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How Steel Dynamics, Inc. makes its money

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revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$18.2B · 100%Cost of revenue$15.8B · 87%Gross profit$2.4B · 13%Operating income$1.5B · 8%Income before tax$1.5B · 8%Income tax$306M · 2%Net income$1.2B · 7%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$18.2B100%
Cost of revenue$15.8B87%
$2.4B13%
$1.5B8%
Income before tax$1.5B8%
Income tax$306M2%
$1.2B7%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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