Company
Gerdau SA
Headquarters: Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Founded: 16 January 1901
Employees: 30,000
CEO: Mr. Gustavo Werneck Da Cunha
Market Cap
R$36.54 Billion
BRL as of July 1, 2024
US$6.46 Billion
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Industry: Steel
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Detailed Description
Gerdau S.A. provides steel products and services. It operates through four segments: Brazil Business, North America Business, South America Business, and Special Steel Business. The company offers semi-finished products, including billets, blooms, and slabs; common long rolled products, such as rebars, wire rods, merchant bars, light shapes, and profiles to the construction and manufacturing industries; finished industrial products, including commercial rolled-steel bars, and light profiles and wires; agricultural products that include stakes and smooth wire products; and drawn products comprises barbed and barbless fence wires, galvanized wires, fences, concrete reinforcing wire meshes, nails, and clamps. It also produces special steel products used in auto parts, light and heavy vehicles, and agricultural machinery, as well as the oil and gas, wind energy, machinery and equipment, mining and rail, and other markets. In addition, the company offers flat products, including hot rolled coils and heavy plates; and resells flat steel products, as well as mines and produces iron ore. It sells its products through independent distributors, direct sales from the mills, and its retail network. The company was founded in 1901 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Gerdau S.A. is a subsidiary of Metalúrgica Gerdau S.A.
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Stocks & Indices
Gerdau SA has the following listings and related stock indices.
Stock: Bovespa: GGBR3 wb_incandescent
Stock: Bovespa: GGBR4 wb_incandescent
Stock: BME: XGGB wb_incandescent
Stock: BMV: GGBN wb_incandescent
Stock: FSX: GDUA wb_incandescent
Stock: NYSE: GGB wb_incandescent
Stock: FSX: GDUB wb_incandescent
Stock: BCBA: GGB wb_incandescent
Product & Services
Long steel, specialty steel, flat steel, and other steel products
Key People
Founder(s): João Gerdau
Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter, (Chairman) Gustavo Werneck da Cunha, (CEO)
Financials
Revenue: US$ 11.6 billion (2018)
Net income: US$ 592.3 million (2018)