Nucor Corporation

NUE Basic Materials Steel

Nucor Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $32.5 billion, up 5.73% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+32.0%
EPS
+147.4%
Free cash flow
+549.5%
Total debt
+3.50%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

278.09 4.22 +1.54%
Market cap
$62.1B
P/E
16.9×
Fwd P/E
13.8×
Dividend yield
0.81%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
4.44
Beneish M
−2.45
Dividend safety
57/100

Nucor Corporation (NUE) Current ratio

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Nucor Corporation's current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 2.5×, down 0.5× from fiscal 2025 (2.9×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.4× (fiscal 2017) to 4.2× (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is in line with the Steel industry median of 2.6× and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 2.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 2.9× 17.23%
FY2024 2.5× (29.71%)
FY2023 3.6× 5.10%
FY2022 3.4× 36.72%
FY2021 2.5× (31.27%)
FY2020 3.6× 8.14%
FY2019 3.3× 8.49%
FY2018 3.1× 27.39%
FY2017 2.4× (11.26%)
FY2016 2.7× (35.59%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 2.5× (1.82%)
Jun 2026 2.5× (13.55%)
Mar 2026 2.9× (1.27%)
Dec 2025 2.9× 5.93%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.4× High 4.2×
Ten-year median 3.1×
Current reading's percentile 45

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 5.8×
RS Reliance, Inc. compare 4.1×
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. compare 3.1×
GGB Gerdau S.A. compare 2.9×
TX Ternium S.A. compare 2.6×
NUE Nucor Corporation 2.5×
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare 2.0×
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare 1.9×
MT ArcelorMittal compare 1.4×
Steel industry median 2.6×
Basic Materials sector median 2.5×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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