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) P/E ratio

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As of 2 November 2026, Nucor Corporation (NUE) trades at a P/E ratio of 16.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.2× (September 2022) to 158× (June 2016); the current reading is higher than 57% of that period. That is below the Steel industry median of 18.5× and below the Basic Materials sector median of 19.5×.

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
Sep 2026 14.2× (19.82%)
Jun 2026 17.7× 6.01%
Mar 2026 16.7× (22.60%)
Dec 2025 21.6× 13.73%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.2× High 158×
Ten-year median 15.7×
Current reading's percentile 62

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare n/m
TX Ternium S.A. compare 14.7×
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare 16.6×
NUE Nucor Corporation 16.9×
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. compare 18.5×
GGB Gerdau S.A. compare 20.2×
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 20.7×
RS Reliance, Inc. compare 20.8×
MT ArcelorMittal compare 25.7×
Steel industry median 18.5×
Basic Materials sector median 19.5×
Market median 18.6×

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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