Nucor (NUE)

Basic Materials · Steel · S&P 500
$251.07 -0.14% on the day Market cap $54.6B 52-week range $131.32 to $280.11 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Nucor's free cash flow was negative in fiscal 2025, so a cash-flow reverse DCF doesn't give a meaningful answer. The Modeling tab works from revenue and margins instead.

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from NUE's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability5
Growth8
Financial health6
Cash efficiency0

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)23.7x
P/E (forward)19.6x
Price / free cash flow—
EV / EBITDA10.5x
Price / sales1.51x
Price / book2.60x
Revenue growth+22.9%
Operating margin—
Net margin8.0%
Return on equity13.0%
Dividend yield0.91%
Debt / equity0.62x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Nucor's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$36.5B$41.5B$34.7B$30.7B$32.5B
Net income$6.8B$7.6B$4.5B$2.0B$1.7B
Free cash flow$4.6B$8.1B$4.9B$806M-$188M
EPS (diluted)$23.16$28.79$18.00$8.46$7.52
Operating margin—————

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Steel Mills$20.0B62%
Steel Products$10.3B32%
Raw Materials$2.2B7%

Superinvestors who own NUE

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 7 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway
Trimmed $414M0.14%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $108M0.04%Q2 2026
Ric Dillon
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Trimmed $70M0.56%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $36M0.08%Q2 2026
Will Nasgovitz
Heartland Advisors
Trimmed $8M0.36%Q2 2026
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox
Held $1M0.00%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $330,5610.0%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Nucor's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of NUE in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

Are Nucor insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of NUE in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Nucor?

7 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold NUE in their latest 13F, including Warren Buffett, Cliff Asness, Ric Dillon.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.