nucor corp. - NUE

NUE

Close Chg Chg %
159.13 0.33 0.21%

Open Market

159.46

+0.33 (0.21%)

Volume: 604.48K

Last Updated:

Nov 28, 2025, 12:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: nucor corp. - NUE

NUE Key Data

Open

$159.42

Day Range

158.63 - 159.95

52 Week Range

97.59 - 159.42

Market Cap

$36.42B

Shares Outstanding

228.86M

Public Float

227.32M

Beta

1.80

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

22.36

EPS

$7.12

Yield

138.25%

Dividend

$0.55

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Sep 30, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.61M

 

NUE Performance

1 Week
 
4.45%
 
1 Month
 
6.05%
 
3 Months
 
6.99%
 
1 Year
 
2.87%
 
5 Years
 
188.96%
 

NUE Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 17
Full Ratings ➔

About nucor corp. - NUE

Nucor Corp. engages in the manufacture of steel products, and ferrous and non-ferrous materials. It operates through the following segments: Steel Mills, Steel Products, and Raw Materials. The Steel Mills segment consists of producing sheet, plate, structural, and bar steel. The Steel Products segment includes steel joists and joist girders, deck, fabricated concrete reinforcing, cold finished, fasteners, metal building systems, grating, tubular, piling products businesses, and wire mesh. The Raw Materials segment consists of direct reduced iron, and ferrous and nonferrous metals. The company was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1905 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

NUE At a Glance

Nucor Corp.
1915 Rexford Road
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211
Phone 1-704-366-7000 Revenue 30.73B
Industry Steel Net Income 2.02B
Sector Non-Energy Minerals Employees 32,700
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025
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NUE Valuation

P/E Current 22.361
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 13.794
Price to Sales Ratio 0.906
Price to Book Ratio 1.339
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 7.00
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 7.32
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.037
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.222

NUE Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 939,877.676
Income Per Employee 61,712.538
Receivables Turnover 10.624
Total Asset Turnover 0.887

NUE Liquidity

Current Ratio 2.507
Quick Ratio 1.481
Cash Ratio 0.832

NUE Profitability

Gross Margin 13.415
Operating Margin 9.761
Pretax Margin 9.442
Net Margin 6.566
Return on Assets 5.826
Return on Equity 9.788
Return on Total Capital 7.375
Return on Invested Capital 7.51

NUE Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 34.823
Total Debt to Total Capital 25.829
Total Debt to Total Assets 20.822
Long-Term Debt to Equity 28.462
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 21.11
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  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Nucor Corp. - NUE

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
36.48B 41.51B 34.71B 30.73B
Sales Growth
+81.15% +13.78% -16.38% -11.46%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
25.43B 29.08B 26.89B 26.61B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
864.56M 1.06B 1.17B 1.36B
Depreciation
735.41M 826.69M 930.59M 1.09B
Amortization of Intangibles
129.16M 234.94M 237.73M 262.00M
COGS Growth
+42.12% +14.34% -7.52% -1.04%
Gross Income
11.05B 12.44B 7.82B 4.12B
Gross Income Growth
+391.96% +12.51% -37.09% -47.30%
Gross Profit Margin
+30.30% +29.96% +22.54% +13.42%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
1.71B 2.00B 1.58B 1.12B
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
1.71B 2.00B 1.58B 1.12B
SGA Growth
+185.94% +17.03% -20.69% -29.11%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
81.82M 86.80M (2.44M) 137.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
9.27B 10.35B 6.24B 2.86B
Non Operating Income/Expense
98.03M 110.96M 276.29M 267.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
4.27M 48.70M 275.59M 258.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
103.07M 10.71M 12.78M 30.00M
Interest Expense
163.12M 218.91M 245.95M 228.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-2.10% +34.20% +12.35% -7.30%
Gross Interest Expense
163.12M 218.91M 245.95M 228.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
9.20B 10.24B 6.27B 2.90B
Pretax Income Growth
+1,001.19% +11.35% -38.77% -53.74%
Pretax Margin
+25.22% +24.68% +18.07% +9.44%
Income Tax
2.08B 2.17B 1.36B 583.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
2.05B 2.20B 1.32B 664.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
19.70M 12.88M 16.99M 35.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
7.87M (42.48M) 1.88M (115.00M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
3.79M (4.37M) 19.54M (1.00M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
103.07M 10.71M 12.78M 30.00M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
(32.31M) (31.17M) (16.95M) (9.00M)
Consolidated Net Income
7.09B 8.05B 4.90B 2.31B
Minority Interest Expense
294.91M 472.30M 387.99M 292.00M
Net Income
6.80B 7.58B 4.51B 2.02B
Net Income Growth
+847.57% +11.49% -40.50% -55.23%
Net Margin Growth
+18.63% +18.25% +12.99% +6.57%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
6.80B 7.58B 4.51B 2.02B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
6.80B 7.58B 4.51B 2.02B
EPS (Basic)
23.232 28.8783 18.0478 8.4683
EPS (Basic) Growth
+882.16% +24.30% -37.50% -53.08%
Basic Shares Outstanding
292.49M 262.35M 249.77M 238.30M
EPS (Diluted)
23.1612 28.7879 18.002 8.4612
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+879.50% +24.29% -37.47% -53.00%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
293.39M 263.18M 250.41M 238.50M
EBITDA
10.21B 11.50B 7.41B 4.36B
EBITDA Growth
+319.28% +12.62% -35.59% -41.20%
EBITDA Margin
+27.99% +27.71% +21.34% +14.17%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation BUY Average Target Price 169.083
Number of Ratings 17 Current Quarters Estimate 2.17
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 8.204
Last Quarter’s Earnings 2.63 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 8.46 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 11.226
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 10 8 11 13
Mean Estimate 2.17 2.65 8.20 11.23
High Estimates 2.30 2.97 8.36 13.01
Low Estimate 1.70 2.34 7.87 9.90
Coefficient of Variance 8.27 8.45 1.94 8.38

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 13 12 11
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 3 4 4
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Buy Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Nucor Corp. - NUE

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Nov 3, 2025 Allen C. Behr Executive Vice President 73,661 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $151.28 per share 11,143,436.08
Nov 3, 2025 Stephen D. Laxton CFO and EVP 88,174 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $151.73 per share 13,378,641.02
Nov 3, 2025 Stephen D. Laxton CFO and EVP 88,199 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $151.7 per share 13,379,788.30
Nov 3, 2025 Stephen D. Laxton CFO and EVP 88,217 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $151.67 per share 13,379,872.39
Nov 3, 2025 Stephen D. Laxton CFO and EVP 88,727 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $151.62 per share 13,452,787.74
Nov 3, 2025 Stephen D. Laxton CFO and EVP 90,177 Bona fide gift 0.00
Nov 3, 2025 Stephen D. Laxton CFO and EVP 89,095 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $151.51 per share 13,498,783.45
Nov 3, 2025 Stephen D. Laxton CFO and EVP 89,080 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $151.53 per share 13,498,292.40
Nov 3, 2025 Stephen D. Laxton CFO and EVP 89,079 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $151.55 per share 13,499,922.45
Nov 3, 2025 Stephen D. Laxton CFO and EVP 89,054 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $151.56 per share 13,497,024.24
Nov 3, 2025 Stephen D. Laxton CFO and EVP 88,984 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $151.57 per share 13,487,304.88
Aug 21, 2025 Daniel R. Needham Executive Vice President 92,179 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $146 per share 13,458,134.00
Aug 21, 2025 K. Rex Query Executive Vice President 84,080 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $144.9 per share 12,183,192.00
Jun 4, 2025 K. Rex Query Executive Vice President 6,096 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 4, 2025 K. Rex Query Executive Vice President 104,080 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $109.36 per share 11,382,188.80
Jun 4, 2025 K. Rex Query Executive Vice President 106,496 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $109.36 per share 11,646,402.56
Jun 4, 2025 K. Rex Query Executive Vice President 109,562 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $109.36 per share 11,981,700.32
Jun 4, 2025 Chad Utermark Executive Vice President 231,985 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 4, 2025 Benjamin Pickett Executive Vice President 4,876 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 4, 2025 Chad Utermark Executive Vice President 226,343 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $109.36 per share 24,752,870.48

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