nucor corp. - NUE

NUE

Close Chg Chg %
165.20 0.79 0.48%

Closed Market

165.99

+0.79 (0.48%)

Volume: 1.44M

Last Updated:

Mar 26, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: nucor corp. - NUE

NUE Key Data

Open

$165.57

Day Range

165.17 - 167.98

52 Week Range

97.59 - 196.90

Market Cap

$37.62B

Shares Outstanding

227.78M

Public Float

226.32M

Beta

1.84

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

21.97

EPS

$7.54

Yield

133.80%

Dividend

$0.56

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Mar 31, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.52M

 

NUE Performance

1 Week
 
4.16%
 
1 Month
 
-6.62%
 
3 Months
 
-0.71%
 
1 Year
 
35.44%
 
5 Years
 
108.28%
 

NUE Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 16
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 21.966
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 189.583
Number of Ratings 16 Current Quarters Estimate 2.865
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 12.399
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.73 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 7.71 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 13.675
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 11 11 13 12
Mean Estimate 2.87 3.47 12.40 13.67
High Estimates 3.15 4.09 14.05 15.60
Low Estimate 2.74 2.72 11.28 12.01
Coefficient of Variance 5.25 12.28 7.02 7.07

Analysts Recommendations

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

Insider Actions for Nucor Corp. - NUE

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 13, 2026 David A. Sumoski Executive Vice President 243,339 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $169.47 per share 41,238,660.33
Mar 13, 2026 Daniel R. Needham Executive Vice President 94,873 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $169.47 per share 16,078,127.31
Mar 13, 2026 Benjamin Pickett Executive Vice President 15,994 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $169.47 per share 2,710,503.18
Mar 13, 2026 John L. Sullivan CFO, Treasurer and EVP 3,615 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $169.47 per share 612,634.05
Mar 13, 2026 Stephen D. Laxton President and COO 87,384 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $169.47 per share 14,808,966.48
Feb 24, 2026 Thomas J. Batterbee Executive Vice President 19,539 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Leon J. Topalian Chair and CEO 157,104 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Allen C. Behr Executive Vice President 72,967 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Randy J. Spicer Executive Vice President 23,010 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Noah C. Hanners Executive Vice President 56,849 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Michael D. Keller Vice Pres. and Corp. Contro 21,388 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Bradley Ford Executive Vice President 45,889 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 John J Hollatz Executive Vice President 101,428 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 K. Rex Query Executive Vice President 81,777 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 30, 2025 Thomas J. Batterbee Executive Vice President 17,359 Bona fide gift 0.00
Dec 10, 2025 Michael D. Keller Vice Pres. and Corp. Contro 20,001 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 $160.96 per share 3,219,360.96
Dec 10, 2025 Michael D. Keller Vice Pres. and Corp. Contro 20,882 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 $160.96 per share 3,361,166.72
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

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