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Nucor Corporation (NUE)

243.83 -8.77 (-3.47%)
At close: June 18 at 4:00:02 PM EDT
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NUE announced a cash dividend of $0.56 with an ex-date of Jun. 30, 2026
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News headlines Nucor (NUE) is set to report strong quarterly earnings, with projected EPS growth of 70.77% year-over-year. Despite a 3.47% declinein stock price recently, Nucor has outperformed the Basic Materials sector, and analysts maintain a Strong Buyrating due to favorable industry conditions.

Nucor (NUE) is set to report strong quarterly earnings, with projected EPS growth of 70.77% year-over-year. Despite a 3.47% declinein stock price recently, Nucor has outperformed the Basic Materials sector, and analysts maintain a Strong Buyrating due to favorable industry conditions.

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  • Previous Close 252.60
  • Open 252.95
  • Bid 243.16 x 60000
  • Ask 243.82 x 30000
  • Day's Range 242.05 - 254.11
  • 52 Week Range 122.82 - 270.90
  • Volume 2,149,144
  • Avg. Volume 1,578,120
  • Market Cap (intraday) 55.53B
  • Beta (5Y Monthly) 1.91
  • PE Ratio (TTM) 24.19
  • EPS (TTM) 10.08
  • Earnings Date Jul 27, 2026
  • Forward Dividend & Yield 2.24 (0.86%)
  • Ex-Dividend Date Jun 30, 2026
  • 1y Target Est 258.41

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.

www.nucor.com

33,000

Full Time Employees

December 31

Fiscal Year Ends

Steel

Industry

Performance Overview

Trailing total returns as of 6/18/2026, which may include dividends or other distributions. Benchmark is S&P 500 (^GSPC) .

YTD Return

NUE
50.00%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
9.57%

1-Year Return

NUE
96.17%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
25.41%

3-Year Return

NUE
68.23%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
70.10%

5-Year Return

NUE
182.86%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
80.02%

Earnings Trends

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Earnings Per Share

GAAP
Normalized
GAAP
Normalized

Revenue vs. Earnings

Annual
Quarterly
Annual
Quarterly
Q1 FY26
Revenue 9.5B
Earnings 743M

Q2

FY25

Q3

FY25

Q4

FY25

Q1

FY26

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Analyst Insights

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Analyst Price Targets

138.17 Low
258.41 Average
243.83 Current
292.00 High

Analyst Recommendations

  • Strong Buy
  • Buy
  • Hold
  • Underperform
  • Sell

Latest Rating

Date 6/18/2026
Analyst Wells Fargo
Rating Action Maintains
Rating Overweight
Price Action Lowers
Price Target 292 -> 283

Statistics

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Valuation Measures

Annual
As of 6/18/2026
  • Market Cap

    55.53B

  • Enterprise Value

    60.17B

  • Trailing P/E

    24.19

  • Forward P/E

    15.75

  • PEG Ratio (5yr expected)

    --

  • Price/Sales (ttm)

    1.64

  • Price/Book (mrq)

    2.59

  • Enterprise Value/Revenue

    1.76

  • Enterprise Value/EBITDA

    11.96

Financial Highlights

Profitability and Income Statement

  • Profit Margin

    6.82%

  • Return on Assets (ttm)

    6.15%

  • Return on Equity (ttm)

    12.29%

  • Revenue (ttm)

    34.16B

  • Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)

    2.32B

  • Diluted EPS (ttm)

    10.08

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

  • Total Cash (mrq)

    2.48B

  • Total Debt/Equity (mrq)

    31.60%

  • Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)

    -384.1M

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Company Insights

Fair Value

243.83 Current

Dividend Score

0 Low
Sector Avg.
100 High

Hiring Score

0 Low
Sector Avg.
100 High

Insider Sentiment Score

0 Low
Sector Avg.
100 High

Research Reports

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  • Raising target price on record volumes and pricing gains

    Founded in 1940 and based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Nucor Corp. is a manufacturer of steel and steel products and is North America's largest steel recycler. The company's main operating units are Steel Mills and Steel Products. Nucor has about 32,700 employees. The shares are a component of the S&P 500.

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  • Raising target price

    Founded in 1940 and based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Nucor Corp. is a manufacturer of steel and steel products and is North America's largest steel recycler. The company's main operating units are Steel Mills and Steel Products. Nucor has about 32,700 employees. The shares are a component of the S&P 500.

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