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Nucor Corp Materials Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens) S&P 500Russell 3000
$273.87Close $104.1BMarket cap $141.34 – $275.2952-week range Jan 25, 2027Next report · estimated
Stage 2 Leader 50th of 68

Highlights

Strengths

  • In a stage-2 uptrend all 8 trend conditions pass
  • Leading the market RS 87 · stronger than 87% of stocks over 12 months
  • RS line at a 1-year high outperforming the S&P 500 more than at any point this year
  • Near its high 1% below its 52-week high
  • Earnings growing EPS +94% year on year

Price

Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices

Key figures

FY to Dec 31, 2025 · filed Aug 12, 2026
Off 12-month high 1%
1wk up 6.1% price change
1mo up 17.2% price change
12-month return up 85% market up 11% · its own up 68%
F-score 6 / 9 Mixed
Altman Z 7.52 Low risk
P/E 59.7× price / earnings
PEG — P/E / EPS growth
P/B 5.0× price / book
Earnings yield up 2.5% EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than 33% of the market · expensive
Revenue growth up 6% year on year
EPS growth up 94% latest quarter · -290 pts
Sales growth up 23% latest quarter · +2 pts
ROE up 8% return on equity
Free cash margin down 1% -$188.0M FCF
D/E 0.33 long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA 1.7×
Interest cover 16.1×EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
  • profitability slipped from last year
  • took on more long-term debt
  • gross margin narrowed
  • profitable on its assets
  • generating cash from operations
  • profits backed by cash
  • short-term liquidity improved
  • no new shares issued
  • assets working harder

Repair signals

  • Revenue reaccelerating (-11% then +6%)

Trade setup

ATR% 3.0% $8.33 a day · 2×ATR $257.20
RS 87 / 99 vs the universe
Trend 8 / 8 trend template
Relative volume 1.1× vs 50-day average
Up/down volume 1.36 50 sessions
Implied move — no scheduled report
Trend template · 8 of 8

Screen verdict

1 of 3 screens
  • Stage 2 Leader in mixed conditions
    • RS 87
    • Trend 8/8
    • Off 12-month high 1%
    • EPS growth +94% (accel -290 pts)
    • Sales growth +23% (accel +2 pts)
    • Altman Z 7.52 (low risk)

Warning signs

1 flagged
  • Gross margin narrowing Gross margin fell from 13.3% to 11.9%. The company is keeping less of each dollar of sales than it did a year ago.
Last reported Oct 26, 2026
Results reaction Oct 26, 2026+4% vs market2 sessions after results
Options $3.1M36.0% IV · activity

Financials

6 fiscal years · from filings
Revenue What customers paid the company over its fiscal year, before any cost, as filed in its annual report. The change is against the year before. Methodology $32.5B +6% on FY2024
$0 $50B FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY2020 · $20.1B FY2021 · $36.5B FY2022 · $41.5B FY2023 · $34.7B FY2024 · $30.7B FY2025 · $32.5B
Net income Profit left after every cost, interest and tax for the year. A column below the line is a loss. Methodology $1.7B -14% on FY2024
$0 $10B FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY2020 · $721.5M FY2021 · $6.8B FY2022 · $7.6B FY2023 · $4.5B FY2024 · $2.0B FY2025 · $1.7B
Free cash flow Cash from running the business less what it spent on equipment and buildings: the cash a year actually left behind, which profit alone does not show. Not shown for banks and insurers, whose cash moves with their loans. Methodology -$188.0M down to a loss
$0 $10B FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY2020 · $1.2B FY2021 · $4.6B FY2022 · $8.1B FY2023 · $4.9B FY2024 · $806.0M FY2025 · -$188.0M
Margins Each as a share of revenue. Gross: left after the direct cost of what was sold. Net: left after every cost. Free cash: free cash flow over revenue. A margin rising over years means the business keeps more of each dollar it sells. Methodology
  • Gross 12%
  • Net 5%
  • Free cash -1%
0% 50% FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY2020 · Gross 11% · Net 4% · Free cash 6% FY2021 · Gross 30% · Net 19% · Free cash 13% FY2022 · Gross 30% · Net 18% · Free cash 20% FY2023 · Gross 23% · Net 13% · Free cash 14% FY2024 · Gross 13% · Net 7% · Free cash 3% FY2025 · Gross 12% · Net 5% · Free cash -1%
Cash and long-term debt Cash on the balance sheet at the year's end beside debt due after a year. Net cash is cash less that debt; net debt is the shortfall. Debt some filers do not tag shows as a gap, not as zero. Methodology $4.6B net debt
  • Cash
  • Long-term debt
$0 $10B FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY2020 · Cash $2.6B · Long-term debt $5.3B FY2021 · Cash $2.4B · Long-term debt $5.0B FY2022 · Cash $4.3B · Long-term debt $6.6B FY2023 · Cash $6.4B · Long-term debt $6.6B FY2024 · Cash $3.6B · Long-term debt $5.7B FY2025 · Cash $2.3B · Long-term debt $6.9B
Shares outstanding Shares in issue at the year's end. A rising count means each share owns a smaller slice of the company (stock pay, share sales); a falling one, buybacks. The chart's scale is fitted to the count, so a small change looks large: read the percentage. Methodology 380.20m +0.0% since FY2020
380.20m 380.15m FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY2020 · 380.15m FY2021 · 380.15m FY2022 · 380.15m FY2023 · 380.20m FY2024 · 380.20m FY2025 · 380.20m
  FY2020Dec 31, 2020 FY2021Dec 31, 2021 FY2022Dec 31, 2022 FY2023Dec 31, 2023 FY2024Dec 31, 2024 FY2025Dec 31, 2025
Revenue $20.1B $36.5B $41.5B $34.7B $30.7B $32.5B
Gross margin 11% 30% 30% 23% 13% 12%
Net income $721.5M $6.8B $7.6B $4.5B $2.0B $1.7B
Net margin 4% 19% 18% 13% 7% 5%
Earnings per share $2.38 $23.27 $28.90 $18.07 $8.50 $7.55
Free cash flow $1.2B $4.6B $8.1B $4.9B $806.0M -$188.0M
Free cash margin 6% 13% 20% 14% 3% -1%
Cash $2.6B $2.4B $4.3B $6.4B $3.6B $2.3B
Long-term debt $5.3B $5.0B $6.6B $6.6B $5.7B $6.9B
Shareholders' equity $10.8B $14.0B $18.4B $20.9B $20.3B $20.9B
Shares outstanding 380.15m 380.15m 380.15m 380.20m 380.20m 380.20m

What options price now

Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
$255 – $293 ±7.1% by Nov 20, 2026
Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
Bigger 36.0% priced · 28.3% recent
Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
About the same
Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
past week: costs more
Positioning
Premium traded
$3.1M calls $2.0M · puts $1.1M · latest session
Puts against calls, by premium Money spent on puts divided by money spent on calls. Measured in dollars rather than contracts on purpose: counting contracts treats a hundred cheap lottery tickets as more meaningful than one large position, which is backwards. Methodology
0.53× -0.12 over the week
Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
calls +1.19k · puts +1.90k past week

For options traders: ATM IV 36.0% (-4.2% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 1.01 · 25Δ skew 4.2 pts · Net GEX $8.9M

Most traded contracts

No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.

Filings

SEC EDGAR
FiledReportPeriod to Lag
Aug 12, 2026 Quarterly ↗ Jul 4, 2026 39d
May 13, 2026 Quarterly ↗ Apr 4, 2026 39d
Feb 25, 2026 Annual ↗ Dec 31, 2025 56d
Nov 12, 2025 Quarterly ↗ Oct 4, 2025 39d
Aug 13, 2025 Quarterly ↗ Jul 5, 2025 39d
May 14, 2025 Quarterly ↗ Apr 5, 2025 39d
Feb 27, 2025 Annual ↗ Dec 31, 2024 58d
Nov 6, 2024 Quarterly ↗ Sep 28, 2024 39d
Aug 7, 2024 Quarterly ↗ Jun 29, 2024 39d
May 8, 2024 Quarterly ↗ Mar 30, 2024 39d
Feb 27, 2024 Annual ↗ Dec 31, 2023 58d
Nov 8, 2023 Quarterly ↗ Sep 30, 2023 39d

Current reports

FiledDisclosed
Oct 26, 2026 Results · Regulation FD ↗
Jul 27, 2026 Results · Regulation FD ↗
May 19, 2026 Shareholder vote ↗
Apr 27, 2026 Results · Regulation FD ↗
Mar 3, 2026 Director or officer change ↗
Feb 20, 2026 Director or officer change ↗
Jan 26, 2026 Results · Regulation FD ↗
Dec 4, 2025 Director or officer change ↗
Oct 27, 2025 Results · Regulation FD ↗
Jul 28, 2025 Results · Regulation FD ↗
May 14, 2025 Director or officer change · Shareholder vote ↗
May 14, 2025 Cybersecurity incident ↗