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) Free cash flow margin

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Nucor Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.94%, up 7.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−0.44%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.44% (fiscal 2025) to 19.7% (fiscal 2022) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Steel industry median of 0.00% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 −0.44% (3.12)
FY2024 2.68% (11.47)
FY2023 14.2% (5.50)
FY2022 19.7% 6.96
FY2021 12.7% 6.76
FY2020 5.93% (0.15)
FY2019 6.08% 0.32
FY2018 5.76% 2.64
FY2017 3.12% (4.06)
FY2016 7.18% (3.92)

Against its own ten years

Low −0.44% High 19.7%
Ten-year median 6.08%
Current reading's percentile 9

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
NUE Nucor Corporation 6.94%
GGB Gerdau S.A. compare 4.94%
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. compare 4.93%
RS Reliance, Inc. compare 2.95%
MT ArcelorMittal compare −0.09%
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare −2.29%
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare −2.42%
TX Ternium S.A. compare −2.94%
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare −3.42%
Steel industry median 0.00%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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