(NUE) Nucor - Overview
Exchange: NYSE •
Country: United States •
Currency: USD •
Type: Common Stock •
ISIN: US6703461052
Stock:
Total Rating 48
Risk 79
Buy Signal -0.26
| Risk 5d forecast | |
|---|---|
| Volatility | 31.7% |
| Relative Tail Risk | -7.05% |
| Reward TTM | |
|---|---|
| Sharpe Ratio | 0.81 |
| Alpha | 11.68 |
| Character TTM | |
|---|---|
| Beta | 1.139 |
| Beta Downside | 1.901 |
| Drawdowns 3y | |
|---|---|
| Max DD | 47.79% |
| CAGR/Max DD | 0.05 |
EPS (Earnings per Share)
Revenue
Description: NUE Nucor
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. It also engages in the steel trading and rebar distribution businesses. This segment sells its products to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 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.
Piotroski VR‑10 (Strict, 0-10) 6.5
| Net Income: 1.74b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -2.91 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 23.88% < 20% (prev 24.40%; Δ -0.51% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.09 > 3% & CFO 3.23b > Net Income 1.74b |
| Net Debt (4.86b) to EBITDA (4.20b): 1.16 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.94 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (229.6m) vs 12m ago -2.01% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 11.93% > 18% (prev 0.13%; Δ 1180 % > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 94.13% > 50% (prev 90.55%; Δ 3.57% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 18.23 > 6 (EBITDA TTM 4.20b / Interest Expense TTM 149.0m) |
Altman Z'' 7.45
| A: 0.22 (Total Current Assets 11.77b - Total Current Liabilities 4.00b) / Total Assets 35.10b |
| B: 0.90 (Retained Earnings 31.50b / Total Assets 35.10b) |
| C: 0.08 (EBIT TTM 2.72b / Avg Total Assets 34.52b) |
| D: 2.42 (Book Value of Equity 31.46b / Total Liabilities 12.98b) |
| Altman-Z'' Score: 7.45 = AAA |
Beneish M -2.87
| DSRI: 1.10 (Receivables 3.10b/2.67b, Revenue 32.49b/30.73b) |
| GMI: 1.12 (GM 11.93% / 13.35%) |
| AQI: 0.94 (AQ_t 0.23 / AQ_t-1 0.24) |
| SGI: 1.06 (Revenue 32.49b / 30.73b) |
| TATA: -0.04 (NI 1.74b - CFO 3.23b) / TA 35.10b) |
| Beneish M-Score: -2.87 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
What is the price of NUE shares?
As of February 26, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 175.48 with a total of 1,224,772 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by -4.91%, over one month by -1.23%, over three months by +12.69% and over the past year by +31.06%.
Over the past week, the price has changed by -4.91%, over one month by -1.23%, over three months by +12.69% and over the past year by +31.06%.
Is NUE a buy, sell or hold?
Nucor has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.00.
Therefore, it is recommended to buy NUE.
- StrongBuy: 5
- Buy: 5
- Hold: 5
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
What are the forecasts/targets for the NUE price?
| Issuer | Target | Up/Down from current |
|---|---|---|
| Wallstreet Target Price | 186.1 | 6% |
| Analysts Target Price | 186.1 | 6% |
NUE Fundamental Data Overview February 21, 2026
P/E Trailing = 23.9097
P/E Forward = 16.0
P/S = 1.268
P/B = 2.003
P/EG = 0.75
Revenue TTM = 32.49b USD
EBIT TTM = 2.72b USD
EBITDA TTM = 4.20b USD
Long Term Debt = 6.69b USD (from longTermDebt, two quarters ago)
Short Term Debt = 212.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 7.12b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 4.86b USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 45.63b USD (41.20b + Debt 7.12b - CCE 2.70b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 18.23 (Ebit TTM 2.72b / Interest Expense TTM 149.0m)
EV/FCF = -242.7x (Enterprise Value 45.63b / FCF TTM -188.0m)
FCF Yield = -0.41% (FCF TTM -188.0m / Enterprise Value 45.63b)
FCF Margin = -0.58% (FCF TTM -188.0m / Revenue TTM 32.49b)
Net Margin = 5.37% (Net Income TTM 1.74b / Revenue TTM 32.49b)
Gross Margin = 11.93% ((Revenue TTM 32.49b - Cost of Revenue TTM 28.62b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 11.21% (prev 13.94%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.30 (Enterprise Value 45.63b / Total Assets 35.10b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.15% (Interest Expense 11.0m / Debt 7.12b)
Taxrate = 15.57% (78.0m / 501.0m)
NOPAT = 2.29b (EBIT 2.72b * (1 - 15.57%))
Current Ratio = 2.94 (Total Current Assets 11.77b / Total Current Liabilities 4.00b)
Debt / Equity = 0.34 (Debt 7.12b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 20.94b)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.16 (Net Debt 4.86b / EBITDA 4.20b)
Debt / FCF = -25.86 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 4.86b / FCF TTM -188.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 20.54b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 5.05% (Net Income 1.74b / Total Assets 35.10b)
RoE = 8.49% (Net Income TTM 1.74b / Total Stockholder Equity 20.54b)
RoCE = 9.98% (EBIT 2.72b / Capital Employed (Equity 20.54b + L.T.Debt 6.69b))
RoIC = 8.31% (NOPAT 2.29b / Invested Capital 27.61b)
WACC = 8.64% (E(41.20b)/V(48.32b) * Re(10.11%) + D(7.12b)/V(48.32b) * Rd(0.15%) * (1-Tc(0.16)))
Discount Rate = 10.11% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares Correlation 3-Years: -100.0 | Cagr: -3.64%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -188.0m)
EPS Correlation: -81.39 | EPS CAGR: -33.73% | SUE: -1.94 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -76.19 | Revenue CAGR: -7.96% | SUE: -0.49 | # QB: 0
EPS next Quarter (2026-03-31): EPS=2.80 | Chg7d=+0.148 | Chg30d=+0.081 | Revisions Net=+0 | Analysts=5
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=11.86 | Chg7d=-0.009 | Chg30d=+0.144 | Revisions Net=+2 | Growth EPS=+57.8% | Growth Revenue=+9.8%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=13.39 | Chg7d=+0.026 | Chg30d=+0.694 | Revisions Net=+3 | Growth EPS=+12.8% | Growth Revenue=+3.6%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +0.00 (2 Up / 2 Down within 30d for Next Quarter)
[Growth] Implied Growth Rate = 5.9% (Discount Rate 10.1% - Earnings Yield 4.2%)
[Growth] Growth Spread = +7.8% (Analyst 13.8% - Implied 5.9%)
P/E Forward = 16.0
P/S = 1.268
P/B = 2.003
P/EG = 0.75
Revenue TTM = 32.49b USD
EBIT TTM = 2.72b USD
EBITDA TTM = 4.20b USD
Long Term Debt = 6.69b USD (from longTermDebt, two quarters ago)
Short Term Debt = 212.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 7.12b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 4.86b USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 45.63b USD (41.20b + Debt 7.12b - CCE 2.70b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 18.23 (Ebit TTM 2.72b / Interest Expense TTM 149.0m)
EV/FCF = -242.7x (Enterprise Value 45.63b / FCF TTM -188.0m)
FCF Yield = -0.41% (FCF TTM -188.0m / Enterprise Value 45.63b)
FCF Margin = -0.58% (FCF TTM -188.0m / Revenue TTM 32.49b)
Net Margin = 5.37% (Net Income TTM 1.74b / Revenue TTM 32.49b)
Gross Margin = 11.93% ((Revenue TTM 32.49b - Cost of Revenue TTM 28.62b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 11.21% (prev 13.94%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.30 (Enterprise Value 45.63b / Total Assets 35.10b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.15% (Interest Expense 11.0m / Debt 7.12b)
Taxrate = 15.57% (78.0m / 501.0m)
NOPAT = 2.29b (EBIT 2.72b * (1 - 15.57%))
Current Ratio = 2.94 (Total Current Assets 11.77b / Total Current Liabilities 4.00b)
Debt / Equity = 0.34 (Debt 7.12b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 20.94b)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.16 (Net Debt 4.86b / EBITDA 4.20b)
Debt / FCF = -25.86 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 4.86b / FCF TTM -188.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 20.54b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 5.05% (Net Income 1.74b / Total Assets 35.10b)
RoE = 8.49% (Net Income TTM 1.74b / Total Stockholder Equity 20.54b)
RoCE = 9.98% (EBIT 2.72b / Capital Employed (Equity 20.54b + L.T.Debt 6.69b))
RoIC = 8.31% (NOPAT 2.29b / Invested Capital 27.61b)
WACC = 8.64% (E(41.20b)/V(48.32b) * Re(10.11%) + D(7.12b)/V(48.32b) * Rd(0.15%) * (1-Tc(0.16)))
Discount Rate = 10.11% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares Correlation 3-Years: -100.0 | Cagr: -3.64%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -188.0m)
EPS Correlation: -81.39 | EPS CAGR: -33.73% | SUE: -1.94 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -76.19 | Revenue CAGR: -7.96% | SUE: -0.49 | # QB: 0
EPS next Quarter (2026-03-31): EPS=2.80 | Chg7d=+0.148 | Chg30d=+0.081 | Revisions Net=+0 | Analysts=5
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=11.86 | Chg7d=-0.009 | Chg30d=+0.144 | Revisions Net=+2 | Growth EPS=+57.8% | Growth Revenue=+9.8%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=13.39 | Chg7d=+0.026 | Chg30d=+0.694 | Revisions Net=+3 | Growth EPS=+12.8% | Growth Revenue=+3.6%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +0.00 (2 Up / 2 Down within 30d for Next Quarter)
[Growth] Implied Growth Rate = 5.9% (Discount Rate 10.1% - Earnings Yield 4.2%)
[Growth] Growth Spread = +7.8% (Analyst 13.8% - Implied 5.9%)