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Nucor Corporation (NUE) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

NUE • • Industrial / General
Basic MaterialsSteelIntegrated Steel ProducersMajor Integrated Steel Mills
AboutNucor Corporation manufactures and sells steel and steel products. The company's 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 products; and bar steel products, such as blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing and merchant bars, and special bar quality products. It also engages in the steel trading and rebar distribution businesses. This segment sells its products to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Its Steel Products segment offers hollow structural section steel tubing products, electrical conduits, steel racking, steel joists and joist girders, steel decks, fabricated concrete reinforcing steel products, cold finished steel products, steel fasteners, metal building systems, insulated metal panels, steel grating and expanded metal products, and wire and wire mesh products primarily for use in nonresidential construction applications. This segment also engages in the piling distribution business. The company's Raw Materials segment produces direct reduced iron (DRI); brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, and DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal, as well as engages in the natural gas drilling operations. 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. It serves agriculture, automotive, construction, energy and transmission, oil and gas, heavy equipment, infrastructure, and transportation industries through its in-house sales force; and internal distribution and trading companies. Nucor Corporation was incorporated in 1958 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.Show more
  • Revenue $30.73B -11.5%
  • EBITDA $4.33B -41.4%
  • Net Income $2.03B -55.2%
  • EPS (Diluted) 8.46 -53.0%
  • Gross Margin 13.35% -40.7%
  • EBITDA Margin 14.1% -33.8%
  • Operating Margin 9.69% -46.0%
  • Net Margin 6.6% -49.4%
  • ROE 9.31% -57.1%
  • ROIC 9.43% -55.0%
  • Debt/Equity 0.32 +4.9%
  • Interest Coverage 13.07 -48.4%
Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

  • ✓Excellent 3Y average ROE of 25.2%
  • ✓14 consecutive years of dividend growth
  • ✓High quality earnings: Operating CF exceeds net income
  • ✓Share count reduced 4.8% through buybacks
  • ✓Healthy 5Y average net margin of 12.1%
  • ✓Trading near 52-week high

✗Weaknesses

No significant weaknesses identified

* These insights are generated automatically based on available financial data. Please conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

Price & Volume

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y3.83%
5Y6.35%
3Y-5.56%
TTM1.66%

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y11%
5Y9.78%
3Y-33.29%
TTM-34.54%

EPS CAGR

10Y14.31%
5Y15.36%
3Y-28.52%
TTM-31.21%

ROCE

10Y Avg21.19%
5Y Avg30.75%
3Y Avg24.73%
Latest9.98%

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Profit & Loss

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Sales/Revenue+16.44B16.21B20.25B25.07B22.59B20.14B36.48B41.51B34.71B30.73B
Revenue Growth %-0.22%-0.01%0.25%0.24%-0.1%-0.11%0.81%0.14%-0.16%-0.11%
Cost of Goods Sold+15.33B14.18B17.68B20.77B19.91B17.91B25.46B29.01B26.9B26.63B
COGS % of Revenue0.93%0.88%0.87%0.83%0.88%0.89%0.7%0.7%0.77%0.87%
Gross Profit+1.11B2.03B2.57B4.3B2.68B2.23B11.03B12.5B7.82B4.1B
Gross Margin %0.07%0.12%0.13%0.17%0.12%0.11%0.3%0.3%0.23%0.13%
Gross Profit Growth %-0.4%0.82%0.27%0.67%-0.38%-0.17%3.95%0.13%-0.37%-0.48%
Operating Expenses+458.99M596.76M687.53M860.72M711.25M2.23B1.71B2B1.58B1.12B
OpEx % of Revenue0.03%0.04%0.03%0.03%0.03%0.11%0.05%0.05%0.05%0.04%
Selling, General & Admin458.99M596.76M687.53M860.72M711.25M615.04M1.71B2B1.58B1.12B
SG&A % of Revenue0.03%0.04%0.03%0.03%0.03%0.03%0.05%0.05%0.05%0.04%
Research & Development0000000000
R&D % of Revenue----------
Other Operating Expenses000001.61B0000
Operating Income+654.9M1.43B1.88B3.43B1.97B09.32B10.51B6.23B2.98B
Operating Margin %0.04%0.09%0.09%0.14%0.09%-0.26%0.25%0.18%0.1%
Operating Income Growth %-0.51%1.18%0.32%0.83%-0.43%-1%-0.13%-0.41%-0.52%
EBITDA+1.35B2.12B2.61B4.15B2.7B1.79B10.18B11.57B7.4B4.33B
EBITDA Margin %0.08%0.13%0.13%0.17%0.12%0.09%0.28%0.28%0.21%0.14%
EBITDA Growth %-0.34%0.56%0.23%0.59%-0.35%-0.34%4.7%0.14%-0.36%-0.41%
D&A (Non-Cash Add-back)700.02M687.05M727.06M719.64M734.65M785.47M864.56M1.06B1.17B1.36B
EBIT419.41M1.48B1.94B3.39B1.94B1B9.36B10.51B6.52B3.13B
Net Interest Income+-173.53M-169.24M-173.58M-135.53M-121.42M-153.2M-158.85M-170M30M30M
Interest Income4.01M11.94M13.7M25.72M39.83M13.41M4.27M48.7M276M258M
Interest Expense177.54M181.18M187.28M161.26M161.26M166.61M163.12M218.91M246M228M
Other Income/Expense-413.04M-130.49M-131.92M-205.29M-185.03M835.54M-117.95M-261M43M-77M
Pretax Income+241.87M1.3B1.75B3.23B1.78B835.54M9.2B10.24B6.27B2.9B
Pretax Margin %0.01%0.08%0.09%0.13%0.08%0.04%0.25%0.25%0.18%0.09%
Income Tax+213.15M398.24M369.39M748.31M411.9M-490K2.08B2.17B1.36B583M
Effective Tax Rate %1.48%0.61%0.75%0.73%0.71%0.86%0.74%0.74%0.72%0.7%
Net Income+357.66M796.27M1.32B2.36B1.27B721.47M6.83B7.61B4.52B2.03B
Net Margin %0.02%0.05%0.07%0.09%0.06%0.04%0.19%0.18%0.13%0.07%
Net Income Growth %-0.5%1.23%0.66%0.79%-0.46%-0.43%8.46%0.11%-0.41%-0.55%
Net Income (Continuing)193.03M900.42M1.38B2.48B1.37B836.03M7.12B8.08B4.91B2.32B
Discontinued Operations0000000000
Minority Interest369.13M374.84M345.75M409.89M433.31M443.2M587.4M1.16B1.18B1.12B
EPS (Diluted)+1.112.484.107.454.142.3623.1628.7918.008.46
EPS Growth %-0.5%1.23%0.65%0.82%-0.44%-0.43%8.81%0.24%-0.37%-0.53%
EPS (Basic)1.112.484.117.474.142.3723.2328.8818.058.47
Diluted Shares Outstanding320.69M319.82M320.77M316.73M305.5M303.27M293.39M263.18M250.41M238.5M
Basic Shares Outstanding320.56M319.56M319.99M315.86M305.04M303.17M292.49M262.35M249.77M238.3M
Dividend Payout Ratio1.34%0.6%0.37%0.21%0.39%0.68%0.07%0.07%0.11%0.26%

Balance Sheet

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Total Current Assets+5.75B6.51B6.82B8.64B8.23B9.49B12.8B14.69B16.39B12.47B
Cash & Short-Term Investments2.04B2.2B999.1M1.4B1.83B3.05B2.62B4.86B7.13B4.14B
Cash Only1.94B2.05B949.1M1.4B1.53B2.64B2.36B4.28B6.38B3.56B
Short-Term Investments100M150M50M0300.04M408M253M576.95M747M581M
Accounts Receivable1.38B1.63B2.03B2.51B2.16B2.3B3.85B3.59B2.95B2.67B
Days Sales Outstanding30.7236.7436.5636.4834.941.6638.5631.5731.0531.77
Inventory2.15B2.48B3.46B4.55B3.84B3.57B6.01B5.45B5.58B5.11B
Days Inventory Outstanding51.163.8371.4580.0170.4472.7386.1868.6275.6969.98
Other Current Assets185.64M198.8M335.08M178.31M389.53M573.05M316.54M789.33M725M555M
Total Non-Current Assets+8.47B8.72B9.02B9.28B10.12B10.64B13.02B17.79B18.95B21.46B
Property, Plant & Equipment4.89B5.08B5.09B5.33B6.18B6.9B8.11B9.62B11.05B13.24B
Fixed Asset Turnover3.36x3.19x3.98x4.70x3.66x2.92x4.50x4.32x3.14x2.32x
Goodwill2.01B2.05B2.2B2.18B2.2B2.23B2.83B3.92B3.97B4.29B
Intangible Assets770.67M866.84M914.65M828.5M742.19M668.02M1.1B3.32B3.11B3.13B
Long-Term Investments000000000483M
Other Non-Current Assets799.46M718.91M812.99M936.74M996.49M839.93M977.59M928.28M827M317M
Total Assets+14.33B15.22B15.84B17.92B18.34B20.13B25.82B32.48B35.34B33.94B
Asset Turnover1.15x1.06x1.28x1.40x1.23x1.00x1.41x1.28x0.98x0.91x
Asset Growth %-0.08%0.06%0.04%0.13%0.02%0.1%0.28%0.26%0.09%-0.04%
Total Current Liabilities+1.39B2.39B2.82B2.81B2.46B2.63B5.16B4.33B4.59B4.98B
Accounts Payable566.53M838.11M1.18B1.43B1.2B1.43B1.83B1.65B2.02B1.83B
Days Payables Outstanding13.4921.5724.3825.122.0329.1826.2420.7527.4125.11
Short-Term Debt51.31M617.96M552.83M57.87M82.44M57.91M708.72M59.08M179M1.25B
Deferred Revenue (Current)0000000000
Other Current Liabilities0000000000
Current Ratio4.15x2.72x2.42x3.08x3.34x3.61x2.48x3.39x3.57x2.51x
Quick Ratio2.61x1.68x1.19x1.45x1.78x2.25x1.32x2.13x2.35x1.48x
Cash Conversion Cycle68.337983.6391.483.3185.2198.579.4479.3376.64
Total Non-Current Liabilities+5.09B4.58B3.93B4.91B5.09B6.27B6.06B8.58B8.62B7.55B
Long-Term Debt4.34B3.74B3.24B4.23B4.22B5.19B4.78B6.43B6.46B5.49B
Capital Lease Obligations000075.96M79.45M179.05M188.39M189M191M
Deferred Tax Liabilities0000000000
Other Non-Current Liabilities754.77M839.7M689.46M679.04M798.41M993.88M1.1B1.97B1.97B1.86B
Total Liabilities6.48B6.97B6.76B7.72B7.55B8.89B11.22B12.91B13.22B12.52B
Total Debt+4.39B4.36B3.8B4.29B4.38B5.34B5.68B6.69B6.84B6.95B
Net Debt2.45B2.31B2.85B2.89B2.85B2.7B3.32B2.41B459M3.39B
Debt / Equity0.56x0.53x0.42x0.42x0.41x0.48x0.39x0.34x0.31x0.32x
Debt / EBITDA3.24x2.06x1.45x1.03x1.62x2.99x0.56x0.58x0.92x1.60x
Net Debt / EBITDA1.81x1.09x1.09x0.70x1.05x1.51x0.33x0.21x0.06x0.78x
Interest Coverage3.69x7.89x10.05x21.30x12.20x-57.13x47.99x25.33x13.07x
Total Equity+7.79B8.25B9.08B10.2B10.79B11.23B14.6B19.57B22.12B21.42B
Equity Growth %-0.04%0.06%0.1%0.12%0.06%0.04%0.3%0.34%0.13%-0.03%
Book Value per Share24.2825.8128.3232.2135.3237.0449.7874.3688.3589.80
Total Shareholders' Equity7.42B7.88B8.74B9.79B10.36B10.79B14.02B18.41B20.94B20.29B
Common Stock151.43M151.73M151.96M152.06M152.06M152.06M152.06M152.06M152M152M
Retained Earnings7.26B7.63B8.46B10.34B11.12B11.34B17.67B24.75B28.76B30.27B
Treasury Stock-1.56B-1.56B-1.64B-2.47B-2.71B-2.71B-5.84B-8.5B-9.99B-12.14B
Accumulated OCI-351.36M-317.84M-254.68M-304.13M-302.97M-118.86M-115.28M-137.52M-162M-208M
Minority Interest369.13M374.84M345.75M409.89M433.31M443.2M587.4M1.16B1.18B1.12B

Cash Flow

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Cash from Operations+2.17B1.75B1.06B2.39B2.81B2.7B6.23B10.07B7.11B3.98B
Operating CF Margin %0.13%0.11%0.05%0.1%0.12%0.13%0.17%0.24%0.2%0.13%
Operating CF Growth %0.61%-0.19%-0.4%1.27%0.17%-0.04%1.31%0.62%-0.29%-0.44%
Net Income193.03M900.42M1.38B2.48B1.37B836.03M7.12B8.08B4.91B2.32B
Depreciation & Amortization700.02M687.05M727.06M719.64M734.65M785.47M864.56M1.06B1.17B1.36B
Stock-Based Compensation45.79M56.51M64.18M73.42M90.36M73.85M135.78M137M130M132M
Deferred Taxes-246.84M71.45M-221.17M3.02M99.16M162.84M11.66M-47M21M-116M
Other Non-Cash Items254.64M1.84M7.63M99.96M101.06M634.69M-40.71M148M21M132M
Working Capital Changes1.22B32.72M-902.93M-983.16M413.27M204M-1.86B693M858M156M
Change in Receivables655.49M-217.74M-329.5M-485.43M361.34M-129.29M-1.39B501M664M319M
Change in Inventory1.06B-132.64M-900.95M-1.09B712.64M284.08M-2.31B962M-75M518M
Change in Payables-438.79M236.79M314.82M235.57M-253.46M250.56M383.43M-496M361M-321M
Cash from Investing+-441.7M-1.03B-918.89M-1.03B-1.79B-1.76B-2.87B-5.7B-2.5B-3.73B
Capital Expenditures-374.12M-604.84M-448.56M-982.53M-1.48B-1.54B-1.62B-1.95B-2.21B-3.17B
CapEx % of Revenue0.02%0.04%0.02%0.04%0.07%0.08%0.04%0.05%0.06%0.1%
Acquisitions----------
Investments----------
Other Investing32.4M32.68M32.7M56.94M44.49M7.76M19.8M22M-21M5M
Cash from Financing+-801.47M-626.43M-1.24B-908.18M-880.41M285.85M-3.6B-2.51B-2.59B-3.06B
Debt Issued (Net)----------
Equity Issued (Net)----------
Dividends Paid-479.43M-481.08M-485.32M-485.38M-492.06M-491.65M-483.47M-534M-515M-522M
Share Repurchases----------
Other Financing-83.84M-122.49M-108.62M-93.65M-110.53M-144.15M-90.13M-136M-489M-414M
Net Change in Cash----------
Free Cash Flow+1.79B1.15B606.78M1.41B1.33B1.15B4.61B8.12B4.9B806M
FCF Margin %0.11%0.07%0.03%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.13%0.2%0.14%0.03%
FCF Growth %1.66%-0.36%-0.47%1.33%-0.06%-0.13%2.99%0.76%-0.4%-0.84%
FCF per Share5.603.581.894.464.363.8015.7130.8719.563.38
FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income)6.06x2.20x0.80x1.01x2.21x3.74x0.91x1.32x1.57x1.96x
Interest Paid0000000000
Taxes Paid0000000000

Key Ratios

Metric2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Return on Equity (ROE)4.51%9.93%15.21%24.48%12.11%6.55%52.85%44.52%21.71%9.31%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)4.49%10.31%12.55%20.59%11.04%-43.88%39.49%20.97%9.43%
Gross Margin6.78%12.5%12.69%17.14%11.86%11.06%30.22%30.12%22.51%13.35%
Net Margin2.18%4.91%6.51%9.42%5.63%3.58%18.71%18.33%13.03%6.6%
Debt / Equity0.56x0.53x0.42x0.42x0.41x0.48x0.39x0.34x0.31x0.32x
Interest Coverage3.69x7.89x10.05x21.30x12.20x-57.13x47.99x25.33x13.07x
FCF Conversion6.06x2.20x0.80x1.01x2.21x3.74x0.91x1.32x1.57x1.96x
Revenue Growth-22.11%-1.41%24.95%23.77%-9.89%-10.84%81.15%13.78%-16.38%-11.47%

Revenue by Segment

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Sheet--6.41B-6.45B5.45B12.68B11.44B9.15B9.25B
Sheet Growth------15.50%132.56%-9.77%-20.03%1.11%
Bar--3.56B-4.11B3.82B6.04B7.03B5.99B5.19B
Bar Growth------6.95%58.05%16.44%-14.76%-13.41%
Steel Products3.97B3.69B-6.8B--5.74B-5.06B3.44B
Steel Products Growth--7.04%--------32.05%
Structural--1.98B-1.57B1.53B2.6B2.93B2.43B2.28B
Structural Growth------2.99%70.20%12.71%-17.04%-6.31%
Plate--1.64B-1.8B1.31B2.83B2.79B2.52B2.02B
Plate Growth------27.29%116.02%-1.43%-9.64%-19.94%
Raw Materials6.28B6B-11.46B--2.61B-1.86B1.92B
Raw Materials Growth--4.49%-------2.85%
Rebar Fabrication----1.67B1.71B1.79B2.21B2.18B1.78B
Rebar Fabrication Growth-----2.52%5.05%22.92%-1.09%-18.56%
Tubular Products--917.24M-1.21B1.11B2.19B1.94B1.59B1.29B
Tubular Products Growth------7.77%97.09%-11.40%-18.32%-18.65%
Deck--------1.71B998M
Deck Growth----------41.72%
Other Steel Products----4.12B3.8B-5.56B--
Other Steel Products Growth------7.66%----
Steel Mills11.08B11.31B-16.25B------
Steel Mills Growth-2.05%--------

Revenue by Geography

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Frequently Asked Questions

Valuation & Price

Nucor Corporation (NUE) has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 20.7x. This is roughly in line with market averages.

Growth & Financials

Nucor Corporation (NUE) reported $31.88B in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 59% increase from $20.02B in 2011.

Nucor Corporation (NUE) saw revenue decline by 11.5% over the past year.

Yes, Nucor Corporation (NUE) is profitable, generating $1.65B in net income for fiscal year 2024 (6.6% net margin).

Dividend & Returns

Yes, Nucor Corporation (NUE) pays a dividend with a yield of 1.25%. This makes it attractive for income-focused investors.

Nucor Corporation (NUE) has a return on equity (ROE) of 9.3%. This is below average, suggesting room for improvement.

Nucor Corporation (NUE) had negative free cash flow of $330.8M in fiscal year 2024, likely due to heavy capital investments.

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