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Andrew Lane
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

Steel Dynamics Reports Strong 1Q Results, but Our Cautious Long-Term Outlook Is Unchanged

Steel Dynamics reported impressive first-quarter results as profitability improved across all three reporting segments. The company's performance was boosted by robust volumes and favorable average selling prices. We've raised our 2017 profit forecasts, but our long-term outlook is unchanged. We maintain our $21 fair value estimate and no-moat rating.
Operating margins for the flagship steel segment expanded to 20.5% from only 11.1% in the same period last year. Higher profits were driven by a m...
Underlying
Steel Dynamics Inc.

Steel Dynamics is a steel producer and metal recycler. The company manufactures and sells steel products, processes and sells recycled ferrous and nonferrous metals, and fabricates and sells steel joists and deck products. The company's segments are: Steel, which produces steel from ferrous scrap and scrap substitutes, utilizing casting, automated rolling mills and several downstream steel coating and bar processing lines, and Iron Dynamics; metals recycling, which involves the purchase, processing, and resale of ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals into reusable forms and grades; and steel fabrication, which produces steel building components, including steel joists, girders, trusses, and steel deck.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Andrew Lane

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