Stocks · Basic Materials · Steel
Nucor Corporation NUE
$240.39 +1.87% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $54.75B
Strong growthStrong trend
Next earnings report: Oct 26, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $12.54, up 126.4% year over year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +77.6%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 62.5 percentage points.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 317 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth84Strong
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 23%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 13%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 24%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 23%
Quality65Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 28%
- Gross marginBottom 26%
- Operating marginTop 40%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 49%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 36%
- Interest coverTop 7%
Value65Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 23%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 47%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 29%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 44%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 34%
Momentum96Exceptional
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 5%
- 6-month returnTop 5%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 7%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 16%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 25%
Revisions46Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 37%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 48%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 14%
Stability60Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 32%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 44%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 36%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 12.3% | 17.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 79.7% | 126.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 15.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 11.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -1.2% | 4.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 17.2% | 12.3% | ↑ | Top 23% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 126.4% | 79.7% | ↑ | Top 13% |
| Gross margin | 15.5% | 10.4% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Operating margin | 11.5% | 7.0% | ↑ | Top 40% |
| Net margin | 8.0% | 4.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.4% | -1.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.1% | — | Top 28% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -7.8% | — | Bottom 24% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.53×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.82×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 41.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.94%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.20%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.13%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 27, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +8.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $265.38
- Target vs current price
- +10.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 33
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 58%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2026 | +8.5% | +0.1% | +3.9% | -1.6% | — |
| Apr 27, 2026 | +14.5% | +0.3% | +5.5% | +8.3% | +10.1% |
| Jan 26, 2026 | -9.4% | -2.2% | -2.2% | -1.5% | +14.5% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | +20.6% | +3.9% | +8.2% | +9.8% | +30.0% |
| Jul 28, 2025 | +2.0% | -0.9% | -4.9% | +1.4% | -6.3% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | +12.1% | +0.7% | +6.3% | -6.2% | +25.3% |
| Jan 27, 2025 | +90.0% | -0.2% | +5.1% | +11.5% | -10.3% |
| Oct 21, 2024 | +1.4% | -1.3% | -10.6% | -7.1% | -22.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2026 | $4.84 | $4.46 | +8.5% | $10.40B |
| Apr 27, 2026 | $3.23 | $2.82 | +14.5% | $9.50B |
| Jan 26, 2026 | $1.73 | $1.91 | -9.4% | $7.69B |
| Oct 27, 2025 | $2.63 | $2.18 | +20.6% | $8.52B |
| Jul 28, 2025 | $2.60 | $2.55 | +2.0% | $8.46B |
| Apr 28, 2025 | $0.77 | $0.69 | +12.1% | $7.83B |
| Jan 27, 2025 | $1.22 | $0.64 | +90.0% | $7.08B |
| Oct 21, 2024 | $1.49 | $1.47 | +1.4% | $7.44B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 19.2× | 10.5× | 71th | Top 23% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.5× | — | — | Top 29% |
| EV / Sales | 1.64× | — | — | Top 44% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.89% | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| Earnings yield | 5.22% | — | — | Top 23% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.1× – 26.3× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +77.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +126.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -24.9%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 317
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +12.0%
- RSI (14)
- 42.0
- Relative volume
- 0.85×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 35.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 52th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.27
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.52
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -48.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2024 | Apr 4, 2025 | -48.6% | 250 days | 260 days (Apr 20, 2026) |
| Apr 21, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 | -41.1% | 108 days | 89 days (Feb 2, 2023) |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Jan 26, 2022 | -26.3% | 114 days | 21 days (Feb 25, 2022) |
| Mar 3, 2023 | May 31, 2023 | -26.0% | 61 days | 167 days (Jan 30, 2024) |
| Jun 1, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -18.7% | 33 days | 16 days (Aug 10, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $54.75B
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $12.54
- Revenue (TTM)
- $36.10B
- Dividend yield
- 0.93%
- 52-week range
- $131.32 – $280.11
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $36.48B | $41.51B | $34.71B | $30.73B | $32.49B |
| Gross profit | $11.03B | $12.50B | $7.82B | $4.10B | $3.88B |
| Operating income | $9.32B | $10.51B | $6.23B | $2.98B | $2.66B |
| Net income | $6.83B | $7.61B | $4.52B | $2.03B | $1.74B |
| EPS (diluted) | $23.16 | $28.79 | $18.00 | $8.46 | $7.52 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $7.44B | $7.08B | $7.83B | $8.46B | $8.52B | $7.69B | $9.50B | $10.40B |
| Net income | $250.0M | $287.0M | $156.0M | $603.0M | $607.0M | $378.0M | $743.0M | $1.16B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.05 | $1.22 | $0.67 | $2.60 | $2.63 | $1.64 | $3.23 | $5.04 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $6.23B | $10.07B | $7.11B | $3.98B | $3.23B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.62B | -$1.95B | -$2.21B | -$3.17B | -$3.42B |
| Free cash flow | $4.61B | $8.12B | $4.90B | $806.0M | -$188.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$483.5M | -$534.0M | -$515.0M | -$522.0M | -$512.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$3.13B | -$2.76B | -$1.55B | -$2.22B | -$695.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $2.69B
- Total assets
- $36.95B
- Total liabilities
- $13.69B
- Total debt
- $7.10B
- Net debt
- $4.62B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $22.11B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 27, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.56 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.56 | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.56 | May 11, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.56 | Feb 11, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.55 | Nov 10, 2025 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.55 | Aug 11, 2025 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.55 | May 12, 2025 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | $0.55 | Feb 11, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,291,283
- Days to cover
- 4.16
- Change vs previous report
- +4.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 1, 2006
- 2-for-1
- Oct 18, 2004
- 2-for-1
- Sep 20, 1993
- 2-for-1
- Jun 22, 1992
- 2-for-1
- Jun 18, 1986
- 3-for-2