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.

252.29 0.46 +0.18%
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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 55.28
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 3 1 2 1 1 7 2 1 3 — —
Insider Ownership 1.20%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 57,130.00
Revenue 36,101.00
Net Income 3,256.00
Free Cash Flow 1,610.00
Net Debt 4,407.00
Current Ratio 2.51 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.31 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 20.08
Fwd P/E 16.90
P/S ratio 1.59
P/B ratio 2.47
Past 5Y EPS Growth 26.08% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 147.15% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 6.28%
Next Y revenue growth 24.77% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 34.53% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 70.73%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 98.08%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 93.65%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 98.08%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 88.10%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.18
Annual Dividend Rate 2.24
Annual Dividend Yield 0.89%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.24
0.56
0.56
0.56
2025 2.21
0.55
0.55
0.55
0.56
2024 2.17
0.54
0.54
0.54
0.55
2023 2.07
0.51
0.51
0.51
0.54
2022 2.01
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.51
2021 1.72
0.41
0.41
0.41
0.50
2020 1.61
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.41
2019 1.60
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
2018 1.54
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.40
2017 1.51
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.38
2016 1.50
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.38
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 7,130 4,139 2,699 2,692
Receivables 2,953 2,675 3,105 4,045
Inventory 5,578 5,106 5,462 6,020
Other 725 555 499 399
16,386 12,475 11,765 13,156
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 2,020 1,832 1,890 2,357
ST’ Debt 193 1,267 212 710
Other — — — —
4,595 4,977 4,004 5,246

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 7.05% 10.04% (7.84%)
Cash Flow 4.08% 3.70% (31.52%)
Earnings 36.18% 19.36% (38.80%)
Book Value 10.92% 14.52% 4.17%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 9,496 10,397 — — —
’25 7,830 8,456 8,521 7,687 32,494
’24 8,137 8,077 7,444 7,076 30,734
’23 8,710 9,523 8,776 7,705 34,714
’22 10,493 11,794 10,501 8,723 41,512
’21 7,017 8,789 10,313 10,364 36,484
’20 5,624 4,327 4,928 5,260 20,140
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 886 1,400 — — —
’25 364 732 1,339 799 3,234
’24 460 1,485 1,301 733 3,979
’23 1,207 1,920 2,464 1,520 7,112
’22 2,472 2,262 2,805 2,533 10,072
’21 530 1,353 1,737 2,610 6,231
’20 201 1,149 856 491 2,697
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 239 836 — — —
’25 (492) (186) 535 0 (143)
’24 (206) 690 480 (141) 823
’23 678 1,398 2,028 809 4,913
’22 2,032 1,749 2,355 2,020 8,156
’21 223 969 1,237 2,199 4,628
’20 (205) 795 456 149 1,195
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3.23 5.04 — — —
’25 0.67 2.60 2.63 1.64 7.52
’24 3.46 2.68 1.05 1.22 8.46
’23 4.45 5.81 4.57 3.16 18.00
’22 7.67 9.67 6.50 4.89 28.79
’21 3.10 5.04 7.28 7.97 23.16
’20 0.07 0.36 0.63 1.30 2.36
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.9
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 33.90 51.67 49.79 46.10 27.53 47.94 88.50 129.79 113.94 97.59

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 68.00 66.00 70.48 62.31 57.50 128.81 187.90 182.68 203.00 168.07
People
People Employees 23,900 25,100 26,300 26,800 26,400 28,800 31,400 32,000 32,700 33,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.68 0.81 0.95 0.84 0.76 1.27 1.32 1.08 0.94 0.98
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 16,208 20,252 25,067 22,589 20,140 36,484 41,512 34,714 30,734 32,494
Gross margin, % 12.50 12.69 17.14 11.86 11.06 30.22 30.12 22.51 13.35 11.93
EBT 1,299 1,750 3,229 1,783 836 9,201 10,245 6,273 2,902 2,568
EBT margin, % 8.01 8.64 12.88 7.89 4.15 25.22 24.68 18.07 9.44 7.90
Net income 900 1,381 2,481 1,371 836 7,122 8,079 4,913 2,319 2,038
Depreciation 687 727 720 735 785 865 1,062 1,169 1,356 1,480
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 50.72 63.29 79.36 74.05 66.43 124.74 158.26 138.97 128.97 140.85
Earnings 2.48 4.11 7.44 4.14 2.37 23.23 28.88 18.05 8.47 7.53
Cash flow 5.48 3.30 7.58 9.21 8.90 21.30 38.40 28.47 16.70 14.02
Capex (1.83) (1.32) (3.01) (4.71) (4.96) (5.48) (7.30) (8.80) (13.24) (14.64)
Free cash flow 3.64 1.98 4.57 4.50 3.94 15.82 31.09 19.67 3.45 (0.62)
Book value 25.83 28.39 32.30 35.38 37.05 49.93 74.61 88.56 89.87 95.90
Shares, m 320 320 316 305 303 292 262 250 238 231
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 26.03 16.03 6.95 13.59 22.44 4.87 4.55 9.72 13.88 21.63
P/S 1.18 1.05 0.65 0.76 0.80 0.92 0.83 1.26 0.90 1.16
P/B 2.31 2.34 1.60 1.59 1.44 2.29 1.76 1.98 1.30 1.70
EV/Sales 1.31 1.19 0.77 0.87 0.91 1.00 0.87 1.25 1.00 1.29
EV/FCF 18.23 38.10 13.34 14.35 15.42 7.88 4.44 8.86 37.21 (294.07)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,750 1,055 2,394 2,809 2,697 6,231 10,072 7,112 3,979 3,234
Capex (586) (423) (951) (1,436) (1,502) (1,603) (1,916) (2,199) (3,156) (3,377)
Free cash flow 1,164 632 1,443 1,374 1,195 4,628 8,156 4,913 823 (143)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 4,116 4,000 5,830 5,763 6,861 7,642 10,362 11,791 7,498 7,761
Total debt 4,357 3,795 4,291 4,383 5,341 5,685 6,691 6,842 6,950 7,121
Net debt 2,161 2,796 2,892 2,548 2,293 3,067 1,834 (288) 2,811 4,422
Shareholders’ equity 8,255 9,085 10,202 10,791 11,232 14,604 19,570 22,123 21,417 22,124
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 5.37 8.46 13.93 6.97 3.73 29.58 25.99 13.29 5.83 5.03
ROIC 8.58 9.90 15.87 8.91 4.62 32.74 30.38 17.83 7.68 6.26
ROE 9.86 15.16 24.38 12.04 6.51 52.60 44.34 21.62 9.27 7.98
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Nucor Corporation vs peers in Steel (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
NUE Nucor Corporation $56.8B 20.1× 16.9× +22.95% (above 0%: growing) +94.23% (above 0%: growing) +549.46% (above 0%: growing) 19.56% 15.67%
MT ArcelorMittal $48.3B 26.3× 14.7× +5.24% (above 0%: growing) −61.70% (below 0%: shrinking) −126.60% (below 0%: shrinking) 10.95% 6.29% Compare
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. $34.2B 21.6× 17.8× +33.44% (above 0%: growing) +84.58% (above 0%: growing) +2,189.86% (above 0%: growing) 15.74% 11.50% Compare
RS Reliance, Inc. $20.6B 23.2× 20.2× +26.51% (above 0%: growing) +42.57% (above 0%: growing) −45.43% (below 0%: shrinking) 28.09% 9.54% Compare
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. $17.4B 21.1× — +9.70% (above 0%: growing) +271.43% (above 0%: growing) −156.79% (below 0%: shrinking) 8.62% 4.25% Compare
TX Ternium S.A. $11.4B 16.3× 9.2× +9.97% (above 0%: growing) +59.09% (above 0%: growing) −174.72% (below 0%: shrinking) 21.68% 12.17% Compare
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. $7.4B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +5.92% (above 0%: growing) n/m +208.96% (above 0%: growing) 2.53% (0.94%) Compare
GGB Gerdau S.A. $6.3B 22.3× — +14.33% (above 0%: growing) +87.50% (above 0%: growing) +171.99% (above 0%: growing) 15.83% 13.05% Compare
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. $4.8B 22.9× 28.5× +29.60% (above 0%: growing) n/m +51.13% (above 0%: growing) 24.99% 15.91% Compare
Median of peers $14.4B 22.3× 17.8× +12.15% +71.84% +2.85% 15.79% 10.52%

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NUE metrics, ten years each

Nucor Corporation (NUE) key facts

  • Strength: Nucor Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $32.5 billion, up 5.73% from fiscal 2024.
  • Nucor Corporation (NUE) is a Steel company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 12, 2026, NUE traded at $252.03, a market capitalization of $57.1 billion.
  • Nucor Corporation pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share, a yield of 0.89%, with a payout ratio of 17.9%.
  • Return on equity was 7.98% and debt-to-equity 0.31.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.44 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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