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.
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Nucor Corporation (NUE) Operating margin
Nucor Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 11.6%, up 3.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.18%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.49% (fiscal 2015) to 25.4% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Steel industry median of 4.77% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.82%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8.18% | (1.51) |
| FY2024 | 9.69% | (8.26) |
| FY2023 | 18.0% | (7.11) |
| FY2022 | 25.1% | (0.31) |
| FY2021 | 25.4% | 20.41 |
| FY2020 | 4.96% | (3.46) |
| FY2019 | 8.42% | (4.84) |
| FY2018 | 13.3% | 3.97 |
| FY2017 | 9.29% | 0.47 |
| FY2016 | 8.82% | 6.33 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 15.7% | 3.84 |
| Mar 2026 | 11.8% | 4.96 |
| Dec 2025 | 6.87% | (3.55) |
| Sep 2025 | 10.4% | (0.45) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare | 16.9% |
| NUE Nucor Corporation | 11.6% |
| STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. compare | 10.0% |
| RS Reliance, Inc. compare | 7.82% |
| TX Ternium S.A. compare | 7.45% |
| GGB Gerdau S.A. compare | 7.45% |
| MT ArcelorMittal compare | 4.26% |
| PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare | 2.57% |
| CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare | −4.15% |
| Steel industry median | 4.77% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.82% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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