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Nucor Corporation

NUE

NYSEBasic MaterialsSteel

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$243.63

+$3.15 · +1.31%

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Jul 10, 2026

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Hold

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Valuation

76

Undervalued

Momentum

47

Neutral

Sentiment

71

Bullish

Risk resilience

57

Elevated Risk

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Company profile

Company website

Nucor Corporation is a prominent producer and distributor of steel and diverse steel-related products. Within its Steel Mills division, the company manufactures a comprehensive range of steel goods. These include various sheet steel types like hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized, alongside plate steel. It also produces structural components such as wide-flange beams, beam blanks, H-piling, and sheet piling. Furthermore, this segment supplies bar steel products, encompassing blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing bars, merchant bars, and specialized bar quality items. Beyond manufacturing, Nucor's steel mills are involved in steel trading and the distribution of rebar. Its clientele primarily consists of steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Steel Products segment provides an array of manufactured steel goods, such as hollow structural section tubing, electrical conduits, steel racking, joists and girders, steel decks, and fabricated concrete reinforcing steel. It also supplies cold finished steel, fasteners, complete metal building systems, insulated metal panels, steel grating, expanded metal, and various wire and wire mesh products. These offerings are largely directed towards nonresidential construction projects. Additionally, this segment manages a piling distribution operation. Nucor's Raw Materials division is responsible for producing direct reduced iron (DRI). It also acts as a broker for ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, hot briquetted iron (HBI), and direct reduced iron (DRI). This segment supplies ferro-alloys, processes both ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals, and undertakes natural gas drilling activities. Its ferrous scrap is supplied to electric arc furnace steel mills and foundries for their manufacturing processes. Meanwhile, nonferrous scrap metal is sold to aluminum can manufacturers, secondary aluminum smelters, steel mills, various other processors, and direct consumers of diverse nonferrous metals. The corporation caters to a wide range of industries including agriculture, automotive, construction, energy and transmission, oil and gas, heavy equipment, infrastructure, and transportation. Sales are conducted via an in-house sales team and through the company's internal distribution and trading enterprises. Established in 1958, Nucor Corporation has its headquarters situated in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Industry
Steel
Sector
Basic Materials
Headquarters
US
CEO
Leon J. Topalian
Listed since
Mar 17, 1980
Employees
33,000

Market position

Day range

Current $243.63

52-week range

Current $243.63

Open
$245.08
Previous close
$240.48
Volume
1.88M
1.18× average
Average volume
1.59M
Average daily volume
Market cap
55.48B USD
Beta
1.89
Market reference 1
50-day average
$248.15
-1.82% below average
200-day average
$200.61
+21.44% above average

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

Enterprise value
42.49B USD
P/E (TTM)
19.41×
P/B (TTM)
2.51×
P/S (TTM)
1.54×
EV / EBITDA
10.35×
Earnings yield
4.63%
Free cash flow yield
-0.50%
Dividend yield
0.92%

Profitability & efficiency

Gross margin
15.47%
Operating margin
11.47%
Net margin
7.99%
Return on equity
8.33%
Return on assets
4.97%
Return on invested capital
6.74%

Financial health

Debt / equity
0.32×
Current ratio
2.94×
Altman Z-score
5.3
Piotroski F-score
8 of 9

Financial statements

Margin trends

Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.

Gross marginOperating marginNet margin
Gross, operating, and net margin trends33%23%13%3%Gross margin, FY2021: 30.22%Gross margin, FY2022: 30.12%Gross margin, FY2023: 22.51%Gross margin, FY2024: 13.35%Gross margin, FY2025: 11.93%Operating margin, FY2021: 25.54%Operating margin, FY2022: 25.31%Operating margin, FY2023: 17.95%Operating margin, FY2024: 9.69%Operating margin, FY2025: 8.18%Net margin, FY2021: 18.71%Net margin, FY2022: 18.33%Net margin, FY2023: 13.03%Net margin, FY2024: 6.60%Net margin, FY2025: 5.37%FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Gross margin FY2021 30.22%. Gross margin FY2022 30.12%. Gross margin FY2023 22.51%. Gross margin FY2024 13.35%. Gross margin FY2025 11.93%. Operating margin FY2021 25.54%. Operating margin FY2022 25.31%. Operating margin FY2023 17.95%. Operating margin FY2024 9.69%. Operating margin FY2025 8.18%. Net margin FY2021 18.71%. Net margin FY2022 18.33%. Net margin FY2023 13.03%. Net margin FY2024 6.60%. Net margin FY2025 5.37%.

Income trends

Revenue

32.49B USD+5.73%

Operating income

2.66B USD-10.74%

Net income

1.74B USD-13.96%
Income trends across reported periods45.49B USD29.58B USD13.67B USD−2.23B USDRevenue, FY2021: 36.48B USDRevenue, FY2022: 41.51B USDRevenue, FY2023: 34.71B USDRevenue, FY2024: 30.73B USDRevenue, FY2025: 32.49B USDOperating income, FY2021: 9.32B USDOperating income, FY2022: 10.51B USDOperating income, FY2023: 6.23B USDOperating income, FY2024: 2.98B USDOperating income, FY2025: 2.66B USDNet income, FY2021: 6.83B USDNet income, FY2022: 7.61B USDNet income, FY2023: 4.52B USDNet income, FY2024: 2.03B USDNet income, FY2025: 1.74B USDFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue FY2021 36.48B USD. Revenue FY2022 41.51B USD. Revenue FY2023 34.71B USD. Revenue FY2024 30.73B USD. Revenue FY2025 32.49B USD. Operating income FY2021 9.32B USD. Operating income FY2022 10.51B USD. Operating income FY2023 6.23B USD. Operating income FY2024 2.98B USD. Operating income FY2025 2.66B USD. Net income FY2021 6.83B USD. Net income FY2022 7.61B USD. Net income FY2023 4.52B USD. Net income FY2024 2.03B USD. Net income FY2025 1.74B USD.
Metric (USD)FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue32.49B USD30.73B USD34.71B USD41.51B USD36.48B USD
Cost of goods sold28.62B USD26.63B USD26.9B USD29.01B USD25.46B USD
Gross profit3.88B USD4.1B USD7.82B USD12.5B USD11.03B USD
Selling, general, and administrative1.22B USD1.12B USD1.59B USD2B USD1.71B USD
Operating expenses1.22B USD1.12B USD1.59B USD2B USD1.71B USD
Interest income111M USD258M USD276M USD48.7M USD4.27M USD
Interest expense170M USD228M USD246M USD218.91M USD163.12M USD
Depreciation and amortization1.48B USD1.36B USD1.17B USD1.06B USD864.56M USD
Operating income2.66B USD2.98B USD6.23B USD10.51B USD9.32B USD
Net income1.74B USD2.03B USD4.52B USD7.61B USD6.83B USD

Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.

Earnings

EPS beat rate
73%
8 beats, 3 misses, 0 met estimates
Average EPS surprise
+8.63%
11 comparable reports
Latest EPS result
4.84
Estimate 4.46 · Beat by 8.52%

EPS: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly EPS actual values compared with estimates6.164.32.440.58Q1 '25BeatQ2 '25BeatQ3 '25BeatQ4 '25BeatQ1 '26MissQ2 '26BeatQ3 '26BeatQ4 '26Estimate
Q1 2025, reported Jan 27, 2025: actual 1.22, estimate 0.94, surprise +29.79%, Beat. Q2 2025, reported Apr 28, 2025: actual 0.77, estimate 0.687, surprise +12.08%, Beat. Q3 2025, reported Jul 28, 2025: actual 2.6, estimate 2.55, surprise +1.96%, Beat. Q4 2025, reported Oct 27, 2025: actual 2.63, estimate 2.18, surprise +20.64%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Jan 26, 2026: actual 1.73, estimate 1.91, surprise -9.42%, Miss. Q2 2026, reported Apr 27, 2026: actual 3.23, estimate 2.82, surprise +14.54%, Beat. Q3 2026, reported Jul 27, 2026: actual 4.84, estimate 4.46, surprise +8.52%, Beat. Q4 2026, reported Oct 26, 2026: actual —, estimate 5.75, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Revenue: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly Revenue actual values compared with estimates11.13B9.53B7.93B6.33BQ1 '25BeatQ2 '25BeatQ3 '25MissQ4 '25BeatQ1 '26MissQ2 '26BeatQ3 '26BeatQ4 '26Estimate
Q1 2025, reported Jan 27, 2025: actual 7.08B USD, estimate 6.76B USD, surprise +4.63%, Beat. Q2 2025, reported Apr 28, 2025: actual 7.83B USD, estimate 7.22B USD, surprise +8.43%, Beat. Q3 2025, reported Jul 28, 2025: actual 8.46B USD, estimate 8.54B USD, surprise -0.95%, Miss. Q4 2025, reported Oct 27, 2025: actual 8.52B USD, estimate 8.18B USD, surprise +4.19%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Jan 26, 2026: actual 7.69B USD, estimate 7.91B USD, surprise -2.78%, Miss. Q2 2026, reported Apr 27, 2026: actual 9.5B USD, estimate 8.88B USD, surprise +6.92%, Beat. Q3 2026, reported Jul 27, 2026: actual 10.4B USD, estimate 10.15B USD, surprise +2.46%, Beat. Q4 2026, reported Oct 26, 2026: actual —, estimate 10.7B USD, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Analyst ratings

Third-party consensus; not a GoAI recommendation.

Analyst price target

Average target

$267.5

9.80% upside
Past 12 months12-month forecastHigh $297Average $267.5Low $224

Rating distribution

32 ratings
Strong buy00%
Buy1959%
Hold1031%
Sell39%
Strong sell00%

Recent analyst actions

11 institutions
KeybancupgradeSector WeightOverweight

NUE news

Corporate actions

Annual dividends per share

Cash distributions grouped by calendar year; partial years are marked.

$2.21

2025 complete year+28.9% since 2021

2026 partial: $1.12

* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.

Corporate action history

Dividend

Ex-dividend Jun 30, 2026

$0.56

Quarterly

Record Jun 30, 2026 · Payment Aug 11, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Mar 31, 2026

$0.56

Quarterly

Record Mar 31, 2026 · Payment May 11, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Dec 31, 2025

$0.56

Quarterly

Record Dec 31, 2025 · Payment Feb 11, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Sep 30, 2025

$0.55

Quarterly

Record Sep 30, 2025 · Payment Nov 10, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend Jun 30, 2025

$0.55

Quarterly

Record Jun 30, 2025 · Payment Aug 11, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend Mar 31, 2025

$0.55

Quarterly

Record Mar 31, 2025 · Payment May 12, 2025

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