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Nucor Corporation
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Price overview
$247.25
▼ -0.71 (-0.3%)
| 52w hi | $274.74 |
|---|---|
| 52w lo | $130.57 |
| Vol | 979.90K |
| As of | 25 Sep 2026 |
The Verdict
Our score +0.45
| Short | +0.40 |
|---|---|
| Medium | +0.44 |
| Long | +0.55 |
computed 2026-09-27
Key fundamentals
Nucor Corporation
Basic Materials · Steel
| Market cap | $56.10B |
|---|---|
| Enterprise value | $61.66B |
| Trailing P/E | 19.72x |
| Forward P/E | 12.50x |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.85x |
| P / S (ttm) | 1.55x |
| Profit margin | 8.0% |
| Return on equity | 14.5% |
| Revenue growth | +23.0% |
| Earnings growth | +93.8% |
| Debt / equity | 30.51 |
Layer Breakdown
| Layer | Raw | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Fundamental | +0.42 | |
| Sector | -0.02 | |
| Technical | +0.30 | |
| Earnings | +0.00 | |
| Sentiment | +0.00 |
macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27
Business overview
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.
Risk Metrics
| Beta vs SPX | 1.15 |
|---|---|
| Corr SPX | 0.50 |
| Annual vol | 36.7% |
| Annual ret | +32.9% |
| Sharpe | 0.90 |
| Max DD | -38.5% |
Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)
Analyst Coverage
| Mean PT | $240.71 |
|---|---|
| High / Low | $275.00 / $138.17 |
| Median | $248.00 |
| Analysts | 13 |
| Strong Buy | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Buy | 9 | |
| Hold | 3 | |
| Sell | 1 | |
| Strong Sell | 0 |
Recent rating actions
| 2026-04-29 | Wells Fargo | → Overweight |
| 2026-04-29 | JP Morgan | → Overweight |
| 2026-04-29 | Citigroup | → Buy |
| 2026-04-28 | UBS | → Neutral |
| 2026-04-28 | BMO Capital | → Outperform |
| 2026-04-16 | Wells Fargo | → Overweight |
Officers & Board
| Director | Leon Topalian since 2022 |
|---|---|
| Director | Mike Lamach since 2022 |
| Director | Norma Clayton since 2021 |
| Director | Joe Rupp since 2020 |
| Director | Nadja West since 2019 |
| Director | Patrick Dempsey since 2016 |
| Director | Laurette Koellner since 2015 |
| Director | John Walker since 2008 |
| Director | Christopher J. Kearney since 2008 |
| Director | Lloyd J. Austin III 2017–2021 |
Material Events
| Date | Event | 8-K |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2026-05-19 | Shareholder Vote | read |
| 2026-04-27 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2026-03-03 | Officer / Director Change, Exhibits | read |
| 2026-02-20 | Officer / Director Change, Exhibits | read |
| 2026-01-26 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2025-12-04 | Officer / Director Change, Exhibits | read |
| 2025-10-27 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2025-07-28 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2025-05-14 | 1.05 | read |
| 2025-05-14 | Officer / Director Change, Shareholder Vote… | read |
| 2025-04-28 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
Insider Trades
| Date | Insider | Role | Action | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | Batterbee Thomas J. | Executive Vice President | Sell | 4.00K | $1.04M |
| 2026-07-30 | Laxton Stephen D | President and COO | Gift | 2.41K | — |
| 2026-07-30 | Laxton Stephen D | President and COO | Sell | 3.97K | $1.02M |
| 2026-06-03 | Hollatz John J | Executive Vice President | Option exercise | 5.52K | $721.78K |
| 2026-06-03 | Hollatz John J | Executive Vice President | Sell | 5.52K | $1.43M |
| 2026-06-03 | Hollatz John J | Executive Vice President | Option exercise | 5.04K | $670.21K |
| 2026-06-03 | Hollatz John J | Executive Vice President | Sell | 5.04K | $1.30M |
| 2026-06-01 | QUERY KENNETH REX | Executive Vice President | Sell | 8.38K | $2.11M |
| 2026-06-01 | QUERY KENNETH REX | Executive Vice President | Sell | 5.15K | $1.29M |
| 2026-06-01 | West Nadja | Grant | 755 | — |
Flow & Concentration
| Insider 180d net | -$8.19M |
|---|---|
| Insider buys / sells | 0 / 6 |
| Insider bias | Sellers |
| 13F holders | 9 |
| Top-5 share | 93.4% |
| HHI | 3,913 (concentrated) |
Top Holders
| Holder | Value | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| State Street Corp | $2.58B | 11.56M |
| Fidelity / FMR LLC | $662.59M | 2.97M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | $413.81M | 1.86M |
| Citadel Advisors | $261.29M | 1.17M |
| Capital Research / Capital World | $140.91M | 632.59K |
| Bridgewater Associates | $114.36M | 513.42K |
| AQR Capital Management | $107.95M | 484.63K |
| Millennium Management | $63.59M | 285.49K |
| T. Rowe Price Group | $270.44K | 1.21M |
As of 2026-06-30
Dividends
| Yield (TTM) | 0.68% |
|---|---|
| $ / share (TTM) | $1.67 |
| 5y CAGR | +6.5% |
Annual dividend per share
| 2021 | $1.72 |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $2.01 |
| 2023 | $2.07 |
| 2024 | $2.17 |
| 2025 | $2.21 |
| 2026 | $0.56 |
Federal Contracts
| Amount | Agency | Description |
|---|---|---|
| $4.14M | Department of Education | THE INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAM (IAP) WITHIN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD, INTERNATI |
| $797.39K | National Transportation Safety Board | BPA CALL 3 - RISK ASSESSMENTS |
| $770.42K | National Transportation Safety Board | THIRD-PARTY RISK ASSESSMENTS |
| $744.37K | National Transportation Safety Board | THIRD-PARTY RISK ASSESSMENTS |
| $319.46K | Peace Corps | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES |
| $15.40K | Department of Agriculture | PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF STEEL JOISTS TO THE WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST FOR THE |
| $9.87K | Export-Import Bank of the United States | IGF::OT::IGF |
| $500 | Department of Defense | MINIMUM GUARANTEE TASK ORDER FOR ASSOCIATED SEAPORT NXG MAC AWARDS. |
SEC Filings
The Long Run
FY 2009–2025 · 17 years
| Line | Latest | CAGR | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $32.49B | +4.3% | |
| Gross profit | $2.00B | +17.0% | |
| Net income | $1.74B | +1.1% | |
| Cash from ops | $3.23B | +8.7% |
Indices
Recent Sessions
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Vol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | $247.81 | $250.26 | $243.64 | $247.25 | 979.90K |
| Sep 24 | $247.65 | $250.69 | $246.27 | $247.96 | 1.08M |
| Sep 23 | $244.42 | $249.44 | $243.00 | $246.98 | 1.33M |
| Sep 22 | $241.50 | $246.42 | $241.21 | $245.66 | 1.32M |
| Sep 21 | $248.39 | $249.16 | $242.07 | $242.40 | 1.85M |
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