Nucor Corporation (NUE)
Basic Materials · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for NUE is $263.00, 2.6% above the last close of $256.29 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $233.41 to $299.11. Rating consensus: Buy.
Snapshot
- P/E20.4x
- P/E vs sector-13.3%
- P/E vs own+7.8%
- Target upside+2.6%
- ConsensusBuy
- Market cap$58.15B
- FCF yield+2.7%
- Insiders-$11.17M
- Earnings in10d
- News0.00
Why it moved
Nucor Corporation (NUE) rose 0.6% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Basic Materials stocks rose 0.3%. Most of the move came from its sector.
0 stories on the day (30-day average 1.1).
Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $256.29 · +95.5% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendbullish
- Sector→ -3.0%
- MAs20▲ 50▲ 100▲ 200▲
- Above MAs4 of 4 above
- MA20×50↑ in ~48d
- RSI57
- Support-6.0%
- Resistance+2.8%
- Off 52w high-6.5%
- Off ATH-6.5%
- 52w range$256.29
- Bollingerupper half
- MACD1.69
- ATR+2.8%
- Volume0.9x
Analyst price targets
8 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $256.29 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 3 · Buy 10 · Hold 3 · Sell 1 · Strong sell 0
Revenue and free cash flow
Q2 FY2026: Revenue +23.0% year over year, free cash flow 8.0% of revenue, operating margin 15.7%.
| Q2 FY2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $10.4B | 5.04 | $829M | 19.6% | 15.7% | 11.1% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Apr 4, 2026 | $9.5B | 3.23 | $225M | 15.8% | 11.8% | 7.8% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $7.69B | 1.64 | -$3M | 11.2% | 6.9% | 4.9% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Oct 4, 2025 | $8.52B | 2.63 | $532M | 13.9% | 10.4% | 7.1% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Jul 5, 2025 | $8.46B | 2.60 | -$222M | 14.5% | 10.9% | 7.1% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Apr 5, 2025 | $7.83B | 0.67 | -$495M | 7.7% | 4.1% | 2.0% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $7.08B | 1.22 | -$146M | 8.9% | 5.5% | 4.1% |
| Q3 FY2024 | Sep 28, 2024 | $7.44B | 1.05 | $478M | 10.2% | 6.9% | 3.4% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $69.54 | -0.7% | -12.8% | +2.2% | 34.1 | $99.97B | |
| 2 |  | $145.47 | -1.5% | -8.4% | +13.0% | 25.3 | $88.12B | |
| 3 |  | $335.20 | -0.5% | -9.4% | +13.8% | 30.9 | $81.37B | |
| 4 |  | $288.89 | -0.7% | -5.6% | +11.7% | 38.8 | $80.98B | |
| 5 |  | $299.59 | +1.0% | -4.0% | +12.2% | — | $66.71B | |
| 6 | | $256.29 | +0.6% | -6.5% | +2.6% | 20.4 | $58.15B | |
| 7 |  | $83.63 | +1.6% | -35.6% | +55.3% | 14.7 | $55.64B | |
| 8 |  | $240.54 | -0.1% | -14.5% | +2.2% | 21.8 | $34.48B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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