STLD
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD) is a steel producer and metals recycler with minimal direct political exposure, evidenced by zero federal contracts, zero lobbying spend, and only four congressional trades in the last year.
Govt Dependence
0/100
Regulatory Density
65/100
Lobbying Intensity
0/100
Political Signal
NEUTRAL
BusinessWhat STLD does
Steel Dynamics, Inc. operates steel mills and metal recycling facilities, producing hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and coated steel products. Its revenue is derived from the sale of finished steel and the processing of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal. The company's business model is tied to industrial and construction demand cycles.
12 months past · 3 months futureSTLD activity timeline
Congress
buy
sell
Insider · Form 4
open-market buy
Hedge fund · 13F
opened
+ added
− trimmed
closed
holds
Bills
past action (this ticker)
upcoming markup (sector)
★ carveout (this ticker)
248 trading days ·
5 congressional trades shown
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0 insider buys
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4 13F filings
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4 past bill actions
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1 upcoming markups
Executive Branch ConflictsSTLD held by Trump-administration officials
1 cabinet/senior official reported STLD positions in OGE Form 278 disclosures across 9 filings.
Donald J. Trump
President · White House
STEEL DYNAMICS INC
Donald J. Trump
President · White House
STEEL DYNAMICS INC
Donald J. Trump
President · White House
STEEL DYNAMICS INC
Donald J. Trump
President · White House
STEEL DYNAMICS INC
Donald J. Trump
President · White House
STEEL DYNAMICS INC
Donald J. Trump
President · White House
STEEL DYNAMICS INC
Donald J. Trump
President · White House
STEEL DYNAMICS INC
Donald J. Trump
President · White House
STEEL DYNAMICS INC
Donald J. Trump
President · White House
STEEL DYNAMICS INC
Lifetime Government AwardsSTLD federal contracts
STLD doesn't hold direct federal contracts.
Verified via USASpending.gov: $0 reported in direct prime-contract awards. Companies in this position typically sell federal services indirectly through prime contractors and integrators (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen, Microsoft Azure) or through commercial channels that don't appear in USASpending data.
Smart Money · 13F HoldingsHedge funds holding STLD
$32.0M
Total STLD held by tracked 13F funds
2
Funds with STLD positions
Citadel Advisors
$31M
-51%
2 overlap
2025-12-31
D.E. Shaw & Co.
$1M
-73%
2 overlap
2025-12-31
Politicians Trading STLDMembers of Congress with recent STLD positions
3 politicians traded STLD across 15 disclosed transactions totaling $120K (last 730 days).
Greed score = composite of trade frequency, volume & recency across the politician's entire history (not just STLD). 0-30 LOW · 30-60 MID · 60+ HIGH.
Congressional TradesWho in Congress is trading STLD
2026-05-01
Ro Khanna
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2026-01-09
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-12-22
John Fetterman
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-08-04
Ro Khanna
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-08-04
Ro Khanna
sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-04-25
Ro Khanna
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-04-25
Ro Khanna
sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-03-12
Ro Khanna
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-03-12
Ro Khanna
sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-03-06
Ro Khanna
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-03-06
Ro Khanna
purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-02-25
Ro Khanna
purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
27+ trades on file · most recent 2026-06-11
Corporate Insiders · Form 4What CEOs, CFOs, and directors are doing with their own stock
Stock awards & option exercises
22
stock awards · $8.9M market value
2026-04-10
Shaheen Gabriel
Director
AWARD
157 sh
$30K
2026-04-10
Seaman Bradley S
Director
AWARD
129 sh
$25K
2026-04-10
DOLAN TRACI M
Director
AWARD
120 sh
$23K
2026-04-10
BARGABOS SHEREE L
Director
AWARD
58 sh
$11K
2026-04-10
Hamann Jennifer L
Director
AWARD
16 sh
$3K
2026-04-10
Sierra Luis Manuel
Director
AWARD
12 sh
$2K
2026-04-10
TEETS RICHARD P JR
Director
AWARD
9 sh
$2K
2026-04-10
Cornew Kenneth W.
Director
AWARD
5 sh
$953
For STLD, executives receive stock primarily as compensation rather than via open-market purchases — typical for established large-cap firms.
Bills Affecting STLDLive legislation impacting this stock
HR.42 · 119th
Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act
S.789 · 119th
Critical Minerals Security Act of 2025
HR.1555 · 119th
Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act
S.451 · 119th
Restoring State Mineral Revenues Act
HR.280 · 119th
COAL Act of 2025
HR.931 · 119th
To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.
HR.167 · 119th
Community Reclamation Partnerships Act of 2025
HR.2567 · 119th
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for purposes of determining if financial guaranty insurance co
HR.2457 · 119th
Mining Schools Act of 2025
S.1130 · 119th
Mining Schools Act of 2025
Political ProfileWhere STLD sits in Washington
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STRUCTURAL: No lobbying spend (`get_political_influence.lobbying.total_income: 0`), no federal contracts (`get_government_precedent.federal_contracts_summary: null`), and no corporate insider buys (`Recent corp insider Form 4 buys` is empty). EVIDENTIARY: Low congressional trading volume (4 trades in 12 months) with a net of 1 buy vs. 3 sales. Net: Minimal direct political engagement offsets low but negative congressional trading sentiment.
Regulatory ExposureThreats & opportunities
Regulatory threats
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Broad sectoral regulatory exposure from multiple pending mining bills.Multiple (Congress)"`Recent bill_impacts` lists 8 bills with sector 'mining' and non-zero impact_ratios."
Regulatory opportunities
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Potential revenue tailwind from sector-specific legislation.Multiple (Congress)"`Recent bill_impacts` shows 8 bills with positive estimated revenue impacts, ranging from $6.15M to $8M."
Capitol Hill AlliesChampions & critics
Member intelligence layer
Live signals + predictions for STLD — for Founders
The free page above gives you the public record. Members see the real-time intelligence layer on top of it:
- Live 7-layer signal scores when Congress trades STLD
- Bill Pass Index v2 odds for every bill on the watch list
- Iron Triangle alerts (committee × donor × trade)
- SEC Form 4 cluster detection (CEO + CFO + director buys)
- Whale-Opportunity expected-value ranking
- Custom watchlist alerts via email + Discord
Frequently AskedAbout STLD & political exposure
Does Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD) hold federal contracts?
No direct prime contracts reported in USASpending.gov for Steel Dynamics, Inc.. Companies in the semiconductor and AI hardware sectors often sell to the federal government via prime contractors and cloud resellers (Microsoft Azure, AWS, Lockheed Martin systems integration) rather than as direct primes.
Which Trump cabinet officials own STLD stock?
1 Trump cabinet members or senior White House staff have disclosed holdings in STLD on their OGE 278 financial disclosures, including Donald J. Trump. See the Cabinet Conflicts panel for details.
Has Congress traded STLD stock?
27 congressional trades by 4 unique members of Congress, most recently on 2026-05-01. See the Congressional Trading panel for politician-by-politician breakdown.
What is STLD political risk profile?
Government dependence: 0/100. Lobbying intensity: 0/100. Political signal: neutral. Donor party split: R 0% / D 0%.
How does GovGreed track STLD political activity?
GovGreed integrates STOCK Act congressional trade disclosures, FEC contributions, OGE executive-branch disclosures, USASpending federal contracts, Senate LDA lobbying filings, and SEC Form 4 corporate insider trades into a single queryable graph. STLD data is updated daily from these official federal sources.