Steel Dynamics, Inc. today announced second quarter 2024 financial results. The company reported second quarter 2024 net sales of $4.6 billion and net income of $428 million, or $2.72 per diluted share. Comparatively, the company's sequential first quarter 2024 net income was $584 million, or $3.67 per diluted share and prior year second quarter net income was $812 million, or $4.81 per diluted share.

"The teams delivered a solid performance, achieving second quarter 2024 operating income of $559 million and adjusted EBITDA of $686 million," said Mark D. Millett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Given our proven through-cycle cash generation, we also maintained strong liquidity of $2.7 billion, while also investing $419 million in our organic growth projects and distributing $382 million to our shareholders through cash dividends and share repurchases. Across the company, our teams performed well, while keeping each other safe.

"Underlying steel demand was stable in the second quarter," continued Millett. "However, earnings declined sequentially due to lower realized selling values in our steel operations which more than offset our improved earnings from metals recycling and steady earnings from our steel fabrication business. During the quarter, we experienced customer order inconsistency within the steel platform despite the steady underlying demand dynamics, as scrap prices further declined and customers continued to manage to very low inventory levels. Additionally, the U.S. also experienced a significant increase in steel imports, especially within coated flat rolled steel products.   

"As fundamental steel demand remains constructive, customer inventories remain incredibly low, and scrap prices have steadied, we believe steel pricing has reached a pivot point to the upside. In support, we have seen a positive trend in steel order activity in recent weeks, especially for our flat rolled steel coated products."   

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.

 

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