Nucor (NUE)
NYSE:NUE
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NUE Stock Chart & Stats
$195.87
-$3.57(-2.94%)
At close: 4:00 PM EST
$195.87
-$3.57(-2.94%)
Day’s Range― - ―
52-Week Range$115.66 - $261.47
Previous CloseN/A
Volume453.70K
Average Volume (3M)1.58M
Market Cap
$58.86B
Enterprise Value$61.83B
Total Cash (Recent Filing)$2.48B
Total Debt (Recent Filing)$7.12B
Price to Earnings (P/E)25.3
Beta1.28
Next Earnings
Jul 27, 2026EPS Estimate
4.13Next Dividend Ex-DateN/A
Dividend Yield1.34%
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)10.11
Shares Outstanding227,740,950
10 Day Avg. Volume1,509,363
30 Day Avg. Volume1,579,304
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-1.94
Price to Book (P/B)1.80
Price to Sales (P/S)1.16
P/FCF Ratio-200.16
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.05
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.81
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit12.95
Enterprise Value/Ebitda12.59
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$241.63Price Target Upside23.36% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering9
EPS Forecast (FY)14.48
Revenue Forecast (FY)$37.89B
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Record Shipments & BacklogRecord quarterly shipments, coupled with a materially larger mills backlog (4.7M tons, +20% from year-end), indicate durable demand capture and improved utilization. Sustained higher volumes help spread fixed costs, support scale economics, and underpin medium-term revenue and EBITDA growth.
Controlled Leverage And LiquidityA conservative capital structure and growing equity provide financial flexibility to fund capex, complete growth projects, and maintain shareholder returns through cycles. Controlled leverage reduces refinancing risk and supports investment in long-term capacity without endangering solvency.
Vertical Integration & EAF PlatformIntegrated EAF steelmaking, downstream fabrication and an owned scrap/raw-materials platform create a structural competitive advantage: lower incremental conversion costs, better raw material access, and value-added product mix that cushions commodity swings and supports margin resilience over time.
Bears Say
Inconsistent Free Cash FlowWeak and volatile free cash flow constrains durable shareholder-return capacity and limits internal funding for expansion. Inconsistent FCF increases reliance on external financing or slower buybacks/dividends and raises sensitivity to working-capital swings and cyclical downturns.
Material Margin CompressionSignificant compression from recent margin peaks signals that pricing spreads over inputs have narrowed. For a commodity-exposed, cyclical business, sustained lower margins reduce earnings power, lower returns on invested capital, and increase sensitivity to raw-material and demand shocks.
Rising Pre-op, Raw Material & Energy CostsElevated and rising start-up/pre-op costs plus noted raw-material and energy cost pressure increase near-term cash burn and compress margins. These structural project costs and energy exposure can dampen free-cash-growth timelines and postpone full returns from new capacity.
Nucor News
NUE FAQ
What was Nucor’s price range in the past 12 months?
Nucor lowest stock price was $115.66 and its highest was $261.46 in the past 12 months.
What is Nucor’s market cap?
Nucor’s market cap is $58.86B.
When is Nucor’s upcoming earnings report date?
Nucor’s upcoming earnings report date is Jul 27, 2026 which is in 53 days.
How were Nucor’s earnings last quarter?
Nucor released its earnings results on Apr 27, 2026. The company reported $3.295 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.815 by $0.48.
Is Nucor overvalued?
According to Wall Street analysts Nucor’s price is currently Undervalued.
Does Nucor pay dividends?
Nucor pays a Quarterly dividend of $0.56 which represents an annual dividend yield of 1.34%. See more information on Nucor dividends here
What is Nucor’s EPS estimate?
Nucor’s EPS estimate is 4.13.
How many shares outstanding does Nucor have?
Nucor has 227,740,950 shares outstanding.
What happened to Nucor’s price movement after its last earnings report?
Nucor reported an EPS of $3.295 in its last earnings report, beating expectations of $2.815. Following the earnings report the stock price went up 4.702%.
Which hedge fund is a major shareholder of Nucor?
Currently, no hedge funds are holding shares in NUE
What is the TipRanks Smart Score and how is it calculated?
Smart Score combines eight research factors - such as analyst recommendations, hedge fund trends, and technical indicators - to measure a stock’s outlook. These signals are unified into a single score that reflects bullish or bearish momentum. See detailed methodology
Nucor Stock Smart Score
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Analyst Consensus
Strong Buy
Average Price Target:
$241.63 (23.36% Upside)
$241.63 (23.36% Upside)
Blogger Sentiment
Bullish
NUE Sentiment 70%
Sector Average ―
Sector Average ―
Hedge Fund Trend
Decreased
By 2.0M Shares
Last Quarter.
Last Quarter.
Insider Transactions
Sold Shares
Worth $33.3M over
the Last 3 Months
the Last 3 Months
Crowd Wisdom
Very Positive
Last 7 Days >0.1%
Last 30 Days ▲ 7.1%
Last 30 Days ▲ 7.1%
News Sentiment
Neutral
Bullish news 59%
Bearish news 50%
Bearish news 50%
Technicals
SMA
Positive
20 days / 200 days
Momentum
113.89%
12-Months-Change
Fundamentals
Return on Equity
11.16%
Trailing 12-Months
Asset Growth
2.70%
Trailing 12-Months
Company Description
Nucor
Nucor Corporation manufactures and sells steel and steel products. The company's 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 products; and bar steel products, such as blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing and merchant bars, and special bar quality products. It also engages in the steel trading and rebar distribution businesses. This segment sells its products to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Its Steel Products segment offers hollow structural section steel tubing products, electrical conduits, steel racking, steel joists and joist girders, steel decks, fabricated concrete reinforcing steel products, cold finished steel products, steel fasteners, metal building systems, insulated metal panels, steel grating and expanded metal products, and wire and wire mesh products primarily for use in nonresidential construction applications. This segment also engages in the piling distribution business. The company's Raw Materials segment produces direct reduced iron (DRI); brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, and DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal, as well as engages in the natural gas drilling operations. 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. It serves agriculture, automotive, construction, energy and transmission, oil and gas, heavy equipment, infrastructure, and transportation industries through its in-house sales force; and internal distribution and trading companies. Nucor Corporation was incorporated in 1958 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
NUE Company Deck
NUE Earnings Call
Q1 2026
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Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call emphasized strong operational execution and meaningful financial progress: record shipments, growing backlogs, substantial sequential earnings improvements across segments, robust liquidity and disciplined capital deployment. Growth projects are advancing toward commissioning and several recently completed projects have already turned EBITDA positive. Offsetting these positives are elevated pre-operating/start-up costs, margin pressure in some downstream products from higher input costs, energy cost uncertainty and pockets of softer end-market demand. On balance, the positives — including the earnings beat, record volumes, backlog growth, improved import dynamics and project momentum — outweigh the manageable near-term challenges.View all NUE earnings summariesNUE Revenue Breakdown
61.56% Steel mills
31.78% Steel products
6.66% Raw materials
NUE Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
$241.63
▲(23.36% Upside)
Technical Analysis
Ownership Overview
0.62% Insiders
19.05% Mutual Funds
22.19% Other Institutional Investors
30.24% Public Companies and Individual Investors