Key facts
- Market cap
- $58.55B $258.06 as of Oct 22, 2026, 8:28 PM EDT × 226.88M shares outstanding as of Jul 4, 2026, from the 10-Q cover page (SEC filings)
- P/E (trailing)
- 20.6 $258.06 as of Oct 22, 2026, 8:28 PM EDT ÷ diluted EPS of $12.52 for the four quarters to Jul 4, 2026, one of them a fourth quarter derived as the fiscal year less the first three
- EPS (trailing 12 months)
- $12.52 Diluted, the four quarters to Jul 4, 2026, one of them a fourth quarter derived as the fiscal year less the first three, summed, from SEC filings
- 52-week range (closes)
- $136.65 – $274.74 Lowest close Oct 22, 2025, highest Aug 5, 2026; 251 daily closes to Oct 20, 2026 from Dalsna Finance's price archive
- Fiscal year ends
- December Fiscal 2025 ended Dec 31, 2025, from SEC filings
- Dividend (latest fiscal year)
- $2.21 per share Declared in fiscal 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025), from SEC filings
- In the S&P 500 since
- Apr 30, 1985 · All S&P 500 changes
- Analyst coverage
- 1 open price target from 1 firm: Morgan Stanley Approved targets tracked here; see the analyst section below
Nucor (NUE) is trading down at $258.06 (-2.45%) on NYSE/NASDAQ, as of the latest quote. It is a S&P 500 constituent in the Materials sector.
Analyst price targets on NUE
One firm's current price target on Nucor: $270 — 5% above the current $258. Each is tracked to its date and scored the same way a member's call is.
- Morgan Stanley $256 → $270 by Jul 2027 Jul 29, 2026 via Investing.com · Morgan Stanley's track record
Targets published by research firms, extracted from the news, checked against independent reporting, and linked to their source. Where a firm did not state a horizon the target is tracked as 12 months, the industry convention; the rows where the firm set its own horizon are marked. Reported here as facts about what was published — not recommendations from Dalsna Finance, and no firm listed is affiliated with this site.
Nucor revenue & net income history (FY2016–FY2025)
| FY2016Dec 2016 | FY2017Dec 2017 | FY2018Dec 2018 | FY2019Dec 2019 | FY2020Dec 2020 | FY2021Dec 2021 | FY2022Dec 2022 | FY2023Dec 2023 | FY2024Dec 2024 | FY2025Dec 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $16.2B | $20.3B | $25.1B | $22.6B | $20.1B | $36.5B | $41.5B | $34.7B | $30.7B | $32.5B |
| Growth (year over year) | −1.4% | +25.0% | +23.8% | −9.9% | −10.8% | +81.2% | +13.8% | −16.4% | −11.5% | +5.7% |
| Gross profit | $2.03B | $2.57B | $4.30B | $2.68B | $2.23B | $11.0B | $12.5B | $7.82B | $4.10B | $3.88B |
| Gross margin | 12.5% | 12.7% | 17.1% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 30.2% | 30.1% | 22.5% | 13.3% | 11.9% |
| Net income | $796.3M | $1.32B | $2.36B | $1.27B | $721.5M | $6.83B | $7.61B | $4.53B | $2.03B | $1.74B |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 6.5% | 9.4% | 5.6% | 3.6% | 18.7% | 18.3% | 13.0% | 6.6% | 5.4% |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.48 | $4.10 | $7.42 | $4.14 | $2.36 | $23.16 | $28.79 | $18.00 | $8.46 | $7.52 |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $2.05B | $949.1M | $1.40B | $1.53B | $2.64B | $2.36B | $4.28B | $6.38B | $3.56B | $2.26B |
| Total assets | $15.2B | $15.8B | $17.9B | $18.3B | $20.1B | $25.8B | $32.5B | $35.3B | $33.9B | $35.1B |
| Total liabilities | $6.97B | $6.76B | $7.72B | $7.55B | $8.89B | $11.2B | $12.9B | $13.2B | $12.5B | $13.0B |
| Long-term debt | $3.74B | $3.24B | $4.23B | $4.29B | $5.27B | $4.96B | $6.61B | $6.65B | $5.68B | $6.91B |
| Shareholders' equity | $7.88B | $8.74B | $9.79B | $10.4B | $10.8B | $14.0B | $18.4B | $20.9B | $20.3B | $20.9B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $1.75B | $1.06B | $2.39B | $2.81B | $2.70B | $6.23B | $10.1B | $7.11B | $3.98B | $3.23B |
| Capital expenditure | $604.8M | $448.6M | $982.5M | $1.48B | $1.54B | $1.62B | $1.95B | $2.21B | $3.17B | $3.42B |
| Free cash flow | $1.15B | $606.8M | $1.41B | $1.33B | $1.15B | $4.61B | $8.12B | $4.90B | $806.0M | −$188.0M |
| Dividends paid | $481.1M | $485.3M | $485.4M | $492.1M | $491.7M | $483.5M | $534.0M | $515.0M | $522.0M | $512.0M |
| Share buybacks | $5.17M | $90.3M | $854.0M | $298.5M | $39.5M | $3.28B | $2.76B | $1.55B | $2.22B | $700.0M |
| Q3 FY24Sep 2024 | Q4 FY24†Dec 2024 | Q1 FY25Apr 2025 | Q2 FY25Jul 2025 | Q3 FY25Oct 2025 | Q4 FY25†Dec 2025 | Q1 FY26Apr 2026 | Q2 FY26Jul 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||
| Revenue | $7.44B | $7.08B | $7.83B | $8.46B | $8.52B | $7.69B | $9.50B | $10.4B |
| Growth (year over year) | −15.2% | −8.2% | −3.8% | +4.7% | +14.5% | +8.6% | +21.3% | +23.0% |
| Gross profit | $758.0M | $627.0M | $605.0M | $1.22B | $1.19B | $862.0M | $1.50B | $2.03B |
| Gross margin | 10.2% | 8.9% | 7.7% | 14.5% | 13.9% | 11.2% | 15.8% | 19.6% |
| Net income | $250.0M | $287.0M | $156.0M | $603.0M | $607.0M | $378.0M | $743.0M | $1.16B |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 4.9% | 7.8% | 11.1% |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.05 | $1.27 | $0.67 | $2.60 | $2.63 | $1.62 | $3.23 | $5.04 |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $4.26B | $3.56B | $3.16B | $1.95B | $2.22B | $2.26B | $2.23B | $2.48B |
| Total assets | $34.3B | $33.9B | $34.7B | $34.2B | $34.8B | $35.1B | $35.6B | $37.0B |
| Total liabilities | $12.8B | $12.5B | $13.6B | $12.7B | $12.8B | $13.0B | $13.1B | $13.7B |
| Long-term debt | $5.68B | $5.68B | $6.69B | $6.69B | $6.69B | $6.91B | $6.88B | $6.39B |
| Shareholders' equity | $20.5B | $20.3B | $20.1B | $20.4B | $20.8B | $20.9B | $21.5B | $22.1B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $1.30B | $733.0M | $364.0M | $732.0M | $1.34B | $799.0M | $886.0M | $1.40B |
| Capital expenditure | $823.0M | $879.0M | $859.0M | $954.0M | $807.0M | $802.0M | $661.0M | $571.0M |
| Free cash flow | $478.0M | −$146.0M | −$495.0M | −$222.0M | $532.0M | −$3.00M | $225.0M | $829.0M |
| Dividends paid | $130.0M | $128.0M | $129.0M | $129.0M | $127.0M | $127.0M | $129.0M | $129.0M |
| Share buybacks | $400.0M | $316.0M | $300.0M | $200.0M | $100.0M | $100.0M | $125.0M | $350.0M |
From Nucor's 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC; its fiscal year ends in December. Each period shows the latest figure the company has reported for it, including restatements. Net margin is our own calculation from those reported figures (net income ÷ revenue); it is left blank where revenue is zero or missing. † Quarter derived from the company's year-to-date or full-year totals. Filings on SEC EDGAR →
Nucor vs the Materials sector and the S&P 500
Nucor's latest reported figures next to the median of the other 24 S&P 500 Materials companies and of the other 502 S&P 500 companies; each median is taken over the companies with a comparable figure (counts in the footnote). A median is the middle value, not an average, so one very large company does not move it.
| Measure | Nucor | Materials (24 other S&P 500 companies) | S&P 500 (502 other companies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, latest fiscal year | +5.7% | +3.3% | +7.0% |
| Net margin, latest fiscal year | 5.4% | 7.3% | 13.0% |
| Price to trailing earnings (P/E) | 20.6 | 31.9 | 24.5 |
| Dividend per share, latest fiscal year | $2.21 | $2.10 | $2.40 |
| Share price change, 1 year | +88.8% | +13.6% | +9.7% |
Nucor: fiscal year ended December 2025, from its 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC. Medians computed October 22, 2026 from each company's latest annual filing (fiscal years ending between July 2025 and September 2026) and our price archive. Prices for every company, Nucor included, are the last regular-session prices of October 22, 2026; the 1-year change compares that price with each company's last close on or before October 22, 2025. Net margin, P/E and price change are our calculations from reported figures. Each median counts only the companies with a comparable figure (sector / S&P 500): revenue growth 24/496, net margin 24/496, P/E 15/386, dividend per share 23/349, 1-year price change 24/496; the reasons below can overlap. P/E medians leave out 23 companies with negative or zero trailing earnings, 91 whose per-share earnings could not be checked (no SEC history held, fewer than four consecutive quarters in dollars, or no archived price history covering the latest filing) and 1 whose shares were re-adjusted after their latest filing; 1 company is left out of the P/E and price figures because no current price was held; 5 more are left out of the price figure because our archive holds no comparable close for them; dividend medians are among the 23 sector and 349 S&P 500 companies reporting a per-share dividend. The S&P 500 price figure is the middle company's change, not the index's return.
About Nucor
Nucor Corporation is an American company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that produces steel and related products. It is the largest steel producer in the United States and the largest recycler of scrap in North America. Nucor is the 16th-largest steel producer in the world. Along with Commercial Metals Company, it is one of two primary suppliers of rebar used to reinforce concrete in buildings, bridges, roads, and infrastructure in the U.S.
- Headquarters
- Charlotte, North Carolina From SEC filings, Oct 2026
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