Nucor Corporation NUE
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At close · Oct 30
After hours · Oct 30, 7:38 PM ET
- YTD
- +67.91%
- 1 year
- +82.90%
- Open
- 272.99
- Prev close
- 275.29
- Mkt cap
- 62.13B
- Vol
- 1.47M
- Avg vol
- 1.35M
- EPS
- 15.70
- P/E
- 17.44
- Div yield
- 0.81%
More statistics
- Low
- 268.75
- High
- 275.82
- Forward P/E
- 12.63
- Beta
- 1.85
- Short ratio
- 3.86
- Inst. own
- 81.06%
- Dividend
- 2.24
- Ex-div date
- Sep 29, 2026
- Earnings
- Jan 25, 2027
- 50-d avg
- 253.13
- 200-d avg
- 223.49
- 1y target
- 291.88
Key statistics
- Market cap
- 61.32B
- Enterprise value
- 67.06B
- Trailing P/E
- 17.22
- Forward P/E
- 12.63
- PEG ratio
- 5.21
- Price / sales
- 1.58
- Price / book
- 2.68
- EPS (TTM)
- 15.70
- Beta
- 1.85
- Dividend yield
- 0.81%
- Payout ratio
- 17.78%
- Profit margin
- 9.26%
- Revenue (TTM)
- 38.83B
- Revenue growth
- 32.00%
- Free cash flow
- 1.54B
- Total cash
- 3.64B
- Total debt
- 7.09B
- Return on equity
- 17.58%
- Shares outstanding
- 226.88M
- Short % of float
- 2.85%
- 50-day average
- 253.13
- 200-day average
- 223.49
Analyst view
Consensus: buy
- Target (low)
- 226.00
- Target (mean)
- 291.88
- Target (high)
- 335.00
- Strong buy3
- Buy10
- Hold3
- Sell1
- Strong sell0
Next earnings
Jan 25, 2027
Expected Jan 25, 2027. Consensus EPS estimate 5.72.
Financials — quick view
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2027 | Dec 30, 2026 | 5.61 | — | — | — |
| Oct 26, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | 5.84 | 5.80 | -0.04 | -0.68% |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | 4.46 | 4.84 | +0.38 | +8.52% |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Apr 4, 2026 | 2.82 | 3.23 | +0.41 | +14.54% |
| Jan 26, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | 1.91 | 1.73 | -0.18 | -9.42% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Oct 4, 2025 | 2.18 | 2.63 | +0.45 | +20.64% |
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | JP Morgan | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Barclays | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Wells Fargo | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 19, 2026 | Barclays | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 9, 2026 | JP Morgan | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Keybanc | main | Overweight | Overweight |
About Nucor Corporation
Nucor Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. The company operates in three segments: Steel Mills, Steel Products, and Raw Materials. The Steel Mills segment produces hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized sheet steel products; plate steel products; wide-flange beams, beam blanks, and H-piling and sheet piling structural steel products; and bar steel products, such as blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing and merchant bars, and engineered special bar quality products. This segment sells its products to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as engages in the steel trading and rebar distribution businesses. The Steel Products segment offers steel joists and joist girders, steel decks, and galvanized torque tubes for use in solar arrays, hollow structural section steel tubing, electrical conduit, fabricated concrete reinforcing steel, cold finished steel, steel fasteners, steel grating and expanded metal, wire and wire mesh, metal building systems, insulated metal panels, steel racking, overhead doors, and utility towers and structures for communications and energy transmission. This segment is also involved in the piling distribution business. The Raw Materials segment produces direct reduced iron (DRI); brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, and DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal; and engages in the natural gas production and industrial gas business. This segment sells its ferrous scrap to electric arc furnace steel mills and foundries for manufacturing process; and nonferrous scrap metal to aluminum can producers, secondary aluminum smelters, steel mills and other processors, and consumers of various nonferrous metals. Nucor Corporation was founded in 1905 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Steel
- Country
- United States
- Website
- nucor.com
News
- Nucor: Tariff Tailwinds And New Capacity Set Up A Stronger 2027
- Nucor's CEO Says He's Seeing the Strongest Steel Demand in His 31 Years at the Company
- JP Morgan Maintains Overweight on Nucor, Raises Price Target to $304
- Heavy Metal: Why Nucor Could Be an Overlooked AI Infrastructure Winner
- Barclays Maintains Overweight on Nucor, Raises Price Target to $320
- Nucor Q3 Earnings Call Highlights Strong Demand and 2027 Growth
- Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on Nucor, Raises Price Target to $305
- NUE Power Corp. to Add Former MAX Power CEO Ranjith Narayanasamy to Board, Opens Regina Office
- What Nucor (NUE) Said on Its Q3 Earnings Call
- Nucor Corporation (NUE) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEHR ALLEN C. | Officer | Sale | Aug 13, 2026 | 59,308 |
| HANNERS NOAH C | Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | May 31, 2026 | 49,263 |
| HOLLATZ JOHN J | Officer | Sale | Jun 2, 2026 | 97,865 |
| LAXTON STEPHEN D. | President | Stock Gift | Jul 29, 2026 | 77,866 |
| MURPHY GREGORY JOSEPH | Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | May 29, 2025 | 95,751 |
| NEEDHAM DANIEL R. | Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | May 31, 2026 | 86,161 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 10.67% | 24,206,873 | 6.54B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Blackrock Inc. | 8.81% | 19,989,061 | 5.40B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6.55% | 14,870,609 | 4.02B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 5.38% | 12,198,702 | 3.30B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation | 5.10% | 11,562,974 | 3.13B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2.68% | 6,086,878 | 1.65B | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 3.19% | 7,229,140 | 1.95B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund | 2.60% | 5,901,167 | 1.59B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund | 2.18% | 4,934,751 | 1.33B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.33% | 3,023,489 | 817.19M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Fidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 Index Fund | 1.30% | 2,956,283 | 799.02M | Aug 30, 2026 |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 1.23% | 2,801,004 | 757.06M | Sep 29, 2026 |