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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 23.0%, EPS grew 94.2%, free cash flow grew 549.5% and total debt rose 3.17%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

253.20 1.37 +0.54%
Market cap
$57.1B
P/E
20.1×
Fwd P/E
16.9×
Dividend yield
0.89%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
4.44
Beneish M
−2.45
Dividend safety
57/100

Nucor Corporation (NUE) Debt to equity

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Nucor Corporation's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 0.3×, down 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (0.3×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.3× (fiscal 2023) to 0.6× (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Steel industry median of 0.3× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.3× (0.80%)
FY2024 0.3× 4.91%
FY2023 0.3× (9.53%)
FY2022 0.3× (12.18%)
FY2021 0.4× (18.13%)
FY2020 0.5× 17.06%
FY2019 0.4× (3.42%)
FY2018 0.4× 0.69%
FY2017 0.4× (20.86%)
FY2016 0.5× (5.58%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 0.3× (3.42%)
Mar 2026 0.3× (1.86%)
Dec 2025 0.3× 3.01%
Sep 2025 0.3× (2.40%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.3× High 0.6×
Ten-year median 0.4×
Current reading's percentile 18

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 0.0×
TX Ternium S.A. compare 0.2×
RS Reliance, Inc. compare 0.2×
MT ArcelorMittal compare 0.3×
GGB Gerdau S.A. compare 0.3×
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare 0.3×
NUE Nucor Corporation 0.3×
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. compare 0.5×
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare 1.3×
Steel industry median 0.3×
Basic Materials sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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