/09/2022

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Previous dividend payment date: 15/07/2022

Previous dividend record date: 30/06/2022

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Dividend History:

2022-06-29--$0.34

2021-12-30--$0.26

2021-06-29--$0.26

2022-03-30--$0.34

2021-09-29--$0.26

2021-03-30--$0.26

Dividend growth rate is -112.90% lower than the industry average

In-depth Debt & Leverage Analysis

Debt to equity ratio:

43.22%

Net debt to equity ratio:

27.12%

Debt to assets ratio:

23.05%

Net debt to assets ratio:

14.47%

Debt-to-asset ratio is -53.38% below industry average

Ability to repay debt:

Interest coverage ratio:

96.75

Interest coverage ratio is 184.12% more than industry average

Looking forward:

Debt growth rate:

0.10%

Annual debt growth is -84% lower than industry average debt growth rate

Debt repayment rate in last quarter: 10.40%

Analysis of Key Statistics  

Correlation of price movement with the market:

0.63

Statistical significance of correlation:

STLD has a statistically significant correlation with the market

Average Correlation of  the industry with the market:

0.523

Stock price is 20.43% more correlated with the market, compared to the industry average correlation

R Squared (percentage of price movement explained by movement of the market): 

0.523

Correlation of price movement with Nasdaq (^IXIC):

0.036

Covariance  of price movement with the market:

0.065

Kurtosis 

6.465

Returns have a significant fat-tails (leptokurtic), i.e., returns considerably higher or lower than the mean returns are more probable, compared to assets with normally distributed returns

Skewness of returns:

0.159

Returns are, approximately, symmetrical

Fundamental Analysis & Dupont Analysis of

STLD

Gross Profit Margin Ratio:

124%

Operating Profit Margin Ratio:

25.46%

Operating profit margin is 73.35% higher than the industry

Net Profit Margin Ratio:

124%

Effective Tax Rate:

23.23%

Effective tax rate is 26.31% higher than the industry

Dupont Method

Net Profit Margin

Return on Equity Ratio (ROE):

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ROA

=

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55.82%

Return on equity (ROE) is 11.66% higher than the industry

Financial Leverage

Asset Turnover Ratio (ROA):

29.77%

Return on assets (ROA) is 53.73% higher than the industry

Financial Leverage:

1.3x

Current Ratio:

3.42

Current ratio is 30.13% above industry average

Cash Conversion Cycle (days):

26.5

Cash conversion cycle is -30.75% below industry average

The remaining useful life of property plant & equipment is: 9.1 years

Stock based compensation to net income ratio:

0.42%

In-depth Efficiency  Analysis

Revenue generated per employee:

1.9M

Each employee generates -80% less revenue than industry average revenue per employee

EBITDA generated per employee: 

514.7K

Each employee generates -81% less EBITDA than industry average revenue per employee

Profit generated per employee: 

365.4K

Each employee generates -83% less net income/profit than industry average revenue per employee

Free cash flow (FCF) generated per employee: 

62.0K

Each employee generates -67% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Assets/Capital per employee

555.2K

Each employee generates -67% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Research & Development (R&D) Analysis

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Competitors/Peer firms of 

STLD

ROYAL GOLD, INC. (XNAS:RGLD)

UFP INDUSTRIES, INC. (XNAS:UFPI)

BALCHEM CORPORATION (XNAS:BCPC)

SSR Mining Inc. (XNAS:SSRM)

METHANEX CORPORATION (XNAS:MEOH)

WD-40 COMPANY (XNAS:WDFC)

23ANDME HOLDING CO. (XNAS:ME)

INNOSPEC INC. (XNAS:IOSP)

Green Plains Inc. (XNAS:GPRE)

Current Analyst Ratings

Strong buy�13%

Buy�25%

Hold�17%

Sell�0%

Strong sell�0%

Overall analyst sentiment is: Buy

Income Statement

Period:

TTM

Date:

3/31/22

Revenue:

20.43B

Cost of Revenue:

Gross Profit:

R&D Expense

General & Admin Expenses:

Selling, General & Admin Expenses

Sales and Marketing Expenses

Other Expenses :

Operating Expenses :

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Interest Income:

Interest Expenses:

Depreciation & Amortization:

EBITDA:

Operating Income:

Other Income Expenses:

Income Before Tax:

Income Tax Expense:

Net Income:

Balance Sheet

Date:

Calendar Year:

Period:

Cash & Cash Equivalents:

Short Term Investments:

Cash & Short Term Investments:

Net Receivables:

Inventory:

Other Current Assets:

Total Current Assets:

PP&E:

Goodwill: 

Intangible Assets: 

Long Term Investments: 

Tax Assets: 

Other Non-Current Assets: 

Total Non-Current Assets: 

Other Assets: 

Total Assets: 

Accounts Payable: 

Short Term Debt:

Tax Payables:

Deferred Revenue:

Other Current Liabilities:

Total Current Liabilities:

Long Term Debt:

Other Non-Current Liabilities:

Total Non Current Liabilities:

Other Liabilities:

Total Liabilities:

Common Stock:

Retained Earnings:

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss:

Other Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:

Total Investments:

Total Debt:

Net Debt:

14.09B

6.34B

-

1.11B

1.11B

-

28.96M

1.14B

-

56.61M

348.28M

5.48B

5.20B

3.89B

5.10B

1.18B

3.89B

Statement of Cash Flow

Date:

Period:

87.55M

Differed Income Tax :

2.63M

Stock Based Compensation :

16.52M

Change in Working Capital :

- 406240.00K

Accounts Receivables:

- 447234.00K

Other Working Capital:

341.91M

Other Non-Cash Items:

11.16M

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:

818.97M

Investments in PP&E:

- 159330.00K

Net Acquisitions:

- 222480.00K

Purchases of Investments:

-

Sales/Maturities of Investments:

Other Investing Activities:

​Net Cash Used for Investing Activities:

Debt Repayment:

Common Stock Issued:

Common Stock Repurchased:

Dividend Paid:

Other Financing Activities:

Net Cash Used Provided by Financing Activities:

Effect of FOREX on Changes in Cash:

Net Changes in Cash:

Cash at End of Period:

Cash at Beginning of Period:

Operating Cash Flow:

Capital Expenditure:

Free Cash Flow (FCF):

3/31/22

2022

Q1

1.19B

-

1.19B

2.36B

3.52B

79.62M

7.15B

4.83B

453.09M

288.18M

-

-

337.77M

5.91B

-

13.06B

1.21B

68.39M

229.36M

-

808.70M

2.09B

3.01B

120.92M

3.99B

-

6.08B

649.00K

8.80B

9.3M

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March 31, 2022 at 6:00:00 AM

15.23B

6.96B

13.04B

-

3.08B

1.9B

-

410.00K

- 381400.00K

- 349272.00K

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- 389190.00K

- 50699.00K

297.25M

- 491909.00K

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- 54341.00K

1.20B

1.25B

818.97M

- 159330.00K

659.64M

Our Proprietary Portfolio Rating

Our Rating:

B

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Price Forecast/Expected Price in Next 5 Years of

STLD

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

$85.65

$291.67

$318.93

$348.74

$381.33

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