Nucor

US · NUE #290 by market cap Listed 1970 -6.32%

248.38 -16.76 -6.32%

Collector offline (last heartbeat: 305908s ago) · 2026-09-18 20:02

Pre-market 256.31 -3.33%

After-hours 248.99 +0.25%

Overnight 260.28 -1.83%

Market cap: 56.35B
P/E (TTM): 19.82
P/B: 2.55
EPS: 7.52
Div yield: 0.90%
52W pos: 79%

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Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year +5.73% YoY

Margins

Gross margin: 11.93%
Operating margin: 8.18%
Net margin: 5.35%

Key ratios & quality

Enterprise value: 60.54B
Altman Z-Score: 5.30

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Good

Altman Z-Score is 5.30, above the 3.0 "safe zone" threshold.
Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Income statement

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenue	25.07B	22.59B	20.14B	36.48B	41.51B	34.71B	30.73B	32.49B
Gross profit	4.30B	2.68B	2.23B	11.03B	12.50B	7.82B	4.10B	3.88B
Selling & admin expenses	860.72M	711.25M	615.04M	1.71B	2.00B	1.59B	1.12B	1.22B
Research & development	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Operating profit	3.43B	1.97B	1.61B	9.32B	10.51B	6.23B	2.98B	2.66B
Pretax profit	3.23B	1.78B	835.54M	9.20B	10.25B	6.27B	2.90B	2.57B
Tax	748.31M	411.90M	-490.00K	2.08B	2.17B	1.36B	583.00M	530.00M
Net profit	2.48B	1.37B	836.03M	7.12B	8.08B	4.91B	2.32B	2.04B
Basic EPS	7	4	2	23	29	18	8	8
Diluted EPS	7.42	4.14	2.36	23.16	28.79	18.00	8.46	7.52

Line item	2025-04	2025-07	2025-10	2025-12	2026-04	2026-07
Revenue	7.83B	8.46B	8.52B	7.69B	9.50B	10.40B
Gross profit	605.00M	1.22B	1.19B	862.00M	1.50B	2.03B
Selling & admin expenses	281.00M	304.00M	300.00M	334.00M	378.00M	405.00M
Research & development	--	--	--	--	--	--
Operating profit	324.00M	919.00M	888.00M	528.00M	1.12B	1.63B
Pretax profit	285.00M	899.00M	883.00M	501.00M	1.10B	1.63B
Tax	59.00M	193.00M	200.00M	78.00M	226.00M	345.00M
Net profit	226.00M	706.00M	683.00M	423.00M	870.00M	1.28B
Basic EPS	1	3	3	2	3	5
Diluted EPS	0.67	2.60	2.63	1.64	3.23	5.04

Balance sheet

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total current assets	8.64B	8.23B	9.49B	12.80B	14.69B	16.39B	12.48B	11.77B
Cash & ST investments	1.40B	1.83B	3.05B	2.62B	4.86B	7.13B	4.14B	2.70B
Inventory	4.55B	3.84B	3.57B	6.01B	5.45B	5.58B	5.11B	5.46B
Total assets	17.92B	18.34B	20.13B	25.82B	32.48B	35.34B	33.94B	35.10B
Total current liabilities	2.81B	2.46B	2.63B	5.16B	4.33B	4.60B	4.98B	4.00B
Short-term debt	57.87M	91.71M	68.79M	723.40M	77.66M	193.00M	1.27B	212.00M
Long-term debt	4.23B	4.22B	5.19B	4.78B	6.43B	6.46B	5.51B	6.68B
Total liabilities	7,718,620,000.00	7,553,490,000.00	8,893,533,000.00	11,219,278,000.00	12,909,304,000.00	13,217,000,000.00	12,523,000,000.00	12,980,000,000.00
Total equity	10.20B	10.79B	11.23B	14.60B	19.57B	22.12B	21.42B	22.12B
Retained earnings	10.34B	11.12B	11.34B	17.67B	24.75B	28.76B	30.27B	31.50B

Line item	2025-04	2025-07	2025-10	2025-12	2026-04	2026-07
Total current assets	12.76B	11.72B	11.81B	11.77B	12.09B	13.16B
Cash & ST investments	4.06B	2.48B	2.75B	2.70B	2.48B	2.69B
Inventory	5.26B	5.46B	5.39B	5.46B	5.64B	6.02B
Total assets	34.70B	34.22B	34.78B	35.10B	35.64B	36.95B
Total current liabilities	5.06B	4.15B	4.26B	4.00B	4.17B	5.25B
Short-term debt	1.19B	189.00M	167.00M	212.00M	247.00M	710.00M
Long-term debt	6.69B	6.69B	6.69B	6.68B	6.88B	6.39B
Total liabilities	13,584,000,000.00	12,725,000,000.00	12,845,000,000.00	12,980,000,000.00	13,087,000,000.00	13,688,000,000.00
Total equity	21.12B	21.49B	21.93B	22.12B	22.55B	23.27B
Retained earnings	30.30B	30.78B	31.26B	31.50B	32.12B	33.15B

Cash flow

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Operating cash flow	2.39B	2.81B	2.70B	6.23B	10.07B	7.11B	3.98B	3.23B
Depreciation & amortization	719.64M	734.65M	785.47M	864.56M	1.06B	1.17B	1.36B	1.48B
Free cash flow	1.41B	1.33B	1.15B	4.61B	8.12B	4.90B	806.00M	-188.00M
Dividends paid	-485.38M	-492.06M	-491.66M	-483.47M	-534.00M	-515.00M	-522.00M	-512.00M
Stock buybacks / issuance	-829.90M	-298.54M	-39.50M	-3.28B	-2.76B	-1.55B	-2.22B	-700.00M
Ending cash balance	1.40B	1.53B	2.75B	2.51B	4.36B	6.39B	3.56B	2.26B

Line item	2025-04	2025-07	2025-10	2025-12	2026-04	2026-07
Operating cash flow	364.00M	732.00M	1.34B	799.00M	886.00M	1.40B
Depreciation & amortization	368.00M	366.00M	367.00M	379.00M	384.00M	383.00M
Free cash flow	-495.00M	-222.00M	532.00M	-3.00M	225.00M	829.00M
Dividends paid	-129.00M	-129.00M	-127.00M	-127.00M	-129.00M	-129.00M
Stock buybacks / issuance	-300.00M	-200.00M	-100.00M	-100.00M	-125.00M	-350.00M
Ending cash balance	3.16B	1.95B	2.22B	2.26B	2.23B	2.48B

Returns & efficiency

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROE %	25.38	12.55	6.78	54.79	46.72	22.91	9.83	8.43
ROA %	13.93	6.97	3.73	29.58	25.99	13.29	5.85	5.03
ROIC %	18.45	9.42	5.37	38.62	34.42	16.96	7.28	6.45
5-year avg ROE %	12.27	13.02	14.17	23.06	29.28	28.79	28.24	28.56
EBIT margin %	13.53	8.59	4.98	25.67	25.21	18.78	10.18	8.43
FCF / sales %	5.63	5.90	5.73	12.63	19.57	14.11	2.62	--
Current ratio	3.08	3.34	3.61	2.48	3.39	3.57	2.51	2.94
Quick ratio	1.39	1.62	2.03	1.25	1.95	2.19	1.37	1.45
Debt / assets	43.82	42.32	49.50	40.56	36.34	32.67	34.25	34.01
LT debt / equity	43.23	41.43	48.86	35.40	35.92	31.75	28.00	33.00
Interest coverage	21.03	12.33	6.01	57.41	47.80	26.50	13.73	16.11
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	15.10	11.70	-0.19	13.33	22.49	19.90	-5.56	-7.84
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	208.09	16.87	-18.21	42.47	81.55	84.42	-33.29	-38.80
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	-7.69	5.17	23.88	48.36	82.70	61.93	-44.08	--

Line item	2025-04	2025-07	2025-10	2025-12	2026-04	2026-07
ROE %	6.58	6.32	8.03	8.43	11.18	13.52
ROA %	3.91	3.80	4.79	5.03	6.60	8.07
ROIC %	4.90	4.86	6.17	6.45	8.39	10.33
5-year avg ROE %	--	--	--	--	--	--
EBIT margin %	7.22	7.08	8.30	8.43	10.35	11.77
FCF / sales %	1.71	--	--	--	1.56	4.38
Current ratio	2.52	2.83	2.77	2.94	2.90	2.51
Quick ratio	1.39	1.42	1.42	1.45	1.45	1.28
Debt / assets	39.26	33.75	32.99	34.01	33.21	32.11
LT debt / equity	33.33	32.82	32.19	33.00	32.06	28.90
Interest coverage	9.31	10.00	13.93	16.11	22.39	29.31
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Steel Mills76.70%

Raw materials39.92%

Steel products31.64%

Quote time 2026-09-18 20:02:17 · For reference only, not investment advice.