Steel Dynamics Shifts $40.5 Million Of New Process Steel Deal Value Out Of Customer Relationships
A final outside valuation moved the purchase price toward the trade name and equipment, while inventories rose to $4.2 billion.
Steel Dynamics, the steel and aluminum maker and metals recycler, moved $40.5 million of the New Process Steel purchase price out of customer-related intangibles after a final third-party valuation arrived, its 10-Q filed Friday shows. The value went to the trade name and to property, plant and equipment.
Where the $40.5 million went
The trade name rose $36.3 million to $71.9 million, and property, plant and equipment rose $4.2 million to $50.0 million. Customer-related intangibles fell $40.5 million to $55.8 million.
The prior quarter's filing said the company was still obtaining valuations and that the amounts remained "subject to change during the measurement period." The new filing says the change produced an "immaterial increase" in depreciation and amortization expense.
Steel Dynamics bought the remaining 55% of New Process Steel, a Houston metals distribution and supply-chain company, on December 1, 2025. That lifted its stake from 45% to 100% and gave it control. The earlier stake had been accounted for under the equity method.
Aluminum ramp eats cash
Inventories reached $4,249,059 thousand at September 30, against $3,955,621 thousand at June 30 and $3,738,516 thousand at December 31, 2025. Work in progress was $843,186 thousand, versus $414,492 thousand at year-end.
The filing ties the $510.5 million nine-month inventory increase to the startup of the aluminum flat rolled mill. The third-quarter cash-flow statement shows a $294.1 million inventory outflow. Working capital rose $1.1 billion, or 25%, in nine months to $5.5 billion.
Management forecasts better aluminum output and earnings from the fourth quarter of 2026 through 2027, once startup costs fade and yields improve.
Buybacks continue
Steel Dynamics had $215.9 million left under its February 2025 repurchase program at September 30, after $590.9 million of buybacks in the first nine months. Its market value was $34.4 billion in Friday's session.
The fourth-quarter report will show whether aluminum volumes improve as management expects.
Sources
- 10-Q Filing — Steel Dynamics (STLD) — SEC EDGAR
- 10-Q Filing — Steel Dynamics (STLD), Q2 FY2026 filed 2026-07-28 (comparison basis) — SEC EDGAR
- 8-K Filing — Steel Dynamics, filed 2026-10-19 (Items 8.01, 9.01) — SEC EDGAR
- Earnings release (8-K Item 2.02, tm2627861d2_ex99-1.htm) — Steel Dynamics, filed 2026-10-20 — SEC EDGAR
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