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Nucor Corp

NYSE: NUE Steel
$271.05
▼ $4.24 (−1.54%) today
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NUE at a Glance

Valuation
Market cap
$62.5B
P/E ratio
17.5
Dividend yield
0.82%
Profitability
Revenue (TTM)
$38.8B
Profit margin
9.3%
EPS (TTM)
$15.70
Price
52-week range
$139 – $279
24/7 target
$281.73
Street target
$288.44
Earnings
Next report
Jan 25, 2027
Q3 2026 EPS
$5.80
vs. $5.83 est.
−0.5%

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC Fiscal year ends December NYSE: NUE nucor.com

About Nucor

Nucor Corporation is a manufacturer of steel and steel products with operating facilities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company operates through three segments: steel mills (producing carbon and alloy steel in bars, beams, sheet, and plate), steel products (including hollow structural section tubing, electrical conduit, steel racking, piling, joists, joist girders, steel deck, fabricated concrete reinforcing steel, cold finished steel, precision castings, steel fasteners, metal building systems, insulated metal panels, overhead doors, steel grating, wire and wire mesh, and utility structures), and raw materials (brokering ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, and HBI/DRI through The David J. Joseph Company and its affiliates, as well as supplying ferro-alloys and processing scrap). Nucor is North America's largest recycler and maintains the strongest credit ratings in the North American steel sector. The company is investing in growth through new sheet mill capacity in West Virginia, expanded galvanizing capabilities, an automotive steel strategy, and a towers and structures business serving utility transmission markets. Nucor also has a carbon capture partnership with ExxonMobil at its Louisiana DRI facility and an investment in Helion, a fusion energy company. Updated

Latest Activity

Sold NUCOR CORP$1.4M5,190 shares @ $275.03

Noah C Hanners cashed out about $1.4 million of Nucor stock at $275.03 a share, with no 10b5-1 plan disclosed to explain the timing. That trimmed roughly 12% of his stake, leaving him with 44,073 shares, a meaningful lightening while steel prices keep climbing on tariffs.

NUENucor
New 52-week high$275.29+0.2% vs prior high · 2026-08-05

Nucor just set a fresh 52-week high at $275.29, clearing its early-August peak by 0.2%. The $62.4 billion steelmaker has roughly doubled off last fall's levels.

NUENucor
Q3 2026
EPS
$5.80
est $5.83-0.5%
Revenue
$11.25B
est $10.79B+4.3%

Steel pricing power is doing the heavy lifting: net earnings more than doubled from a year ago on record mill shipments, even as earnings per share came in a fraction under expectations. Management guided Q4 to in line with or modestly above this quarter, with higher realized prices offsetting seasonal volume softness.

Quarterly EPS — reported vs estimate
NUENucor Corp.
Reports Mon Oct 26After close4:30 PM ETConfirmed

Nucor reports after the close at 4:30 PM ET, carrying a two-quarter beat streak into a consensus of $5.83 EPS on $10.79 billion in revenue. The steel pricing read-through sets the tone for every US mill name this week.

    NUENucor
    Regular session
    $254.53
    +5.01%open $242.38

    A 5% intraday run to $254.53 tacks roughly $2.9 billion onto the $57.7 billion steelmaker in a single session. Moves this size are rare for a large-cap industrial, so watch whether it holds into the close.

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    What does Nucor do?

    Nucor Corporation is a manufacturer of steel and steel products with operating facilities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

    What is the NUE stock price target?

    24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for NUE is $281.73, rated Hold. The Wall Street consensus target is $288.44. NUE price prediction →