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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
Vol979.90K
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Hold

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/E19.72x
Forward P/E12.50x
EV / EBITDA10.85x
P / S (ttm)1.55x
Profit margin8.0%
Return on equity14.5%
Revenue growth+23.0%
Earnings growth+93.8%
Debt / equity30.51

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
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.

United States · nucor.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX1.15
Corr SPX0.50
Annual vol36.7%
Annual ret+32.9%
Sharpe0.90
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
Analysts13
Strong Buy2
Buy9
Hold3
Sell1
Strong Sell0

Recent rating actions

2026-04-29Wells Fargo→ Overweight
2026-04-29JP Morgan→ Overweight
2026-04-29Citigroup→ Buy
2026-04-28UBS→ Neutral
2026-04-28BMO Capital→ Outperform
2026-04-16Wells Fargo→ Overweight

Officers & Board

DirectorLeon Topalian since 2022
DirectorMike Lamach since 2022
DirectorNorma Clayton since 2021
DirectorJoe Rupp since 2020
DirectorNadja West since 2019
DirectorPatrick Dempsey since 2016
DirectorLaurette Koellner since 2015
DirectorJohn Walker since 2008
DirectorChristopher J. Kearney since 2008
DirectorLloyd J. Austin III 2017–2021

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-07-27Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-05-19Shareholder Voteread
2026-04-27Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-03-03Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2026-02-20Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2026-01-26Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-12-04Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2025-10-27Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-07-28Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-05-141.05read
2025-05-14Officer / Director Change, Shareholder Vote…read
2025-04-28Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-08-03Batterbee Thomas J.Executive Vice PresidentSell4.00K$1.04M
2026-07-30Laxton Stephen DPresident and COOGift2.41K—
2026-07-30Laxton Stephen DPresident and COOSell3.97K$1.02M
2026-06-03Hollatz John JExecutive Vice PresidentOption exercise5.52K$721.78K
2026-06-03Hollatz John JExecutive Vice PresidentSell5.52K$1.43M
2026-06-03Hollatz John JExecutive Vice PresidentOption exercise5.04K$670.21K
2026-06-03Hollatz John JExecutive Vice PresidentSell5.04K$1.30M
2026-06-01QUERY KENNETH REXExecutive Vice PresidentSell8.38K$2.11M
2026-06-01QUERY KENNETH REXExecutive Vice PresidentSell5.15K$1.29M
2026-06-01West NadjaGrant755—

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net-$8.19M
Insider buys / sells0 / 6
Insider biasSellers
13F holders9
Top-5 share93.4%
HHI3,913 (concentrated)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
State Street Corp$2.58B11.56M
Fidelity / FMR LLC$662.59M2.97M
Berkshire Hathaway$413.81M1.86M
Citadel Advisors$261.29M1.17M
Capital Research / Capital World$140.91M632.59K
Bridgewater Associates$114.36M513.42K
AQR Capital Management$107.95M484.63K
Millennium Management$63.59M285.49K
T. Rowe Price Group$270.44K1.21M

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

AmountAgencyDescription
$4.14MDepartment of EducationTHE INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAM (IAP) WITHIN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD, INTERNATI
$797.39KNational Transportation Safety BoardBPA CALL 3 - RISK ASSESSMENTS
$770.42KNational Transportation Safety BoardTHIRD-PARTY RISK ASSESSMENTS
$744.37KNational Transportation Safety BoardTHIRD-PARTY RISK ASSESSMENTS
$319.46KPeace CorpsINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
$15.40KDepartment of AgriculturePURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF STEEL JOISTS TO THE WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST FOR THE
$9.87KExport-Import Bank of the United StatesIGF::OT::IGF
$500Department of DefenseMINIMUM GUARANTEE TASK ORDER FOR ASSOCIATED SEAPORT NXG MAC AWARDS.

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-1210-Qview
2026-08-054view
2026-08-034view
2026-07-278-Kview
2026-06-228-K/Aview
2026-06-044view
2026-06-034view
2026-06-034view
2026-06-034view
2026-06-034view
2026-06-034view
2026-06-034view
2026-06-034view
2026-06-034view
2026-06-034view

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
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

S&P 500

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$247.81$250.26$243.64$247.25979.90K
Sep 24$247.65$250.69$246.27$247.961.08M
Sep 23$244.42$249.44$243.00$246.981.33M
Sep 22$241.50$246.42$241.21$245.661.32M
Sep 21$248.39$249.16$242.07$242.401.85M

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