How to buy Nucor stock (NUE)

Nucor is a steel business based in the US. Nucor shares (NUE) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $147.73 – a decrease of 5.37% over the previous week. Nucor employs 32,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $31.4 billion.

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Nucor stock price (NYSE: NUE)

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Nucor shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-10-25.

Latest market close	$147.73
52-week range	$132.94 - $201.57
50-day moving average more info button	$147.59
200-day moving average more info button	$167.05
Wall St. target price	$162.98
PE ratio more info button	13.6166
Dividend yield more info button	$2.16 (1.52%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$10.38

Is it a good time to buy Nucor stock?

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Nucor price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $141.47 from 2024-10-25

1 week (2024-10-22)	-3.12%
1 month (2024-09-27)	-5.77%
3 months (2024-07-29)	-11.25%
6 months (2024-04-29)	-19.27%

1 year (2023-10-27)	-4.48%
2 years (2022-10-28)	5.57%
3 years (2021-10-29)	26.71%
5 years (2019-10-29)	174.74%

Is Nucor stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Nucor stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Nucor's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Nucor's P/E ratio

Nucor's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 14x. In other words, Nucor shares trade at around 14x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Nucor's PEG ratio

Nucor's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.75. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Nucor's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Nucor's EBITDA

Nucor's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $4.9 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Nucor's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Nucor financials

Revenue TTM	$31.4 billion
Operating margin TTM	6.9%
Gross profit TTM	$12.5 billion
Return on assets TTM	6.61%
Return on equity TTM	13.22%
Profit margin	8.05%
Book value	$86.58
Market Capitalization more info button	$33.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Nucor's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Nucor.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Nucor's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 38.15

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Nucor's overall score of 38.15 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 81st percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Nucor is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Nucor's environmental score

Environmental score: 16.03/100

Nucor's environmental score of 16.03 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Nucor is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Nucor's social score

Social score: 12.79/100

Nucor's social score of 12.79 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Nucor is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Nucor's governance score

Governance score: 10.82/100

Nucor's governance score puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Nucor is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Nucor's controversy score

Controversy score: 3/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Nucor scored a 3 out of 5 for controversy – a middle-of-the-table result reflecting that Nucor hasn't always managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Nucor Corp was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	38.15
Total ESG percentile	80.78
Environmental score	16.03
Environmental score percentile	3
Social score	12.79
Social score percentile	3
Governance score	10.82
Governance score percentile	3
Level of controversy	3

Nucor share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 14.06% of net profits

Recently Nucor has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Nucor shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Nucor's case, that would currently equate to about $2.16 per share.

While Nucor's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Nucor is investing more in its future growth.

Nucor's most recent dividend payout was on 7 November 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 26 September 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Nucor's shares ever split?

Nucor's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 31 May 2006 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Nucor shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Nucor shares which in turn could have impacted Nucor's share price.

Nucor share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Nucor's shares have ranged in value from as little as $132.9416 up to $201.5661. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Nucor's is 1.561. This would suggest that Nucor's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Nucor overview

Nucor Corporation engages in manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. It 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; bar steel products, such as blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing and merchant bars, and engineered special bar quality products; and 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 used 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.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Nucor is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.509% of Nucor shares are held by insiders and 79.586% by institutions. How many people work for Nucor?
Latest data suggests 32,000 work at Nucor. When does the fiscal year end for Nucor?
Nucor's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Nucor based?
Nucor's address is: 1915 Rexford Road, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28211 What is Nucor's ISIN number?
Nucor's international securities identification number is: US6703461052 What is Nucor's CUSIP number?
Nucor's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 670346105