NUE Stock Analysis: Nucor | NYSE
Steel | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 60.782m USD | 12M Return: 83.6% | US6703461052 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 394M
EPS Trend: -28.8%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 40.0%
Qual. Beats: 3
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Seasonality 11.9 years of data, until 10/2026
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Nucor Corporation is a U.S.-based steel manufacturer operating through Steel Mills, Steel Products, and Raw Materials segments, making it one of the largest steel producers in North America. The company primarily uses electric arc furnace (EAF) technology, which relies on recycled scrap metal rather than traditional blast furnaces, positioning it as a lower-emission producer within the materials sector.
The Steel Mills segment produces a broad range of carbon and alloy steel products, including hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized sheet steel, plate steel, structural steel such as wide-flange beams and H-piling, and bar products like billets and concrete reinforcing bars. These are sold primarily to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with additional operations in steel trading and rebar distribution.
The Steel Products segment manufactures downstream and value-added steel items, including steel joists, joist girders, steel decks, cold-finished steel, fasteners, grating, wire mesh, insulated metal panels, steel racking, and utility towers for communications and energy transmission. The segment also supplies galvanized torque tubes used in solar array installations and operates a piling distribution business, reflecting diversification into construction-adjacent and renewable energy markets.
The Raw Materials segment supports Nucors EAF operations by producing direct reduced iron (DRI), processing ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal, and brokering pig iron, hot briquetted iron, and ferro-alloys. It also has a natural gas production and industrial gas business. Ferrous scrap is sold internally and to other EAF mills and foundries, while nonferrous scrap is supplied to aluminum can producers and secondary smelters.
Nucor was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It has been listed on the NYSE since 1983 and is classified within the Materials sector under the steel sub-industry.
- Steel sheet pricing pressured by weak auto and construction demand
- Section 232 tariffs protect domestic mills against import competition
- Scrap metal costs drive EAF steelmaker margin volatility
| Net Income: 3.60b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.07 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 7.88 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 21.95% < 20% (prev 23.68%; Δ -1.73% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.14 > 3% & CFO 5.32b > Net Income 3.60b |
| Net Debt (3.71b) to EBITDA (6.74b): 0.55 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.46 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (226.7m) vs 12m ago -2.03% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 17.31% > 18% (prev 11.43%; Δ 5.89% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 106.2% > 50% (prev 91.68%; Δ 14.50% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 45.64 > 6 (EBIT TTM 5.20b / Interest Expense TTM 114.0m) |
| A: 0.22 (Total Current Assets 14.4b - Total Current Liabilities 5.83b) / Total Assets 38.4b |
| B: 0.90 (Retained Earnings 34.3b / Total Assets 38.4b) |
| C: 0.14 (EBIT TTM 5.20b / Avg Total Assets 36.6b) |
| D: 1.60 (Book Value of Equity 22.8b / Total Liabilities 14.3b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 7.01 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.07 (Receivables 4.30b/3.29b, Revenue 38.8b/31.9b) |
| GMI: 0.66 (GM 11.43% / 17.31%) |
| AQI: 0.88 (AQ_t 0.21 / AQ_t-1 0.23) |
| SGI: 1.22 (Revenue 38.8b / 31.9b) |
| TATA: -0.04 (NI 3.60b - CFO 5.32b) / TA 38.4b) |
| Beneish M = -3.19 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of November 13, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 261.39 with a total of 1,456,904 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -2.43%, over one month by +3.80%, over three months by -3.65% and over the past year by +83.59%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 243.30 (which is 6.9% or 1.7 ATR below the current price).
Nucor has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.24. Therefore, it is recommended to buy NUE.
- StrongBuy: 10
- Buy: 3
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 1
| Analysts Target Price | 295.9 | 13.2% |
P/E Trailing = 17.0643
P/E Forward = 14.3885
P/S = 1.5654
P/B = 2.7205
P/EG = 5.2129
Revenue TTM = 38.8b USD
EBIT TTM = 5.20b USD
EBITDA TTM = 6.74b USD
Long Term Debt = 6.67b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 709.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 7.35b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 258.0m
Net Debt = 3.71b USD (calculated: Debt 7.35b - CCE 3.64b)
Enterprise Value = 64.5b USD (60.8b + Debt 7.35b - CCE 3.64b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 45.64 (Ebit TTM 5.20b / Interest Expense TTM 114.0m)
EV/FCF = 24.26x (Enterprise Value 64.5b / FCF TTM 2.66b)
FCF Yield = 4.12% (FCF TTM 2.66b / Enterprise Value 64.5b)
FCF Margin = 6.85% (FCF TTM 2.66b / Revenue TTM 38.8b)
Net Margin = 9.26% (Net Income TTM 3.60b / Revenue TTM 38.8b)
Gross Margin = 17.31% ((Revenue TTM 38.8b - Cost of Revenue TTM 32.1b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 20.68% (prev 19.56%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.68 (Enterprise Value 64.5b / Total Assets 38.4b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 1.55% (Interest Expense 114.0m / Debt 7.35b)
Taxrate = 20.50% (1.04b / 5.09b)
NOPAT = 4.14b (EBIT 5.20b * (1 - 20.50%))
Current Ratio = 2.46 (Total Current Assets 14.4b / Total Current Liabilities 5.83b)
Debt / Equity = 0.32 (Debt 7.35b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 22.8b)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.55 (Net Debt 3.71b / EBITDA 6.74b)
Debt / FCF = 1.40 (Net Debt 3.71b / FCF TTM 2.66b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 21.8b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 9.83% (Net Income 3.60b / Total Assets 38.4b)
RoE = 16.47% (Net Income TTM 3.60b / Total Stockholder Equity 21.8b)
RoCE = 18.25% (EBIT 5.20b / Capital Employed (Equity 21.8b + L.T.Debt 6.67b))
RoIC = 13.22% (NOPAT 4.14b / Invested Capital 31.3b)
WACC = 8.63% (E(60.8b)/V(68.1b) * Re(9.53%) + D(7.35b)/V(68.1b) * Rd(1.55%) * (1-Tc(0.20)))
Discount Rate = 9.53% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -95.94 | Cagr: -2.49%
[DCF] Terminal Value 74.44% ; FCFF base≈2.66b ; Y1≈2.67b ; Y5≈2.83b
[DCF] Fair Price = 168.5 (EV 41.9b - Net Debt 3.71b = Equity 38.2b / Shares 226.9m; r=8.63% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 0.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -28.76 | EPS CAGR: -11.51% | SUE: 0.37 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 40.03 | Revenue CAGR: 3.33% | SUE: 1.82 | # QB: 3
EPS current Quarter (2027-03-31): EPS=7.35 | Chg30d=+19.32% | Revisions=+38% | Analysts=4
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=19.89 | Chg30d=+3.44% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+158.0% | GrowthRev=+27.8%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=21.56 | Chg30d=+7.75% | Revisions=+58% | GrowthEPS=+8.4% | GrowthRev=+3.1%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +27% (up=15, down=8)