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Nucor Corporation (NUE) Stock Analysis

Nucor Corporation (NUE) is a Steel stock listed on NYSE and quoted in US Dollar.

Last Updated: October 21, 2026

NUE

$264.54

+$3.04 (+1.16%)

Oct 21, 2026 · Market close

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NUE Key Statistics

As of Oct 21, 2026
Trading
Open
$261.50
Previous Close
$261.50
Day's Range
259.60–266.00
52-Week Range
135.59–280.11
Volume
940.94K
BetaHow much the share price moves relative to the wider market. 1.0 moves in line with it; above 1.0 swings more, below 1.0 less.
1.85
Valuation
Market Cap
$60.02B
P/E Ratio
21.10
Forward P/EShare price divided by forecast earnings for the year ahead, rather than the year just past.
12.62
PEG RatioThe P/E ratio divided by the expected earnings growth rate. It puts a high P/E in the context of how fast profits are growing.
5.21
P/S ratioMarket value divided by annual revenue. Useful for companies that are not yet profitable, where a P/E cannot be calculated.
1.66
EPS (ttm)Profit attributable to each share over the last twelve months.
12.54
Financials (FY)
Revenue (FY)
$32.49B+5.73%
Net Income (FY)
$1.74B−13.96%
Profit marginThe share of revenue left as profit after all costs and taxes.
7.99%
Shares OutstandingThe total number of shares held by all investors. Market value is this figure multiplied by the share price.
226.88M
1-Year Return
+90.46%
Dividend and dates
Dividend
$2.24+0.86%
Ex-Dividend Date
September 30, 2026
Earnings Date
October 26, 2026
Avg Volume
1.35M

Only metrics the company reports are shown. Data provided by Yahoo Finance via yfinance. Updated daily.

Key facts

As of October 21, 2026, NUE closed at $264.54, +90.46% over 1 year.

Nucor Corporation (NUE) has a market capitalization of $60.02B.

In fiscal 2025, NUE reported revenue of $32.49B.

NUE Stock Return by Calendar Year

Nucor Corporation (NUE) 10-year return: what $10,000 became

1 year
$10,000 $19,046
+90.46%
5 years
$10,000 $27,874
+178.74%
10 years
$10,000 $68,301
+583.01%

If you had invested $10,000 in Nucor Corporation (NUE) 10 years ago, at the close on October 21, 2016, it would have been worth $68,301 at the close on October 21, 2026: +583.01% in total, +21.18% a year, with dividends reinvested. A historical calculation from closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends, before fees and taxes.

Calendar-year returns computed from daily closing prices. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

YearReturn
2026 (partial year)+63.53%
2025+42.03%
2024−31.95%
2023+33.75%
2022+17.39%
2021+118.45%
2020−1.76%
2019+11.84%
2018−16.36%
2017+9.60%
2016 (partial year)+12.51%

As of October 21, 2026.

NUE Revenue and Earnings by Fiscal Year

FY ends December
Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeNet margin
2025$32.49B$1.74B5.4%
2024$30.73B$2.03B6.6%
2023$34.71B$4.53B13.0%
2022$41.51B$7.61B18.3%
Fiscal yearRevenueGross profitOperating incomeNet incomeNet margin
2025$32.49B$3.88B$2.66B$1.74B5.4%
2024$30.73B$4.10B$2.98B$2.03B6.6%
2023$34.71B$7.82B$6.23B$4.53B13.0%
2022$41.51B$12.50B$10.51B$7.61B18.3%

Annual figures as reported, in the company's reporting currency. As of December 31, 2025.

NUE Dividend History

$2.21+1.8% vs 2024

Dividends per share, 2025 · 4 payments

YearDividends per sharePaymentsChange
2026*$1.683—
2025$2.214+1.8%
2024$2.174+4.8%
2023$2.074+3.0%
YearDividends per sharePaymentsChange
2026 (partial year)$1.683—
2025$2.214+1.8%
2024$2.174+4.8%
2023$2.074+3.0%
2022$2.014+17.2%
2021$1.724+6.3%
2020$1.614+0.7%
2019$1.604+4.1%
2018$1.544+1.7%
2017$1.514+300.5%
2016$0.381—

Most recent payment: $0.56 per share, ex-dividend September 30, 2026. Per-share amounts summed by calendar year from ex-dividend dates. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

NUE Valuation vs Steel Median

Median of 25 stocks
MetricNUESteel medianvs median
P/E21.1021.783% below
P/S ratio1.660.81106% above
Profit margin7.99%3.05%4.9 pts above

Medians across 25 Steel stocks that report the metric. Medians, not averages, so one outlier cannot move them. As of October 21, 2026.

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Analysis

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Company Overview

Nucor Corporation (NUE) carries a market capitalisation of $60.02B. The company sits in the Basic Materials sector, in the Steel industry. The company reports 33,000 employees.

NUE last closed at $264.54 on October 21, 2026. That is +$3.04 (+1.16%) against the previous close. The 52-week range on file runs from $135.59 to $280.11. The latest close sits 95.1% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

Fiscal 2025 revenue came to $32.49B. That is +5.73% against the prior fiscal year, when revenue was $30.73B. Net income for the same year was $1.74B. That is −13.96% against the prior fiscal year. Profit margin runs at 7.99%. That is 4.9 percentage points above the Steel median of 3.05%. Earnings per share on a trailing basis come to 12.54.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $41.51B in 2022 to $32.49B in 2025. Of those 4 years, 4 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

NUE trades at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 21.1. That is 3.12% below the Steel median of 21.78. The forward P/E on file is 12.62. The PEG ratio, which sets the P/E against expected earnings growth, reads 5.21. Measured against sales, the shares trade at 1.66 times revenue. On price-to-sales that is 106.01% above the Steel median of 0.81. 25 Steel companies report these metrics, and the medians quoted come from that group.

The trailing one-year total return is +90.46%. Across 10 years the annualized return works out at +21.18%. The reported beta is 1.85. Daily returns over the trailing 10 years annualize to a volatility of 36.19%.

Growth & Income

Shareholders receive a dividend, yielding 0.86% on the latest price. That is 1.3 percentage points below the Steel median yield of 2.15%. At the indicated rate that is $2.24 a share a year. The ex-dividend date on file is September 30, 2026. Dividends are recorded for 11 calendar years; 2026 shows 3 payments totalling $1.68 a share. The year before, 2025, totalled $2.21 a share.

So far in 2026 the total return is +63.53%. The strongest complete calendar year on file is 2021 at +118.45%; the weakest is 2024 at −31.95%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 6 finished higher.

Peer Comparison

Nucor Corporation (NUE) operates in the Steel industry. Here is how it compares to its closest peers by market capitalization:

Company Ticker Market Cap P/E Ratio
Nucor Corporation NUE $60.02B 21.1
ArcelorMittal S.A. MT $47.73B 26.8
Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD $35.54B 18.3
Reliance, Inc. RS $21.50B 24.5

The Steel industry average P/E ratio is 21.8x. Nucor Corporation trades at a P/E of 21.1.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each daily rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of October 21, 2026.

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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.

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