profit from every A$100 of sales.
A$0A$100
BlueScope Steel
A$32.95+0.95% today
+38.6% in 1 year
1-year low A$23.581-year high A$35.23
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay A$172.25 for every A$1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What BlueScope Steel sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from A$19.0 billion in 2022 to A$16.3 billion in 2025, with A$83.8 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
BlueScope Steel handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
A$360M
Free cash flow 2025A$180M
Bought back its own sharesA$30M
Paid as dividendsA$360M
Cash vs. debtA$858M vs. A$886M
BlueScope Steel vs. similar companies
BlueScope Steel grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from A$100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per A$1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlueScope Steel | 172.3× · Very expensive | ||
 Nucor | 33.6× · Expensive | ||
 ArcelorMittal | 15.3× · Fair price | ||
 JSW Steel | 14.8× · Cheap | ||
 Steel Dynamics | 28.4× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads BlueScope Steel's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,991 | 18,174 | 17,009 | 16,253 | |
| 8,264 | 6,623 | 6,631 | 6,006 | |
| 3,638 | 1,353 | 1,105 | 110 | |
| 4,409 | 2,175 | 1,993 | 995 | |
| 2,810 | 1,009 | 806 | 84 | |
| 5.67 | 2.16 | 1.79 | 0.19 | |
| 43.5% | 36.4% | 39.0% | 37.0% | |
| 19.2% | 7.4% | 6.5% | 0.7% | |
| 14.8% | 5.6% | 4.7% | 0.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 16,611 | 15,935 | 15,678 | 15,781 |
| Cash | 1,683 | 1,490 | 1,086 | 858 |
| Total debt | 1,316 | 787 | 722 | 886 |
| Total liabilities | 6,162 | 4,904 | 4,393 | 4,508 |
| 9,783 | 10,467 | 10,721 | 10,667 | |
| 496 | 468 | 451 | 441 | |
| 24.3% | 9.4% | 8.0% | 1.7% | |
| 28.7% | 9.6% | 7.5% | 0.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| 764 | 809 | 976 | 1,233 | |
| 1,708 | 1,342 | 434 | 180 | |
| Dividends paid | 413 | 436 | 351 | 360 |
| 638 | 285 | 323 | 30 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 172.3×
- –
- –
- 1.4×
- 0.9×
- 80.4×
- 14.5×
- 1.2%
- 0.6%
- 2.5%
Profitability
- 37.0%
- 0.7%
- 0.5%
- –
- 6.9%
- 6.5%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- −5.1%
- −67.8%
- –
- –
- −1.9%
Financial health
- 0.3×
- 0.17
- –
- 23.9×
- 1.92
- –
- –
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 48%of 989
Bottom 13%of 954
Bottom 2%of 773
Bottom 22%of 933
Bottom 43%of 988
2.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$25a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
429.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 200.4%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
37No pass
Benjamin Graham
54No pass
Philip Fisher
18No pass
Peter Lynch
18No pass
Joel Greenblatt
2No pass
Charlie Munger
26No pass
Terry Smith
16No pass
Questions about BlueScope Steel
Is BlueScope Steel a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the BlueScope Steel AI analysis
What does BlueScope Steel do?
BlueScope Steel Limited engages in the production and marketing of metal-coated and painted steel building products in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, North America, and internationally. It is in Steel, based in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, with 16,500 employees.
Does BlueScope Steel pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.5% a year. In 2025 it paid out A$360 million in dividends.
Is BlueScope Steel stock halal?
Yes. BlueScope Steel passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 6% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has BlueScope Steel stock done over the past year?
Up 38.6% over the past twelve months, to A$32.95. It traded between A$23.58 and A$35.23 and is 6.5% below its high.
Who are BlueScope Steel's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nucor, ArcelorMittal, JSW Steel and Steel Dynamics. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with BlueScope Steel's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.