NUE stock forecast: what analysts expect
Wall Street analysts covering Nucor Corporation currently rate the stock a Buy on average, with a mean 12-month price target of $283.56 — +4.3% versus the last price of $271.81. Targets reflect analyst opinion, not a guarantee.
NUE historical returns
Based on monthly dividend-adjusted prices. See the full breakdown on what if you had invested in NUE.
NUE annual returns by year
Congress trading in NUE
6 members of Congress have disclosed trading NUE — 5 purchases and 7 sales worth an estimated $303,001. Most recent disclosure: Mar 31, 2025.
See who in Congress traded NUE →Insider activity in NUE
NUE's own executives and directors have made 0 open-market purchases ($0) and 11 sales ($20.6M) in the last 90 days, per SEC Form 4 filings. Most recent: Aug 3, 2026.
| Aug 3, 2026 | Batterbee Thomas J. | Executive Vice President | Sell | $1.0M |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Laxton Stephen D | President and COO | Sell | $1.0M |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Hollatz John J | Executive Vice President | Sell | $1.4M |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Hollatz John J | Executive Vice President | Sell | $1.3M |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Query Kenneth Rex | Executive Vice President | Sell | $2.1M |
About Nucor Corporation
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.
NUE Key Statistics
NUE in plain English
- P/E ratio (21.7) — how many dollars you pay for each $1 of NUE's yearly profit. That's a fairly normal range.
- ROE (14.55%) — how efficiently the company turns shareholders' money into profit. This is a middling level.
- Profit margin (7.99%) — of every $1 in sales, this is what's left as profit after all costs.
- Dividend yield (0.82%) — the cash payout you'd earn per year as a % of the share price, on top of any price gains.
NUE stock: frequently asked questions
What is Nucor Corporation's stock price today?
Nucor Corporation (NUE) last traded at $271.81 on the NYSE. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has traded between $131.32 and $280.11.
Is NUE stock a buy or a sell?
Wall Street analysts' consensus rating on NUE is "Buy", with an average 12-month price target of $283.56 — about +4.3% versus the current price of $271.81. Analyst targets are opinions, not guarantees; always do your own research.
How much would $1,000 invested in NUE 10 years ago be worth today?
A $1,000 investment in Nucor Corporation made 10 years ago would be worth about $6,962 today (dividends reinvested) — a total return of 596%, or 21.4% per year.
Does NUE pay a dividend?
Yes. Nucor Corporation currently pays a dividend yielding about 0.82% per year at today's share price.
What is NUE's P/E ratio?
NUE trades at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 21.7, and 14.4 times expected forward earnings. The P/E ratio tells you how many dollars investors pay for each $1 of the company's annual profit.
Do members of Congress trade NUE stock?
Yes — 6 members of Congress have disclosed trades in NUE under the STOCK Act, totaling 5 purchases and 7 sales worth an estimated $303,001.
What is Nucor Corporation's ticker symbol?
Nucor Corporation trades under the ticker symbol NUE on the NYSE.
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