nucor corp. - NUE

NUE

Close Chg Chg %
245.67 -0.70 -0.28%

Closed Market

244.97

-0.70 (0.28%)

Volume: 1.67M

Last Updated:

Nov 6, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: nucor corp. - NUE

NUE Key Data

Open

$250.38

Day Range

244.64 - 252.71

52 Week Range

140.93 - 287.70

Market Cap

$60.78B

Shares Outstanding

226.88M

Public Float

225.47M

Beta

1.82

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

17.06

EPS

$15.75

Yield

91.18%

Dividend

$0.56

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Sep 30, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.47M

 

NUE Performance

1 Week
 
-10.55%
 
1 Month
 
-2.14%
 
3 Months
 
-10.15%
 
1 Year
 
69.75%
 
5 Years
 
118.33%
 

NUE Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 19
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 32.49B
Industry Steel Net Income 1.74B
Sector Non-Energy Minerals 2025 Sales Growth 5.727%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 33,000
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NUE Valuation

P/E Current 17.057
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 21.692
Price to Sales Ratio 1.16
Price to Book Ratio 1.779
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 11.65
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 10.427
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.336
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.167

NUE Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 984,666.667
Income Per Employee 52,636.364
Receivables Turnover 10.193
Total Asset Turnover 0.941

NUE Liquidity

Current Ratio 2.938
Quick Ratio 1.574
Cash Ratio 0.674

NUE Profitability

Gross Margin 12.011
Operating Margin 8.26
Pretax Margin 7.903
Net Margin 5.346
Return on Assets 5.032
Return on Equity 8.426
Return on Total Capital 6.163
Return on Invested Capital 6.431

NUE Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 34.625
Total Debt to Total Capital 25.719
Total Debt to Total Assets 20.65
Long-Term Debt to Equity 33.488
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 24.875
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Annual Financials for Nucor Corp. - NUE

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
41.51B 34.71B 30.73B 32.49B
Sales Growth
+13.78% -16.38% -11.46% +5.73%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
29.08B 26.89B 26.61B 28.59B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
1.06B 1.17B 1.36B 1.48B
Depreciation
826.69M 930.59M 1.09B 1.23B
Amortization of Intangibles
234.94M 237.73M 262.00M 254.00M
COGS Growth
+14.34% -7.52% -1.04% +7.44%
Gross Income
12.44B 7.82B 4.12B 3.90B
Gross Income Growth
+12.51% -37.09% -47.30% -5.34%
Gross Profit Margin
+29.96% +22.54% +13.42% +12.01%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
2.00B 1.58B 1.12B 1.22B
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
2.00B 1.58B 1.12B 1.22B
SGA Growth
+17.03% -20.69% -29.11% +8.55%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
86.80M (2.44M) 137.00M 62.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
10.35B 6.24B 2.86B 2.62B
Non Operating Income/Expense
110.96M 276.29M 267.00M 116.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
48.70M 275.59M 258.00M 111.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
10.71M 12.78M 30.00M 35.00M
Interest Expense
218.91M 245.95M 228.00M 170.00M
Interest Expense Growth
+34.20% +12.35% -7.30% -25.44%
Gross Interest Expense
218.91M 245.95M 228.00M 170.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
10.24B 6.27B 2.90B 2.57B
Pretax Income Growth
+11.35% -38.77% -53.74% -11.51%
Pretax Margin
+24.68% +18.07% +9.44% +7.90%
Income Tax
2.17B 1.36B 583.00M 530.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
2.20B 1.32B 664.00M 345.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
12.88M 16.99M 35.00M 24.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(42.48M) 1.88M (115.00M) 160.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(4.37M) 19.54M (1.00M) 1.00M
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
10.71M 12.78M 30.00M 35.00M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
(31.17M) (16.95M) (9.00M) (7.00M)
Consolidated Net Income
8.05B 4.90B 2.31B 2.03B
Minority Interest Expense
472.30M 387.99M 292.00M 294.00M
Net Income
7.58B 4.51B 2.02B 1.74B
Net Income Growth
+11.49% -40.50% -55.23% -13.92%
Net Margin Growth
+18.25% +12.99% +6.57% +5.35%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
7.58B 4.51B 2.02B 1.74B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
7.58B 4.51B 2.02B 1.74B
EPS (Basic)
28.8783 18.0478 8.4683 7.5293
EPS (Basic) Growth
+24.30% -37.50% -53.08% -11.09%
Basic Shares Outstanding
262.35M 249.77M 238.30M 230.70M
EPS (Diluted)
28.7879 18.002 8.4612 7.5195
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+24.29% -37.47% -53.00% -11.13%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
263.18M 250.41M 238.50M 231.00M
EBITDA
11.50B 7.41B 4.36B 4.16B
EBITDA Growth
+12.62% -35.59% -41.20% -4.41%
EBITDA Margin
+27.71% +21.34% +14.17% +12.81%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 301.533
Number of Ratings 19 Current Quarters Estimate 5.993
FY Report Date 12 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 19.925
Last Quarter’s Earnings 5.80 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 7.71 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 21.865
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 11 8 14 14
Mean Estimate 5.99 6.31 19.92 21.87
High Estimates 8.10 8.89 22.17 26.14
Low Estimate 4.37 4.99 18.27 18.84
Coefficient of Variance 15.46 21.66 4.57 9.21

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 13 13 12
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 1
HOLD 2 3 4
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 1
SELL 1 1 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Nucor Corp. - NUE

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Nov 5, 2026 Stephen D. Laxton President and COO 83,389 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $130.71 per share 10,899,776.19
Nov 5, 2026 Stephen D. Laxton President and COO 77,867 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $275.15 per share 21,425,105.05
Nov 5, 2026 Stephen D. Laxton President and COO 82,905 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $133.03 per share 11,028,852.15
Nov 5, 2026 Stephen D. Laxton President and COO 78,067 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $274.79 per share 21,452,030.93
Nov 5, 2026 Stephen D. Laxton President and COO 77,867 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $275 per share 21,413,425.00
Nov 5, 2026 Stephen D. Laxton President and COO N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 5, 2026 Stephen D. Laxton President and COO N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 4, 2026 Michael D. Keller Vice Pres. and Corp. Contro 15,588 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $279.33 per share 4,354,196.04
Nov 3, 2026 Allen C. Behr Executive Vice President 64,326 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $272.16 per share 17,506,964.16
Nov 3, 2026 Allen C. Behr Executive Vice President 69,868 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $133.03 per share 9,294,540.04
Nov 3, 2026 Allen C. Behr Executive Vice President 64,830 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $130.71 per share 8,473,929.30
Nov 3, 2026 Allen C. Behr Executive Vice President N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Allen C. Behr Executive Vice President N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Allen C. Behr Executive Vice President 60,978 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $273.27 per share 16,663,458.06
Nov 3, 2026 Allen C. Behr Executive Vice President 58,022 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $273.87 per share 15,890,485.14
Aug 20, 2026 Leon J. Topalian Chair and CEO 138,256 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $268.52 per share 37,124,501.12
Aug 20, 2026 Leon J. Topalian Chair and CEO 138,154 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $269.29 per share 37,203,490.66
Aug 20, 2026 Leon J. Topalian Chair and CEO 136,354 Bona fide gift 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Leon J. Topalian Chair and CEO 145,981 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 20, 2026 Leon J. Topalian Chair and CEO 164,154 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.46 per share 6,969,978.84

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