Steel Dynamics Valuation

Is SD5 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SD5 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SD5 (€124.9) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€124.8)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SD5 is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SD5?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

SD5 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA6.2x
PEG Ratio-0.6x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SD5's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SD5 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average18.2x
SZG Salzgitter
6.5x10.3%€1.3b
HEI Heidelberg Materials
8.5x4.3%€17.2b
SY1 Symrise
41.3x15.6%€14.1b
EIS Eisen- und Hüttenwerke
16.5xn/a€176.0m
SD5 Steel Dynamics
8.6x-14.7%€20.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SD5 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.6x) compared to the peer average (18.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SD5's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Metals and Mining Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SD5 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.6x) compared to the European Metals and Mining industry average (12.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SD5's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SD5 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio8.6x
Fair PE Ratio11.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SD5 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.9x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SD5 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€124.90
€123.56
-1.1%
14.8%€154.57€96.49n/a11
Apr ’25€137.72
€116.03
-15.7%
14.5%€147.79€92.37n/a11
Mar ’25€122.68
€105.66
-13.9%
13.6%€120.71€69.64n/a11
Feb ’25€110.72
€103.65
-6.4%
13.7%€119.46€68.92n/a11
Jan ’25€106.50
€102.01
-4.2%
13.8%€119.50€68.94n/a10
Dec ’24€108.06
€100.67
-6.8%
14.6%€118.78€66.70n/a10
Nov ’24€99.70
€102.98
+3.3%
14.1%€122.84€68.98n/a10
Oct ’24€99.19
€100.55
+1.4%
14.5%€121.67€66.45n/a10
Sep ’24€98.22
€97.85
-0.4%
14.1%€118.76€63.03n/a12
Aug ’24€95.96
€96.86
+0.9%
14.2%€117.92€62.59n/a12
Jul ’24€99.57
€100.05
+0.5%
16.4%€118.83€63.07n/a13
Jun ’24€86.00
€101.85
+18.4%
16.8%€120.72€62.22n/a13
May ’24€93.84
€105.68
+12.6%
16.3%€126.53€60.99€124.9011
Apr ’24€101.24
€107.94
+6.6%
19.4%€129.71€58.37€137.7210
Mar ’24€117.56
€96.42
-18.0%
22.0%€131.31€54.40€122.6810
Feb ’24€109.74
€93.02
-15.2%
19.9%€111.55€53.47€110.7210
Jan ’24€91.36
€89.48
-2.1%
17.9%€107.55€52.83€106.5010
Dec ’23€98.52
€89.53
-9.1%
15.4%€106.76€57.26€108.0610
Nov ’23€94.06
€92.11
-2.1%
14.5%€111.53€61.85€99.7010
Oct ’23€71.24
€88.72
+24.5%
15.7%€112.23€60.20€99.1910
Sep ’23€76.67
€84.19
+9.8%
14.2%€97.97€58.78€98.2210
Aug ’23€75.33
€84.19
+11.8%
14.2%€97.97€58.78€95.9610
Jul ’23€62.30
€87.30
+40.1%
15.6%€109.61€61.42€99.5711
Jun ’23€78.99
€93.85
+18.8%
15.2%€120.19€67.08€86.0011
May ’23€85.58
€94.73
+10.7%
18.0%€120.40€62.06€93.8411

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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