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) Operating cash flow

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Nucor Corporation's operating cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $3.2B, down 18.7% from $4.0B in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $5.3B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $1.1B (fiscal 2017) to $10.1B (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. Operating cash flow has fallen for 3 consecutive fiscal years. Nucor Corporation ranks 1st of 19 Steel companies by operating cash flow.

Operating cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
FY2025 $3.2B (18.72%)
FY2024 $4.0B (44.05%)
FY2023 $7.1B (29.39%)
FY2022 $10.1B 61.65%
FY2021 $6.2B 131.04%
FY2020 $2.7B (4.01%)
FY2019 $2.8B 17.35%
FY2018 $2.4B 126.84%
FY2017 $1.1B (39.70%)
FY2016 $1.8B (19.31%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
Sep 2026 $2.2B 59.71%
Jun 2026 $1.4B 58.01%
Mar 2026 $886.0M 10.89%
Dec 2025 $799.0M (40.33%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $1.1B High $10.1B
Ten-year median $2.8B
Current reading's percentile 64

Operating cash flow against peers

What Operating cash flow is

Operating Cash Flow shows how much cash a company’s day-to-day business actually brings in, after paying suppliers, staff and taxes.

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