Why did Nucor (NUE) stock move recently?

On 9/18/2026, Nucor moved -5.3% — Nucor declined after the steelmaker issued third-quarter guidance that came in below analyst consensus. Other steel names moved lower alongside it. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Nucor (NUE) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Nucor's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 19.4, a forward P/E of about 12.4, a price-to-book of about 2.7 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Nucor's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.73×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Nucor's revenue?

Nucor reported revenue of $32.5B for FY2025, with net profit of $1.7B, per official filings.

What is the share price of Nucor (NUE)?

Nucor last traded at $261.50 (+0.3% on the day), as of 10/20/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Nucor

NUE · NYSE · Materials · United States

Snapshot

TickerNUE

ExchangeNYSE

SectorMaterials

IndustrySteel

CountryUnited States

Employees33,000

HeadquartersCharlotte, United States

Websitenucor.com

Filings tracked17

About 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. 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.

Who owns it

Insiders1.2%
Institutions81.0%
Public & other17.8%

2,000 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co10.67%
Blackrock Inc.8.81%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.55%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC5.38%
State Street Corporation5.10%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.68%
NORGES BANK1.82%
Morgan Stanley1.74%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 7.7 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Cash conversion1.73×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend13.0% → 5.4%

Margin has compressed by about 7.7 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Growth qualityrev -3% · PAT -38%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $9.9B · EPS 5.62

Est. earnings growth +224.6%

Next fiscal year

Rev $41.6B · EPS 20.95

Est. earnings growth +7.5%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$32.5B

Net margin

5.4%

ROE

8.3%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

-3.3%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-37.9%

EPS (FY2025)

7.52

Net profit (FY2025)

$1.7B

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Why it moved

Sep 18, 2026
Nucor declined after the steelmaker issued third-quarter guidance that came in below analyst consensus. Other steel names moved lower alongside it.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗· confidence: high

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$32.5B	$1.7B	7.52	5.4%	8.3%
FY2024	$30.7B	$2.0B	8.46	6.6%	10.0%
FY2023	$34.7B	$4.5B	18.00	13.0%	21.6%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q3	$10.4B	$1.2B	5.04	11.1%
2026Q2	$9.5B	$743.0M	3.23	7.8%
2025Q4	$8.5B	$607.0M	2.63	7.1%
2025Q3	$8.5B	$603.0M	2.60	7.1%
2025Q2	$7.8B	$156.0M	0.67	2.0%
2024Q4	$7.1B	$287.0M	1.22	4.1%
2024Q3	$7.4B	$250.0M	1.05	3.4%
2024Q2	$8.1B	$645.0M	2.68	8.0%
2024Q1	$8.1B	$845.0M	3.46	10.4%
2023Q4	$7.7B	$785.0M	3.16	10.2%
2023Q3	$9.5B	$1.5B	5.81	15.3%
2023Q2	$8.7B	$1.1B	4.45	13.1%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC8/12/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/27/2026material
8-K/A — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC6/22/2026
8-K/A — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC6/2/2026
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC5/19/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/13/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/27/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC3/3/2026material
8-K/A — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC2/27/2026
10-K filing
SEC2/25/2026
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC2/20/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC1/26/2026material

2025

8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC12/4/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC11/12/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC10/27/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC8/13/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/28/2025material

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