Key Takeaways Momentum in U.S. reshoring, green infrastructure, and urbanization positions Gerdau for outsized growth, margin expansion, and structural advantage in high-value steel markets. Operational efficiency, self-sufficient iron ore supply, and green steel leadership unlock sustainable cost and profitability gains, strengthening Gerdau's industry leadership and premium pricing power.Read more
Key Takeaways North American focus and expansion into value-added steel drive revenue growth, pricing power, and market share while mitigating industry cyclicality. Cost-reduction initiatives and operational efficiencies support margin improvement, robust cash flow, and sustained shareholder returns through buybacks and dividends.Read more
Key Takeaways Global trade barriers, evolving industry trends, and adverse policy shifts threaten Gerdau's core markets, weakening revenue prospects and operational flexibility. Rising competition, demographic stagnation, and overcapacity risk eroding profitability, steel demand, and long-term shareholder value.Read more
Gerdau S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer company. The company operates through Brazil Business, North America Business, South America Business, and Special Steel Business segments. It provides semi-finished products, including billets, blooms, and slabs; common long-rolled products, such as rebars, wire rods, merchant bars, light shapes, and profiles to the construction and manufacturing industries; drawn products, including barbed and barbless fence wires, galvanized wires, fences, concrete reinforcing wire mesh, nails, and clamps for manufacturing, construction, and agricultural industries; and special steel products used in auto parts, light and heavy vehicles, and agricultural machinery, as well as in the oil and gas, wind energy, machinery and equipment, mining and rail, and other markets. The company also offers flat products, such as hot-rolled steel coils and heavy plates; and resells flat steel products. In addition, it operates mines that produce iron ore located in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The company sells its products through independent distributors, direct sales from the mills, and its retail network. Gerdau S.A. was founded in 1901 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
