Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).
Shares of Nucor are up 0.75% at $248.83. The company is worth $56.45B, number 290 out of 300 on our list.
The 52-week range is $130.11 to $280.11. Today's price is about 79% of the way from the low to the high. Holders are ahead 84.9% over twelve months, and up 3.7% across the last three months.
Price is below the 50-day average ($255.09) but above the 200-day ($211.30); RSI is 44, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 37% annualized volatility.
Revenue for the quarter ended Jul 2026 was $10.40B, up 23.0% from a year earlier, with $1.28B of net profit (a 8.0% margin).
Buyers are paying 19.9 times trailing earnings, 63% above its five-year average of 12.2.
10 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $286.60, sits 15.2% over where the stock trades.
This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.
Nucor is the largest U.S. steelmaker, making steel from scrap in electric arc furnaces, and it pays a base dividend plus a variable one.
What tends to move it. Steel prices, construction demand and import tariffs drive earnings.
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Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Price vs 20-day average | -2.4% | Bearish |
| Price vs 50-day average | -2.5% | Bearish |
| Price vs 200-day average | +17.8% | Bullish |
| 50-day vs 200-day | 50d above 200d | Bullish |
| RSI (14) | 43.8 | Bearish |
| MACD (12,26,9) | -1.69 | Bearish |
| Bollinger band position | 26% | Bearish |
Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.
Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.
Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.
Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jul 2026
Quarter 2026/Q2
"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.
Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history
Above its usual level · 76th percentile, 5-year average 12.2x
#1586 of 2977 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)
Near the top of its 5-year range · 95th percentile, 5-year average 2.0x
#3384 of 5304 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)
Near the top of its 5-year range · 97th percentile, 5-year average 1.1x
#2157 of 5143 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)
Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$44.98M (5 inflow days, 15 outflow days).
Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 5.3% a year.
$248.83 is the latest print for NUE, a move of +0.75% against yesterday's close of $246.98. Today's low and high so far: $246.27 and $250.57.
Equity value comes to $56.45B at the current price. By that measure it is number 290 of the 300 names in our coverage.
Buyers pay 19.9 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $7.52). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 12.2, and today's level ranks in the 76th percentile of its own history.
The year's floor is $130.11 and the ceiling $280.11. Shares are 11.2% away from that ceiling.
It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 0.90% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was June 30, 2026.
Of 10 analysts, 80% say buy, 20% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $286.60, with the most cautious at $256.00 and the most optimistic at $308.00.
Nucor is the largest U.S. steelmaker, making steel from scrap in electric arc furnaces, and it pays a base dividend plus a variable one.
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