profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Nucor
$251.73-3.46% today
+72.6% in 1 year
1-year low $145.811-year high $277.65
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $32.47 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Nucor sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $41.5 billion in 2022 to $32.5 billion in 2025, with $1.74 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Nucor vs. similar companies
Nucor grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nucor | 32.5× · Expensive | ||
 ArcelorMittal | 15.0× · Cheap | ||
 JSW Steel | 14.8× · Cheap | ||
 Steel Dynamics | 27.5× · Fair price | ||
 Tata Steel | 21.6× · Fair price |
Compare Nucor with Agnico Eagle Mines · BHP Group · Carpenter Technology · Rio Tinto Group · Southern Copper · Steel Dynamics
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Nucor's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20,140 | 36,484 | 41,512 | 34,714 | 30,734 | 32,494 | |
| 2,228 | 11,025 | 12,503 | 7,815 | 4,102 | 3,878 | |
| – | – | 10,506 | 6,230 | 2,979 | 2,659 | |
| 1,788 | 10,229 | 11,568 | 7,688 | 4,486 | 4,218 | |
| 721 | 6,827 | 7,607 | 4,525 | 2,027 | 1,744 | |
| 2.36 | 23.16 | 28.79 | 18.00 | 8.46 | 7.52 | |
| 11.1% | 30.2% | 30.1% | 22.5% | 13.3% | 11.9% | |
| – | – | 25.3% | 17.9% | 9.7% | 8.2% | |
| 3.6% | 18.7% | 18.3% | 13.0% | 6.6% | 5.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20,125 | 25,823 | 32,479 | 35,340 | 33,940 | 35,104 |
| Cash | 2,640 | 2,365 | 4,281 | 6,383 | 3,558 | 2,260 |
| Total debt | 5,341 | 5,670 | 6,691 | 6,842 | 6,950 | 7,121 |
| Total liabilities | 8,894 | 11,219 | 12,909 | 13,217 | 12,523 | 12,980 |
| 10,789 | 14,016 | 18,415 | 20,940 | 20,294 | 20,936 | |
| 303 | 293 | 263 | 250 | 239 | 231 | |
| 4.9% | 37.6% | 33.1% | 18.5% | 9.1% | 7.7% | |
| 6.7% | 48.7% | 41.3% | 21.6% | 10.0% | 8.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,697 | 6,231 | 10,072 | 7,112 | 3,979 | 3,234 | |
| 1,543 | 1,622 | 1,948 | 2,214 | 3,173 | 3,422 | |
| 1,154 | 4,609 | 8,124 | 4,898 | 806 | -188 | |
| Dividends paid | 492 | 483 | 534 | 515 | 522 | 512 |
| 39 | 3,276 | 2,763 | 1,554 | 2,217 | 700 | |
| 74 | 136 | 137 | 130 | 132 | 133 |
Valuation
- 32.5×
- 17.9×
- 1.24
- 2.7×
- 1.7×
- –
- 14.6×
- -0.3%
- 3.1%
- 1.0%
Profitability
- 11.9%
- 8.2%
- 5.4%
- 14.4%
- 7.9%
- 17.5%
- 11.2%
- 6.5%
- 10.9%
- –
Growth
- +10.0%
- +26.1%
- −123.3%
- +6.5%
- −4.3%
Financial health
- 1.2×
- 0.34
- 20.0%
- 16.1×
- 2.94
- 1.55
- 0.96
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 40%of 989
Bottom 43%of 954
Bottom 30%of 778
Top 31%of 940
Bottom 32%of 990
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $222.83
- Range
- $180.00 – $245.00
- 5 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | 3.23 | 2.82 | +14.5% |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 1.73 | 1.91 | −9.4% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 2.63 | 2.18 | +20.6% |
| Jul 28, 2025 | 2.60 | 2.55 | +2.0% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | 0.77 | 0.69 | +12.1% |
| Jan 27, 2025 | 1.22 | 0.94 | +29.8% |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 1.49 | 1.50 | −0.7% |
| Jul 22, 2024 | 2.68 | 2.35 | +14.0% |
1.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$10a year at today's yield, before tax
+6.5%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.49 in 2015 → $2.21 in 2025
How safe it looks
29.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earnsNews
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
47No pass
Benjamin Graham
56No pass
Philip Fisher
54No pass
Peter Lynch
72Pass
Joel Greenblatt
21No pass
Charlie Munger
43No pass
Terry Smith
33No pass
Questions about Nucor
Is Nucor a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Nucor AI analysis
What does Nucor do?
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. It is in Steel, based in Charlotte, NC, United States, with 33,000 employees.
Does Nucor pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.0% a year, about 29% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $512 million in dividends.
Is Nucor stock halal?
Yes. Nucor passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 13% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Nucor stock done over the past year?
Up 72.6% over the past twelve months, to $251.73. It traded between $145.81 and $277.65 and is 9.3% below its high.
Who are Nucor's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are ArcelorMittal, JSW Steel, Steel Dynamics and Tata Steel. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Nucor's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.