profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Gerdau
$4.40-0.68% today
+23.2% in 1 year
1-year low $3.261-year high $5.24
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 $35.26 for every $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 Gerdau sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from R$82.4 billion in 2022 to R$69.9 billion in 2025, with R$1.39 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Gerdau handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks R$1.2BR$1.3B
Free cash flow 2025R$1.1B
Bought back its own sharesR$1.2B
Paid as dividendsR$1.3B
Cash vs. debtR$5.9B vs. R$15.6B
Gerdau vs. similar companies
Gerdau grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerdau | 35.3× · Expensive | ||
 Nucor | 32.5× · Expensive | ||
 ArcelorMittal | 15.0× · Cheap | ||
 JSW Steel | 14.8× · Cheap | ||
 Steel Dynamics | 27.5× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Gerdau'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 BRL | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82,412 | 68,916 | 67,027 | 69,859 | |
| 18,751 | 11,332 | 9,203 | 7,967 | |
| 16,600 | 9,625 | 6,414 | 5,608 | |
| 19,690 | 13,234 | 9,387 | 7,565 | |
| 11,426 | 7,502 | 4,566 | 1,387 | |
| 5.34 | 3.59 | 2.25 | 0.72 | |
| 22.8% | 16.4% | 13.7% | 11.4% | |
| 20.1% | 14.0% | 9.6% | 8.0% | |
| 13.9% | 10.9% | 6.8% | 2.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of BRL | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 73,799 | 74,885 | 86,814 | 81,688 |
| Cash | 2,476 | 3,006 | 7,768 | 5,929 |
| Total debt | 13,663 | 12,196 | 14,917 | 15,571 |
| Total liabilities | 27,500 | 25,646 | 28,641 | 27,890 |
| 46,116 | 49,059 | 57,949 | 53,585 | |
| 2,139 | 2,099 | 2,041 | 1,975 | |
| 22.2% | 13.1% | 6.8% | 4.4% | |
| 24.8% | 15.3% | 7.9% | 2.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of BRL | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,150 | 11,139 | 11,381 | 7,987 | |
| 4,481 | 5,336 | 5,946 | 6,853 | |
| 6,669 | 5,802 | 5,435 | 1,135 | |
| Dividends paid | 5,892 | 2,683 | 1,656 | 1,286 |
| 1,073 | 0 | 1,195 | 1,169 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 35.3×
- 1.7×
- –
- 0.9×
- 0.7×
- 43.1×
- 7.7×
- 2.3%
- 2.8%
- 2.6%
Profitability
- 11.4%
- 8.0%
- 2.0%
- 10.9%
- 4.5%
- 11.9%
- 2.5%
- 1.7%
- 5.4%
- –
Growth
- −5.4%
- −48.8%
- −79.1%
- +18.3%
- −2.6%
Financial health
- 1.3×
- 0.29
- 20.3%
- 2.9×
- 2.89
- 1.40
- 0.86
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 38%of 989
Bottom 42%of 954
Bottom 26%of 778
Bottom 22%of 940
Top 49%of 990
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $5.25
- Range
- $5.25 – $5.25
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | 0.10 | 0.15 | −33.3% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 0.07 | 0.11 | −36.4% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 0.10 | 0.11 | −9.1% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 0.08 | 0.09 | −11.1% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | 0.06 | 0.10 | −40.0% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | 0.06 | 0.12 | −50.0% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | 0.13 | 0.14 | −7.1% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 0.09 | 0.07 | +28.6% |
2.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$26a year at today's yield, before tax
+18.3%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.05 in 2015 → $0.11 in 2025
How safe it looks
92.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 113.3%
News
Gerdau outlines Brazil competitiveness plan ahead of Investor Day, sees ~BRL 400M Miguel Burnier benefit in 2027Seeking Alpha · Oct 27, 2026Gerdau GAAP EPS of R$0.79, revenue of R$18.69BSeeking Alpha · Oct 27, 2026Insider 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
1/7Passes 1 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
36No pass
Benjamin Graham
69Pass
Philip Fisher
28No pass
Peter Lynch
18No pass
Joel Greenblatt
28No pass
Charlie Munger
33No pass
Terry Smith
26No pass
Questions about Gerdau
Is Gerdau a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 1 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 Gerdau AI analysis
What does Gerdau do?
Gerdau S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer company. It operates through Brazil Business, North America Business, and South America Business segments. It is in Steel, based in São Paulo, SP, Brazil, with 30,000 employees.
Does Gerdau pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.6% a year, about 93% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $1.29 billion in dividends.
Is Gerdau stock halal?
Questionable. Gerdau sits in a grey zone: its debt is 32% of its market value, between 30% and 33%. How we check
How has Gerdau stock done over the past year?
Up 23.2% over the past twelve months, to $4.40. It traded between $3.26 and $5.24 and is 16.0% below its high.
Who are Gerdau'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 Gerdau's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.