Nucor
✦ StockVane Quant Insights how this is computed
- Twelve-month momentum in the top 8% of the universe, above its 200-day average.
- Signal has read BUY for 7 months.
- Its last 6 Buy calls have averaged +7% over the following quarter.
- Recent price momentum is +30.1% on average (3-month/1-year).
- Main-fund capital flow has been a net outflow over the last 45 sessions.
- Short interest has risen to 2.1% of float.
- Analyst tilt is Buy.
- Price is below its 20-day average and below its 60-day average.
- The 20-day average is above the 60-day average, a short-term uptrend.
Computed by a StockVane algorithm from historical price, valuation and analyst data - not a person, not a forecast guarantee, and not investment advice.
Factor grades
Ranked against 2855 U.S. stocks StockVane covers.
Last computed: 2026-11-06 14:27 UTC
Data coverage: 6 of 6 factors. Missing data is not a zero score.
Valuation B
How expensive the stock is versus earnings, sales and its own 5-year history.
| P/E (TTM) | 15.6x | Better than 60% |
| Forward P/E | 13.3x | Better than 64% |
| Price / Sales | 1.6x | Better than 65% |
| P/E vs own 5-yr range | 70th pctl | Better than 40% |
Growth F
How fast revenue, profit and free cash flow are compounding.
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) | -7.8% | Better than 8% |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) | -38.8% | Better than 7% |
| Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) | -44.1% | Better than 6% |
Profitability C
How much profit the business keeps from each dollar of sales and capital.
| Gross margin | 11.9% | Better than 8% |
| Operating margin | 8.2% | Better than 45% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | Better than 45% |
| Return on equity | 8.4% | Better than 46% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.5% | Better than 52% |
Momentum B+
Recent price strength, skipping the latest month to avoid short-term noise.
| 3-month return | -9.9% | Better than 38% |
| 6-month return | 8.3% | Better than 62% |
| 12-month return (ex latest month) | 71.9% | Better than 89% |
| Distance below 52-week high | 14.6% | Better than 63% |
Financial Health B
Balance-sheet strength: leverage, liquidity and interest coverage.
| Current ratio | 2.9x | Better than 72% |
| Debt to assets | 20.3% | Better than 56% |
| Interest coverage | 16.1x | Better than 80% |
| Free cash flow / net income | 39.8% | Better than 10% |
Analyst View C+
What the Street thinks: share of Buy ratings and upside to the average target.
| Analysts rating Buy | 72.7% | Better than 50% |
| Upside to average target | 16.8% | Better than 40% |
Grades are relative rankings, not forecasts: A+ is the top 5% of the covered stocks on a factor, F the bottom 3%. Valuation is not adjusted for sector. Background recomputation is scheduled every 6 hours; actual computation time is shown above, and source datasets have different reporting dates. Not investment advice or tailored to your financial situation.
Price chart
Anonymous reader poll. Unscientific, not investment advice.
Performance
Key statistics
Price & volume
- Prev close
- 245.68
- Open
- 250.38
- Day range
- 246.90 - 252.71
- Avg price
- 249.46
- Volume
- 919.30K
- Turnover
- 229.33M
- Turnover ratei
- 0.41%
- Volume ratioi
- 0.53
- Amplitudei
- 2.37%
- 52-week rangei
- 139.30 - 287.70
Valuation
- P/Ei
- 32.90
- P/E (TTM)i
- 15.76
- P/Bi
- 2.46
- EPSi
- 7.52
- Book value / shi
- 100.54
- Net profit
- 1.71B
- Net assets
- 22.81B
Share structure
- Market cap
- 56.13B
- Float capi
- 55.28B
- Shares out
- 226.88M
- Float sharesi
- 223.45M
Dividend & listing
- Div yield (TTM)i
- 0.91%
- Dividend (TTM)
- 2.24
- Listing date
- 1970-01-01
14.0% below the 52-week high
Trading activity
Net capital flow main funds, last 45 sessions
-33.43M net over the window
Short interest
- Shares short
- 4.87M
- % of floati
- 2.15%
- Days to coveri
- 4.41
- As of
- 2026-10-15
Frequently asked questions
What is the current stock price of Nucor (NUE)?
Nucor last traded at 247.41. The quote on this page refreshes every few seconds while US markets are open.
What is Nucor's market cap?
About 56.13B.
What is the P/E ratio of Nucor?
The trailing twelve-month P/E is 15.76, above its own 5-year average of 12.49 — toward the top of its historical range (69.96% percentile). See the Valuation tab for the full history.
Does Nucor pay a dividend?
Yes. The trailing dividend yield is 0.91%. The 2025 payout was up 1.8% from 2024. See the Dividends tab for the full payment history.
Is Nucor a buy according to analysts?
The consensus of 11 analysts is a Buy rating, with an average 12-month price target of 286.91, which implies 16.0% upside from the current price. This is not investment advice.
What is Nucor's StockVane Quant Rating?
The StockVane Momentum strategy currently rates Nucor a B (Buy). Twelve-month momentum in the top 8% of the universe, above its 200-day average. Not investment advice.
Quote time 2026-11-06 15:00:07 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.
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