Steel Dynamics · Earnings release

Press Release

Steel Dynamics Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual

FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, January 22, 2025 / PRNewswire /

Annual 2024 Performance Highlights:

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Second highest steel shipments of 12.7 million tons

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Net sales of $17.5 billion, operating income of $1.9 billion, and net income of $1.5 billion

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Adjusted EBITDA of $2.5 billion and cash flow from operations of $1.8 billion

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Strong liquidity of $2.2 billion as of December 31, 2024

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Share repurchases of $1.2 billion of the company’s common stock, representing six percent of its outstanding shares

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Strong after-tax return-on-invested-capital of 23 percent for the three-year period ended December 31, 2024

Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ/GS: STLD) today announced fourth

quarter and annual 2024 financial results. The company reported fourth quarter 2024 net sales of $3.9 billion and net income of $207 million,

or $1.36 per diluted share. Comparatively, the company’s sequential third quarter 2024 net income was $318 million, or $2.05 per

diluted share, and prior year fourth quarter net income was $424 million, or $2.61 per diluted share.

“The teams achieved solid operational and financial performance

across our operating platforms during 2024, resulting in annual net sales of $17.5 billion, operating income of $1.9 billion, and adjusted

EBITDA of $2.5 billion,” said Mark D. Millett, Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer. “Based on the team’s

performance, we demonstrated the strength and consistency of our cash generation with annual cash flow from operations of $1.8 billion

and liquidity of $2.2 billion. All while continuing to grow our business with significant organic growth investments, coupled with strong

shareholder distributions through our positive dividend growth profile and meaningful share repurchases. We have a firm foundation for

our continued long-term growth and ongoing value creation strategy.

“Underlying

domestic steel demand was stable throughout 2024 supported by the construction, automotive, industrial, and energy sectors,” continued

Millett. “However, steel imports of certain products, most notably coated flat rolled steels, increased significantly in 2024, negatively

impacting the supply / demand balance, causing pricing pressure for flat rolled steel products. We do expect to see unfairly traded steel

imports decline in 2025, based on the recent CORE trade case we initiated in late 2024. Declining steel imports, coupled with steady to

increasing North American steel demand, provides a positive commercial environment for 2025. We have experienced strong order activity

for flat rolled steel so far in 2025, and prices have stabilized with continued positive customer outlook.

“Despite some headwinds in 2024, our steel operations achieved

near-record annual shipments of 12.7 million tons and historically strong operating income of $1.6 billion,” stated Millett. “Our

steel fabrication business also achieved historically strong earnings with operating income of $667 million. Despite a challenging pricing

environment throughout much of the year, our metals recycling team achieved operating income of $77 million. The strength of our diversified,

value-added circular manufacturing model was certainly demonstrated in 2024.”

Fourth Quarter 2024 Comments

Fourth quarter 2024 operating income for the company’s steel

operations was $165 million, representing a 46 percent sequential decline, based on seasonally lower steel shipments and metal spread

compression, as average realized steel selling values declined. The company also experienced an unplanned outage at its Butler Flat Roll

Division further reducing quarterly volume by an estimated 50,000 tons. The fourth quarter 2024 average external product selling price

for the company’s steel operations decreased $48 per ton sequentially to $1,011 per ton. The average ferrous scrap cost per ton

melted at the company’s steel mills increased to $370 per ton, or $3 per ton. Additionally, the company’s Sinton Texas Flat

Roll Steel Division operated at levels in excess of 80 percent during November and December, while also improving product quality

and cost efficiency. However, there are still additional operating costs in the system, which elicited an operating loss of $58 million

in the fourth quarter 2024 related to these operations. The company expects these extra costs to dissipate throughout the first quarter

resulting in positive operating income contributions beginning in the first half of 2025 and increasing throughout the year.

Fourth quarter 2024 operating income from the company’s

metals recycling operations was $23 million, representing a $13 million increase compared to sequential third quarter results, as metal

spread improvement and continued cost efficiencies more than offset lower seasonal shipments.

The company’s steel fabrication operations achieved strong operating

income of $142 million in the fourth quarter 2024, below sequential third quarter results, based on seasonally lower shipments and slight

metal spread compression, as realized selling values declined modestly. Seasonal order inquiry in the fourth quarter was constructive,

and the steel fabrication order backlog extends deep into the first half of 2025 at attractive pricing levels. The company believes that

the continued onshoring of manufacturing, coupled with the robust U.S. infrastructure and Inflation Reduction Act programs will drive

industrial construction activity, and provide an environment for strong steel joist and deck demand, as well as flat rolled and long product

steel demand.

Annual 2024 net income was $1.5 billion, or $9.84 per diluted share,

with net sales of $17.5 billion, as compared to net income of $2.5 billion, or $14.64 per diluted share, with net sales of $18.8 billion

for the same period in 2023.

net sales decreased seven percent to $17.5 billion and operating income declined 38 percent to $1.9 billion, when compared to the same

period of 2023. The decline in earnings was driven by lower shipments and metal spread contraction within the company’s steel and

steel fabrication operations, as lower realized product pricing outpaced lower primary raw material costs. Annual 2024 operating income

from the company’s steel operations declined $309 million and steel fabrication operations declined $926 million, when compared

to prior year’s earnings. The average 2024 external selling price for the company’s steel operations decreased $48 per ton

to $1,104 per ton compared to the same period of 2023, and the average ferrous scrap cost per ton melted at the company’s steel

mills decreased $28 per ton to $386 per ton. Additionally, the company’s Sinton Texas Flat Roll Steel Division incurred operating

Based on the company’s differentiated circular business model

and highly-variable cost structure, the company generated strong cash flow from operations of $1.8 billion during 2024. The company also

invested $1.9 billion in organic growth investments, paid cash dividends of $283 million, and repurchased $1.2 billion of its outstanding

common stock, representing six percent of its outstanding shares, all while maintaining strong liquidity of $2.2 billion as of December 31,

Outlook

“We believe the market dynamics are in place to support increased

demand across our operating platforms in 2025,” said Millett. “Steel pricing has stabilized, and customer optimism continues

to be solid across our steel operations, as demand continues to be steady. In addition, we believe demand for lower-carbon emission, U.S.

produced steel products will also support future domestic steel pricing. The continued onshoring of manufacturing businesses, combined

with the expectation of significant fixed asset investment to be derived from public funding related to the U.S. Infrastructure, Inflation

Reduction Act, and Department of Energy programs, will competitively position the domestic steel industry. We believe current trade actions

could also reduce volumes of unfairly traded steel imports into the United States, especially for coated flat rolled steel, which could

have a significant positive impact for us, as we are the largest non-automotive flat rolled steel coater in the United States. We believe

these broader dynamics will benefit all of our operating platforms, especially our steel and steel fabrication businesses.

“Our four new value-added flat rolled steel coating lines that

began operating in the first half of 2024 continue to increase volume. The teams produced prime quality galvanized and painted products

on all four lines in record time. We have had limited benefit from these new lines as production ramped but expect to realize the full

run-rate earnings potential in 2025. Value-added product investments such as these enhance our differentiated supply-chain capabilities,

while also increasing our higher-margin product offerings, which already represent over 65 percent of our steel revenues.

“Our aluminum team is executing exceptionally well. The team

successfully cast their first industrial and beverage can ingots on Cast Complex #1 in Columbus, Mississippi, on January 12, 2025,”

said Millett. “We plan to continue commissioning throughout the facility during the coming months, and to produce commercially viable

products before mid-year 2025. This represents a meaningful growth opportunity for us, which is aligned with our existing business and

operational expertise. We have intentionally grown with our customers’ needs, providing efficient sustainable supply chain solutions

for the highest quality products. We are pleased to further diversify our end markets with plans to supply aluminum flat rolled products

with high recycled content to the countercyclical sustainable beverage can and packaging industry, in addition to the automotive, industrial,

and construction sectors. Our customers and our people are incredibly excited for this growth opportunity.

“Our

commitment is to the health and safety of our teams, families, and communities, while meeting the current and future needs of our customers.

Our culture and business model continue to positively differentiate our performance compared to others. We continue to strengthen our

financial position through strong cash flow generation and the execution of our long-term strategy,” concluded Millett.

Conference Call and Webcast

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

will hold a conference call to discuss fourth quarter and annual 2024 operating and financial results on Thursday, January 23,

2025, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. You may access the call and find dial-in information on the Investors section of the company’s

website at www.steeldynamics.com. A replay of the call will be available on our website until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

About Steel Dynamics, Inc.

Steel Dynamics is one of the largest domestic steel producers and metals

recyclers in North America, based on estimated annual steelmaking and metals recycling capability, with facilities located throughout

the United States, and in Mexico. Steel Dynamics produces steel products, including hot roll, cold roll, and coated sheet steel, structural

steel beams and shapes, rail, engineered special-bar-quality steel, cold finished steel, merchant bar products, specialty steel sections,

and steel joists and deck. In addition, the company produces liquid pig iron and processes and sells ferrous and nonferrous scrap.

Note Regarding Financial Metrics

The company believes that after-tax return-on-invested capital (After-tax

ROIC) provides an indication of the effectiveness of the company’s invested capital and is calculated as follows:

After-tax

ROIC =

Net Income Attributable to Steel Dynamics, Inc.

(Quarterly Average Current Maturities of Long-term Debt + Long-term Debt + Total Equity)

Note Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The company reports its financial results in accordance with U.S. generally

accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Management believes that the non-GAAP financial measures EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provide additional

meaningful information regarding the company’s performance and financial strength. Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed

in addition to and not as an alternative for the company’s reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, not all

companies use identical calculations for EBITDA or Adjusted EBITDA; therefore, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA included in this release may

not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains some predictive statements about future

events, including statements related to conditions in domestic or global economies, conditions in steel, aluminum, and recycled metals

market places, Steel Dynamics' revenues, costs of purchased materials, future profitability and earnings, and the operation of new, existing

or planned facilities. These statements, which we generally precede or accompany by such typical conditional words as "anticipate", "intend", "believe", "estimate", "plan", "seek", "project", or "expect",

or by the words "may", "will", or "should", are intended to be made as "forward-looking", subject

to many risks and uncertainties, within the safe harbor protections of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements

speak only as of this date and are based upon information and assumptions, which we consider reasonable as of this date, concerning our

businesses and the environments in which they operate. Such predictive statements are not guarantees of future performance, and we undertake

no duty to update or revise any such statements. Some factors that could cause such forward-looking statements to turn out differently

than anticipated include: (1) domestic and global economic factors; (2) global steelmaking overcapacity and imports of steel,

together with increased scrap prices; (3) pandemics, epidemics, widespread illness or other health issues; (4) the cyclical

nature of the steel industry and the industries we serve; (5) volatility and major fluctuations in prices and availability of scrap

metal, scrap substitutes and supplies, and our potential inability to pass higher costs on to our customers; (6) cost and availability

of electricity, natural gas, oil, and other energy resources are subject to volatile market conditions; (7) increased environmental,

greenhouse gas emissions and sustainability considerations from our customers or related regulations; (8) compliance with and changes

in environmental and remediation requirements; (9) significant price and other forms of competition from other steel and aluminum

producers, scrap processors and alternative materials; (10) availability of an adequate source of supply of scrap for our metals

recycling operations; (11) cybersecurity threats and risks to the security of our sensitive data and information technology; (12) the

implementation of our growth strategy; (13) litigation and legal compliance; (14) unexpected equipment downtime or shutdowns; (15) governmental

agencies may refuse to grant or renew some of our licenses and permits; (16) our senior unsecured credit facility contains, and any future

financing agreements may contain, restrictive covenants that may limit our flexibility; and (17) the impacts of impairment charges.

More specifically, we refer you to our more detailed explanation of

these and other factors and risks that may cause such predictive statements to turn out differently, as set forth in our most recent Annual

Report on Form 10-K under the headings Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors, in our Quarterly Reports

on Form 10-Q, or in other reports which we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These reports are available publicly

on the Securities and Exchange Commission website, www.sec.gov, and on our website, www.steeldynamics.com under “Investors –

SEC Filings.”

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except per share data)

Three Months Ended

Year Ended

Three Months

Ended

Net sales

$

$

$

$

$

Costs of goods sold

Gross profit

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Profit sharing

Amortization of intangible assets

Operating income

Interest expense, net of capitalized interest

Other (income) expense, net

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)

)

)

)

Income before income taxes

Income tax expense

Net income

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

)

)

)

)

)

Net income attributable to Steel Dynamics, Inc.

$

$

$

$

$

Basic earnings per share attributable to Steel Dynamics, Inc. stockholders

$

$

$

$

$

Weighted average common shares outstanding

Diluted earnings per share attributable to Steel Dynamics, Inc. stockholders, including the effect of assumed conversions when dilutive

$

$

$

$

$

Weighted average common shares and share equivalents outstanding

Dividends declared per share

$

$

$

$

$

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

Assets

Current assets

Cash and equivalents

$

$

Short-term investments

Accounts receivable, net

Inventories

Other current assets

Total current assets

Property, plant and equipment, net

Intangible assets, net

Goodwill

Other assets

Total assets

$

$

Liabilities and Equity

Current liabilities

Accounts payable

$

$

Income taxes payable

Accrued expenses

Current maturities of long-term debt

Total current liabilities

Long-term debt

Deferred income taxes

Other liabilities

Total liabilities

Commitments and contingencies

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

Equity

Common stock

Treasury stock, at cost

)

)

Additional paid-in capital

Retained earnings

Accumulated other comprehensive income

-

Total Steel Dynamics, Inc. equity

Noncontrolling interests

)

)

Total equity

Total liabilities and equity

$

$

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

(in

thousands)

Three Months Ended

Year Ended

Operating activities:

Net income

$

$

$

$

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization

Equity-based compensation

Deferred income taxes

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)

)

Other adjustments

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)

)

Changes in certain assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable

Inventories

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)

Other assets

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)

)

Accounts payable

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)

)

Income taxes receivable/payable

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Accrued expenses

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)

Net cash provided by operating activities

Investing activities:

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

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)

)

)

Purchases of short-term investments

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)

Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments

Other investing activities

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)

)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

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)

)

Financing activities:

Issuance of current and long-term debt

Repayment of current and long-term debt

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)

)

)

Dividends paid

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Purchase of treasury stock

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Other financing activities

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Net cash used in financing activities

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Decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

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)

)

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period

$

$

$

$

Supplemental disclosure information:

Cash paid for interest

$

$

$

$

Cash paid for income taxes, net

$

$

$

$

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

(dollars

in thousands)

Fourth Quarter

Year to Date

External Net Sales

Steel

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Steel Fabrication

Metals Recycling

Aluminum

Other

Consolidated Net Sales

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Operating Income (Loss)

Steel

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Steel Fabrication

Metals Recycling

Aluminum

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)

Non-cash amortization of intangible assets

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Profit sharing expense

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Non-segment operations

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Consolidated Operating Income

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Adjusted EBITDA

Net income

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Income taxes

Net interest expense (income)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

Depreciation

Amortization of intangible assets

EBITDA

Non-cash adjustments

Unrealized (gains) losses on derivatives and currency remeasurement

)

)

)

Equity-based compensation

Adjusted EBITDA

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Other Operating Information

Steel

Average external sales price (Per ton)

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Average ferrous cost (Per ton melted)

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Flat Roll shipments

Butler, Columbus, and Sinton

Steel Processing divisions *

Long Product shipments

Structural and Rail Division

Engineered Bar Products Division

Roanoke Bar Division

Steel of West Virginia

Total Shipments (Tons)

External Shipments (Tons)

Steel Mill Production (Tons)

Metals Recycling

Nonferrous shipments (000's of pounds)

Ferrous shipments (Gross tons)

External ferrous shipments (Gross tons)

Steel Fabrication

Average sales price (Per ton)

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Shipments (Tons)

Beginning the fourth quarter 2024, results from an entity previously included in Metals Recycling are presented within Aluminum. All prior periods presented have been recast to reflect the change.

* Includes Heartland, The Techs and United Steel Supply operations