NUE — Nucor Corp

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates NUE Bullish with a Setup Score of 0, net conviction 55, actionability 0. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score0
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction55
Actionability0 (no mans land)

Key signals behind this score

About Nucor Corp

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… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

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Key Metrics

Current Price$246.44
Market Cap$53.54B
Float223.4M
Shares Outstanding226.9M
P/E (Forward)11.44
P/E (TTM)18.83
Price/Sales (TTM)1.48
vs. Analyst Target+15.0% to analyst PT
Profit Margin7.99%
Operating Margin (TTM)15.67%
Revenue (TTM)$36.10B
Earnings Growth (YoY)93.80%
Dividend Rate2.2%
Analyst Target Price$283.31 (17 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $20.14B $721M $2.23B $1.79B
2021 $36.48B $6.83B $11.03B $10.23B
2022 $41.51B $7.61B $12.50B $11.57B
2023 $34.71B $4.52B $7.82B $7.69B
2024 $30.73B $2.03B $4.10B $4.49B
2025 $32.49B $1.74B $3.88B $4.11B

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $8.52B $607M
Dec 2025 $7.69B $378M
Mar 2026 $9.50B $743M
Jun 2026 $10.40B $1.16B

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership1.2%
Institutional Ownership81.0%
Short Float1.8%
% of All Funds Holding17.42%
Number of Funds Holding1,532

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$253.86Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$218.71Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$177.78Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$164.63Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$220.89Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$179.37Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$169.92Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Volume shelf data not available.

Historical Earnings Reactions (122 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.18% 0.11% 54.10% 6.67% -7.27%
1 Day 0.31% -0.02% 48.36% 11.93% -8.87%
1 Week 1.23% 1.26% 60.66% 20.29% -15.25%
2 Weeks 2.15% 1.55% 59.84% 29.79% -22.23%
1 Month 2.19% 0.43% 53.72% 42.66% -29.26%

Next earnings: October 26, 2026 (16 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan2.7%58.7%46
Feb1.9%58.7%46
Mar2.6%58.7%46
Apr2.0%57.4%47
May1.0%48.9%47
Jun-1.3%36.2%47
Jul3.2%61.7%47
Aug-1.2%38.3%47
Sep-3.0%46.8%47
Oct3.5%63.0%46
Nov4.6%63.0%46
Dec2.6%63.0%46

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.01% 46.3% 2218
Tuesday 0.14% 49.8% 2407
Wednesday 0.07% 48.5% 2405
Thursday 0.01% 48.4% 2359
Friday 0.15% 50.3% 2343

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 81.0%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 1.2%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings24
Net Value-$50.1M
Net Shares Change-120,562
% of Float-0.1%
C-Suite Filings24
Clusters Detected4

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Topalian Leon J Chair and CEO -$5.9M 1 1 sell
QUERY KENNETH REX Executive Vice President -$5.0M 1 1 sell
Behr Allen C Executive Vice President -$3.5M 2 2 sell
Needham Daniel R. Executive Vice President -$2.1M 1 1 sell
Hanners Noah C Executive Vice President -$1.5M 1 1 sell
Batterbee Thomas J. Executive Vice President -$1.0M 1 1 sell
Keller Michael D Vice Pres. and Corp. Contro -$1.0M 1 1 sell
Laxton Stephen D President and COO -$1.0M 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-11-03 – 2025-11-14 3 3 -$2.7M 3 C-suite
2025-12-23 – 2025-12-29 3 3 -$2.1M 3 C-suite
2026-02-03 – 2026-02-13 3 3 -$4.3M 3 C-suite
2026-05-04 – 2026-05-07 6 6 -$13.4M 6 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-08-05 Batterbee Thomas J. Executive Vice President -$1.0M Transaction at $261.02, now -5.6%
2026-08-03 Laxton Stephen D President and COO -$1.0M Transaction at $256.96, now -4.1%
2026-08-19 Topalian Leon J Chair and CEO -$5.9M Transaction at $155.49, now +58.5%
2026-08-18 Behr Allen C Executive Vice President -$1.3M Transaction at $192.44, now +28.1%
2026-06-03 QUERY KENNETH REX Executive Vice President -$5.0M Transaction at $250.69, now -1.7%
2026-05-06 Keller Michael D Vice Pres. and Corp. Contro -$1.0M Transaction at $225.86, now +9.1%

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AI Consult Analysis

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