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.

252.03 1.70 +0.68%
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) P/E ratio

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As of 12 October 2026, Nucor Corporation (NUE) trades at a P/E ratio of 20.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.2× (September 2022) to 158× (June 2016); the current reading is higher than 66% of that period. That is in line with the Steel industry median of 21.1× and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 19.6×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 21.6× 55.88%
FY2024 13.9× 42.71%
FY2023 9.7× 113.62%
FY2022 4.6× (6.56%)
FY2021 4.9× (78.29%)
FY2020 22.4× 65.09%
FY2019 13.6× 95.74%
FY2018 6.9× (56.67%)
FY2017 16.0× (38.42%)
FY2016 26.0× (79.50%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 17.7× 6.01%
Mar 2026 16.7× (22.60%)
Dec 2025 21.6× 13.73%
Sep 2025 19.0× (18.65%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.2× High 158×
Ten-year median 15.7×
Current reading's percentile 71

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare n/m
TX Ternium S.A. compare 16.3×
NUE Nucor Corporation 20.1×
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare 21.1×
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. compare 21.6×
GGB Gerdau S.A. compare 22.3×
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 22.9×
RS Reliance, Inc. compare 23.2×
MT ArcelorMittal compare 26.3×
Steel industry median 21.1×
Basic Materials sector median 19.6×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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