Nucor Corporation NUE SPX

Basic Materials · Steel · United States

https://www.nucor.com

Nucor Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. The company operates in three segments: Steel Mills, Steel Products, and Raw Materials. The Steel Mills segment produces hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized sheet steel products; plate steel products; wide-flange beams, beam blanks, and H-piling and sheet piling structural steel products; and bar steel products, such as blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing and merchant bars, and engineered special bar quality products. This segment sells its products to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as engages in the steel trading and rebar distribution businesses. The Steel Products segment offers steel joists and joist girders, steel decks, and galvanized torque tubes for use in solar arrays, hollow structural section steel tubing, electrical conduit, fabricated concrete reinforcing steel, cold finished steel, steel fasteners, steel grating and expanded metal, wire and wire mesh, metal building systems, insulated metal panels, steel racking, overhead doors, and utility towers and structures for communications and energy transmission. This segment is also involved in the piling distribution business. The Raw Materials segment produces direct reduced iron (DRI); brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, and DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal; and engages in the natural gas production and industrial gas business. This segment sells its ferrous scrap to electric arc furnace steel mills and foundries for manufacturing process; and nonferrous scrap metal to aluminum can producers, secondary aluminum smelters, steel mills and other processors, and consumers of various nonferrous metals. Nucor Corporation was founded in 1905 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$56.94B

Current Price

$250.00

High / Low (52W)

$250.00 / $107.73

Beta

1.88

Valuation

Stock P/E

24.80

Industry PE

24.80

Forward P/E

15.84

PEG Ratio

5.21

Book Value

$91.70

Price to Book

2.73

P/S

1.67

EV/EBITDA

12.65

Dividend Yield

0.90%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

8.80%

ROE

12.29%

ROA

6.15%

Profit Margin

6.82%

Op Margin

11.83%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$3.23

EPS (TTM)

$10.08

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

0.32

Quick Ratio

1.45

Current Ratio

2.90

Debt

$7.12B

Total Assets

$35.10B

Current Assets

$11.77B

Working Capital

$7.76B

Ownership

Promoter Holding

2.10%

Chg in Prom Hold

FII / Inst Holding

79.51%

Chg in FII Hold

0.00%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$62.67B

Total Revenue (TTM)

$34.16B

EBITDA

$4.95B

Free Cash Flow

$-384.10M

Operating Cash Flow

$3.76B

Shares Outstanding

227.74M

Gross Margin

14.06%

Payout Ratio

22.02%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

-7.84%

Profit 5Y

-38.80%

Revenue (YoY)

21.30%

Earnings (YoY)

382.10%

PROS

In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

Revenue declined at -7.8% CAGR over 5 years.
Earnings shrank at -38.8% CAGR over 5 years.
RSI at 77 suggests overbought conditions.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Basic Materials).

#	Name	CMP $	P/E	Mkt Cap	Div Yld %	ROCE %	ROE %	Rev CAGR 5Y %	Profit CAGR 5Y %
1	NUE Nucor Corporation SPX	250.00	24.80	$56.94B	0.90%	8.80%	12.29%	-7.84%	-38.80%
2	LIN Linde plc NDXSPX	497.69	33.00	$230.11B	1.29%	13.07%	18.23%	0.62%	18.48%
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4	FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc. SPX	65.71	34.77	$94.46B	0.91%	12.93%	15.63%	4.39%	-14.02%
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8	APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. SPX	278.62	29.33	$62.04B	2.60%	-0.62%	12.35%	-1.77%	-39.16%
9	CTVA Corteva, Inc. SPX	78.28	42.31	$52.36B	0.92%	6.08%	5.14%	-0.10%	-1.56%

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jul 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Dec 2019	Apr 2020	Jul 2020	Oct 2020	Dec 2020	Apr 2021	Jul 2021	Oct 2021	Dec 2021	Apr 2022	Jul 2022	Oct 2022	Dec 2022	Apr 2023	Jul 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	Jun 2025	Jul 2025	Sep 2025	Oct 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Apr 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	5.57B	6.46B	6.74B	6.30B	6.10B	5.90B	5.46B	5.13B	5.62B	4.33B	4.93B	5.26B	7.02B	8.79B	10.31B	10.36B	10.49B	11.79B	10.50B	8.72B	8.71B	9.52B	8.78B	7.70B	8.14B	8.08B	-	7.08B	7.83B	7.83B	8.46B	8.46B	8.52B	8.52B	7.69B	9.50B	9.50B
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.22B	-	7.23B	-	7.33B	-	6.83B	8.00B	-
Gross Profit	709.62M	578.96M	520.57M	726.41M	1.17B	1.29B	1.11B	895.89M	775.49M	572.51M	435.19M	629.27M	377.96M	502.19M	718.53M	1.62B	2.47B	3.41B	3.52B	3.46B	4.10B	2.84B	2.10B	2.00B	2.50B	1.92B	1.39B	1.52B	1.19B	-	627.00M	605.00M	-	1.22B	-	1.19B	-	862.00M	1.50B	-
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	281.00M	-	304.00M	-	300.00M	-	334.00M	378.00M	-
Operating Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	324.00M	-	919.00M	-	888.00M	-	528.00M	1.12B	-
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	704.00M	-	1.31B	-	1.29B	-	912.00M	1.52B	-
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	51.00M	-	49.00M	-	38.00M	-	32.00M	39.00M	-
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	285.00M	-	899.00M	-	883.00M	-	501.00M	1.10B	-
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59.00M	-	193.00M	-	200.00M	-	78.00M	226.00M	-
Net Income	323.05M	254.85M	383.89M	354.18M	683.15M	676.66M	646.78M	501.81M	386.48M	275.03M	107.82M	20.33M	108.88M	193.41M	398.84M	942.43M	1.51B	2.13B	2.25B	2.10B	2.56B	1.69B	1.26B	1.14B	1.46B	1.14B	785.00M	845.00M	645.00M	-	287.00M	156.00M	156.00M	603.00M	603.00M	607.00M	607.00M	378.00M	743.00M	743.00M
Diluted EPS	1.00	0.79	1.20	1.10	2.13	2.13	2.07	1.63	1.26	0.90	0.35	0.07	0.36	0.63	1.30	3.10	5.04	7.28	7.97	7.67	9.67	6.50	4.89	4.45	5.81	4.57	3.16	3.46	2.68	-	1.22	0.67	0.67	2.60	2.60	2.63	2.63	1.64	3.23	3.23

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2007	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20.25B	25.07B	22.59B	20.14B	-	41.51B	34.71B	30.73B	32.49B
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29.01B	26.90B	26.63B	28.62B
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12.50B	7.82B	4.10B	3.88B
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.00B	1.58B	1.12B	1.22B
Operating Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10.51B	6.23B	2.98B	2.66B
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.57B	7.69B	4.49B	4.22B
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	218.91M	246.00M	228.00M	170.00M
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10.24B	6.27B	2.90B	2.57B
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.17B	1.36B	583.00M	530.00M
Net Income	1.47B	1.83B	-293.61M	134.09M	778.19M	504.62M	488.02M	679.34M	80.72M	796.27M	1.32B	2.36B	1.27B	721.47M	-	7.61B	4.53B	2.03B	1.74B
Diluted EPS	4.94	5.98	-0.94	0.42	2.45	1.58	1.52	2.11	0.25	2.48	4.10	7.42	4.14	2.36	-	28.79	18.00	8.46	7.52

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	-7.84%
1 Year:	21.30%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	-38.80%
1 Year:	382.10%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	+132.07%
6 Months:	+61.09%
3 Months:	+41.82%
1 Month:	+12.42%

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2006	Dec 2007	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Oct 2010	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Total Assets	-	-	13.87B	12.57B	-	13.92B	14.57B	14.15B	15.20B	15.96B	14.33B	15.22B	15.84B	17.92B	18.34B	20.13B	-	32.48B	35.34B	33.94B	35.10B
Current Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14.69B	16.39B	12.47B	11.77B
Cash & Equivalents	785.65M	1.39B	2.36B	2.02B	1.33B	1.33B	1.20B	1.05B	1.48B	1.02B	1.94B	2.05B	949.10M	1.40B	1.53B	2.64B	-	4.28B	6.38B	3.56B	2.26B
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.45B	5.58B	5.11B	5.46B
Receivables	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.59B	2.95B	2.67B	3.10B
Total Liabilities	-	-	5.62B	4.99B	-	6.59B	6.86B	6.27B	7.29B	7.54B	6.48B	6.97B	6.76B	7.72B	7.55B	8.89B	-	12.91B	13.22B	12.52B	12.98B
Current Liabilities	-	-	1.85B	1.23B	-	1.50B	2.40B	2.03B	1.96B	2.10B	1.39B	2.39B	2.82B	2.81B	2.46B	2.63B	-	4.33B	4.59B	4.98B	4.00B
Long Term Debt	-	-	3.09B	3.08B	-	4.28B	3.63B	3.38B	4.38B	4.36B	4.34B	3.74B	3.24B	4.23B	-	-	-	6.43B	6.46B	5.51B	6.67B
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.69B	6.84B	6.95B	7.12B
Total Equity	-	-	7.93B	7.39B	-	7.12B	7.47B	7.64B	7.65B	7.77B	7.48B	7.88B	8.74B	9.79B	10.36B	10.79B	-	18.41B	20.94B	20.29B	20.94B
Shares Outstanding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	380.15M	380.15M	380.20M	380.24M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2007	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow	1.94B	2.50B	1.17B	866.79M	1.03B	1.20B	1.08B	-	-	1.75B	1.06B	2.39B	2.81B	2.70B	6.23B	10.07B	7.11B	3.98B	3.23B
Investing Cash Flow	-856.14M	-3.32B	-700.41M	-2.26B	-659.89M	-204.00M	-839.97M	-	-	-1.03B	-918.89M	-1.03B	-1.79B	-1.76B	-2.87B	-5.70B	-2.50B	-3.73B	-3.23B
Financing Cash Flow	-470.88M	1.78B	-820.03M	691.83M	-495.02M	-1.15B	196.04M	-	-	-626.43M	-1.24B	-908.18M	-880.41M	285.85M	-3.60B	-2.51B	-2.59B	-3.06B	-1.31B
Capital Expenditure	-520.35M	-1.02B	-390.50M	-338.68M	-438.94M	-947.61M	-1.20B	-667.98M	-374.12M	-604.84M	-448.56M	-982.53M	-1.48B	-1.54B	-1.62B	-1.95B	-2.21B	-3.17B	-3.42B
Free Cash Flow	1.41B	1.48B	782.69M	528.11M	592.11M	252.78M	-119.00M	-	-	1.15B	606.78M	1.41B	1.33B	1.15B	4.61B	8.12B	4.90B	806.00M	-188.00M
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.86B	2.02B	-2.81B	-1.31B
Share Buybacks	754.03M	123.96M	0	-	-	-	0	0	66.50M	5.17M	90.30M	854.00M	298.54M	39.50M	3.28B	2.76B	1.55B	2.22B	700.00M
Dividends Paid	726.14M	658.05M	443.11M	457.28M	461.52M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Dec 2007	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Gross Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30.1%	22.5%	13.3%	11.9%
Operating Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25.3%	17.9%	9.7%	8.2%
Net Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.5%	9.4%	5.6%	3.6%	-	18.3%	13.0%	6.6%	5.4%
ROE %	-	23.1%	-4.0%	1.9%	10.4%	6.6%	6.4%	8.7%	1.1%	10.1%	15.1%	24.1%	12.3%	6.7%	-	41.3%	21.6%	10.0%	8.3%
ROCE %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37.3%	20.3%	10.3%	8.5%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

2.10%

Institutions

79.51%

Public Float

81.21%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co	10.63%	24.21M	$6.05B
2	Blackrock Inc.	8.46%	19.26M	$4.82B
3	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	6.35%	14.47M	$3.62B
4	State Street Corporation	5.38%	12.24M	$3.06B
5	Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	5.15%	11.74M	$2.93B
6	Geode Capital Management, LLC	2.71%	6.17M	$1.54B
7	Berkshire Hathaway, Inc	1.72%	3.91M	$976.77M
8	Morgan Stanley	1.68%	3.83M	$957.63M
9	Northern Trust Corporation	1.32%	3.01M	$753.38M
10	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	1.11%	2.54M	$634.76M

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