Nucor Corp (NUE)
OvervaluedFundamental
64
Price
$258.11
Market Cap
$60.02B
Part 1 · What the company is worth
Overview
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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Direct competitors
Who this company fights with for the same customers
Generated with artificial intelligence on September 19, 2026, shared with all users
The closest match to Nucor's model: a US electric-arc-furnace mini-mill group selling sheet, structural, bar and fabricated steel to the same construction, automotive and industrial buyers.
The largest North American producer of flat-rolled steel, competing head-on with Nucor's sheet mills for automotive and appliance contracts, though from integrated blast furnaces rather than scrap.
Competes directly in rebar, merchant bar and downstream fabrication for US construction sites, the market where Nucor's steel products segment earns much of its revenue.
A long-standing rival for the same US sheet, plate and tubular customers, now operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Steel after its 2025 delisting.
The largest steelmaker outside China supplies the US market through its Calvert joint venture and exports, competing with Nucor on flat-rolled and plate volumes.
Its North American long-steel mills sell rebar, merchant bar and structural sections into the same US construction distribution channels Nucor serves.
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Revenue
$36.10B
Trailing 12 months (through 7/4/2026)
Net Income
$2.88B
Trailing 12 months (through 7/4/2026)
Free Cash Flow
$-188M
Total Equity
$20.94B
Total Liabilities
$12.98B
Current Ratio
2.51
Interest Coverage
-
Debt/EBITDA
1.25
Earnings Per Share
Revenue & Net Income
Free Cash Flow
Income Breakdown
Historical statement
Margins over time
Debt over time
How heavy the debt is
Growth grid
Growth — Revenue
Fair Value Estimation
Fair Value
$194.34
Current Price
$258.11
Margin of Safety
-32.8%
Fair Value Range
$126.32 - $262.36
Spread across the valuation methods used, not a statistically calibrated confidence interval.
Estimation Methods
Valuation Metrics
P/E Ratio
20.62
ROE
8.3%
P/B Ratio
2.65
P/FCF
36.99
Gross Margin
15.5%
ROIC
-
Profitability Radar
Value Creation (Economic Moat)
ROIC
-
WACC
13.4%
ROIC − WACC
-
Fundamental Analysis Criteria
Passed (16)
- EPS shows upward trend
- Price CAGR 15.76%
- P/B ratio 2.65
- Debt/equity ratio
- Positive free cash flow
- Current ratio
- Debt/EBITDA
- Return on tangible assets
- ROE 11.2%
- Revenue growth 5Y 10.0%
- Earnings surprise, average 7.9%
- PEG ratio 0.98
- Earnings quality (operating cash flow / net income) 1.53
- Share dilution -3.2%
- Net margin trend 8.0% vs 4.2%
- Piotroski F-Score 6/9
Failed (7)
- EPS CAGR 2.36%
- Gross margin 15.5%
- P/FCF 36.99
- CapEx intensity
- Low reliance on intangibles
- Price below Graham Number
- DCF valuation (Overvalued)
Unavailable (4)
- ROIC –
- Dividend payout –
- Operating margin –
- Interest coverage
Piotroski F-Score
Mixed signals: some areas need attention
Earnings Quality
High quality: earnings backed by cash
Share Dilution
Buying back shares. Shareholder friendly
Institutional Holdings
Governance
Executive Team
| Name | Title | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Leon J. Topalian | Chairman of the Board & CEO | 57 |
| Mr. Stephen D. Laxton | President & COO | 54 |
| Mr. K. Rex Query | Executive Vice President of Strategy | 59 |
| Mr. John L. Sullivan | Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer | 51 |
| Chris Jacobi | Director of Investor Relations | - |
| Mr. Douglas R. Wilner | President of Corporate Legal Affairs & General Counsel | - |
| Ms. Elizabeth Bledsoe | President of Human Resources & Talent | 52 |
| Mr. D. Chad Utermark | Executive Vice President of New Markets & Innovation | 56 |
| Mr. Gregory J. Murphy | Executive VP & Advisor | 61 |
| Mr. Allen C. Behr | Executive Vice President of Raw Materials | 50 |
Audit Risk
9
Board Risk
7
Compensation Risk
2
Shareholder Rights Risk
8
Documents
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Annual Report (10-K)
A yearly overview of the business, its financial results, and the risks it faces.
Filed on 2026-02-25
- View document
Quarterly Report (10-Q)
A snapshot of financial performance for the most recent three-month period.
Filed on 2026-08-12
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Current Report (8-K)
An announcement of a major event, such as a leadership change or big news.
Filed on 2026-07-27
via SEC EDGAR
Income History
via SEC EDGAR
Part 2 · The price and its context
This part shows how the price has behaved, not whether the company is worth owning. Inside: technical analysis, potential, historical drawdowns, gamma exposure.
Market Reaction Profile
How much NUE moves, measured on its daily prices.
More volatile than 47% of the tracked stocks (90-day volatility).
- Volatility 30d
- 32.3%
- Volatility 90d
- 35.0%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (1y)
- 0.91Correlation 0.37
- Max drawdown (12m)
- -18.4%
- ATR (14d, % of price)
- 3.04%
Earnings reactions
How NUE moved around its past quarterly results.
Next earnings release
Oct 26, 2026 · In 2 days · After the close
EPS estimate: 5.83Revenue estimate: $10.8B
What usually happens
- Over the last 12 releases the stock moved a median of 4.7% the next day, up or down.
- Next-day moves: up 7, down 5 (out of 12).
Release history
| Date | When | EPS est. | EPS actual | Surprise | Gap | 1 day | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2026 | After the close | 4.42 | 4.84 | +9.4% | +2.5% | +7.2% | +5.4% |
| Apr 27, 2026 | After the close | 2.84 | 3.23 | +13.5% | +2.4% | +4.7% | +5.0% |
| Jan 26, 2026 | After the close | 1.93 | 1.73 | -10.3% | -2.9% | -2.3% | +1.9% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | After the close | 2.21 | 2.63 | +19.1% | +1.4% | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| Jul 28, 2025 | After the close | n/a | n/a | n/a | -6.8% | -2.7% | -5.2% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | After the close | n/a | n/a | n/a | -1.3% | +1.9% | +3.4% |
| Jan 27, 2025 | After the close | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.0% | +3.8% | +7.6% |
| Oct 21, 2024 | After the close | n/a | n/a | n/a | -1.7% | -6.5% | -5.4% |
| Jul 22, 2024 | After the close | n/a | n/a | n/a | -1.7% | -1.1% | -2.4% |
| Apr 22, 2024 | After the close | n/a | n/a | n/a | -7.3% | -8.9% | -8.6% |
| Jan 29, 2024 | After the close | n/a | n/a | n/a | +0.8% | +6.9% | +3.2% |
| Oct 23, 2023 | After the close | n/a | n/a | n/a | +2.0% | +4.8% | +6.0% |
Release dates from SEC 8-K filings.
Updated 10/24/2026
Historical statistics for educational purposes only. They are not forecasts and not investment advice.
Price reaction to the news
Latest news on NUE and what the price did next.
- 6/16/2026Positive$1000 Invested In Nucor 10 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today
Published while the US market was open: the move of that day cannot be split into before and after the news, so no figure is shown.
- 5/26/2026PositiveHere's How Much $100 Invested In Nucor 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth Today
Published while the US market was open: the move of that day cannot be split into before and after the news, so no figure is shown.
- 3/25/2026Positive$1000 Invested In Nucor 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today
- +1 day
- +2.3%
- +3 days
- +3.5%
Return of the stock minus return of SPY over the same days. A news item close to a price move did not necessarily cause it. Historical data for educational purposes only, not investment advice.
Latest News
Recent headlines for NUE.
- 6/16/2026POSITIVE$1000 Invested In Nucor 10 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today
An investment of $1,000 in Nucor Corporation (NUE) a decade ago would have grown substantially, illustrating the company's strong performance and shareholder value creation over the past ten years. While specific figures for the current valuation are not provided in the snippet, the headline implies a significant positive return, likely outperforming broader market indices. This suggests Nucor's strategic initiatives, operational efficiency, and favorable market conditions in the steel sector have translated into robust investment gains for its shareholders.
- 5/26/2026POSITIVEHere's How Much $100 Invested In Nucor 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth Today
An investment of $100 in Nucor Corporation five years ago would have grown to approximately $300 today, reflecting a significant 200% return. This performance outpaces many market indices and highlights the company's strong operational execution and strategic positioning within the steel industry. Investors who held Nucor stock over this period have benefited from the company's consistent profitability, dividend growth, and ability to navigate market cycles effectively, underscoring its resilience and value creation.
- 4/27/2026NEUTRALTop Wall Street Forecasters Revamp Nucor Expectations Ahead Of Q1 Earnings
Nucor Corporation is set to release its first-quarter earnings on April 27th, with analysts projecting earnings per share of $2.82 and revenue of $8.86 billion. While the consensus expectations are outlined, recent analyst ratings present a mixed picture. Goldman Sachs maintains a Neutral rating, while Morgan Stanley holds an Equal-Weight rating. Notably, Wolfe Research downgraded the stock from Peer Perform to Underperform in January 2022. The upcoming earnings report will be crucial for investors to assess the company's performance against these varied analyst outlooks and market expectations.
- 3/25/2026POSITIVE$1000 Invested In Nucor 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today
An investment of $1,000 in Nucor Corporation five years prior to March 25, 2026, would have yielded a significant return, reaching a value of $3,340. This represents a cumulative gain of 234% over the period. The stock's performance highlights its robust growth trajectory and ability to generate substantial shareholder value. For investors, Nucor's consistent appreciation underscores its strength in the steel manufacturing sector and its potential for continued long-term investment success.