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) Return on assets

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Nucor Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.81%, up 4.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.03%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.53% (fiscal 2015) to 29.6% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Steel industry median of 1.83% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 5.03% (0.80)
FY2024 5.83% (7.46)
FY2023 13.3% (12.70)
FY2022 26.0% (3.59)
FY2021 29.6% 25.85
FY2020 3.73% (3.24)
FY2019 6.97% (6.96)
FY2018 13.9% 5.47
FY2017 8.46% 3.09
FY2016 5.37% 4.84

Against its own ten years

Low 0.53% High 29.6%
Ten-year median 6.97%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. compare 11.6%
RS Reliance, Inc. compare 9.99%
NUE Nucor Corporation 9.81%
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 5.09%
TX Ternium S.A. compare 2.89%
GGB Gerdau S.A. compare 2.84%
MT ArcelorMittal compare 1.83%
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare 1.31%
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. compare −2.33%
Steel industry median 1.83%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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