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Nucor Corporation

$NUE·$52B·Steel·Basic Materials
$235.67-0.5%YTD+42.7%1Y+71.0%
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$NUENucor Corporation
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $NUE, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

Nucor at 75% of range with KeyBanc Overweight $274 — the specific steel-cycle setup going into July 27 earnings.

Nucor is the specific US steel producer whose electric-arc-furnace mix positions it as the specific low-cost steel-cycle beneficiary. The stock is at 75% of its 52-week range going into July 27 earnings.

Why the setup reads clean:

  • Fundamentals are best-in-class steel: 10% operating margin and 8.6% return on invested capital at 25x TTM P/E — the specific numbers that let Nucor earn a durable premium multiple over commodity-steel peers.
  • The KeyBanc upgrade to Overweight at $274 PT is the specific institutional-signal: 'the recent steep sell-off was unwarranted and sees upside' — meaning a specific sell-side firm is pricing a specific rebound.
  • The tape confirms institutional positioning: sitting essentially flat with the 50-day but 27% above the 200-day at 75% of the 52-week range — the specific pattern of a stock repositioning into an earnings catalyst.
  • The specific technical setup is a falling-wedge breakout: the specific chart pattern that historically extends on confirmed volume — meaning the specific tape has a specific mechanical setup.

July 27 earnings is the trigger. A number confirming steel-margin pass-through plus specific commentary on end-market demand extends the leg; a soft steel-margin print or specific demand-weakness commentary is the specific setup that would compress the multiple.

Agrees with X sentimentX is bullish on the KeyBanc upgrade and the falling-wedge breakout, and the fundamentals genuinely support it — 10% operating margin at Nucor's scale is durable. The gap the corpus isn't sizing is the specific steel-cycle end-market demand; that's the specific external variable.

What to watch: The July 27 print — steel-margin pass-through, end-market demand commentary, and any FY guide change. Above-consensus margins plus stable demand extend the leg; a soft margin print activates compression risk.

On the calendar: 2026-07-27 — Q2 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-29

KeyBanc upgraded Nucor to Overweight at $274 PT - 'the recent steep sell-off was unwarranted and sees upside.' NUE is a steel play breaking out of a falling wedge today. The analyst-calls-of-the-day list features NUE alongside BB (Stifel initiated Buy). Tone is loud bullish on the analyst upgrade and falling-wedge breakout.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Largest U.S. steel producer using electric arc furnace mini-mills for sheet, plate, bar, and structural steel.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Steel sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $NUE.

Steel · Basic Materials

No material change from last week — domestic content requirements in US infrastructure spending favor NUE and STLD over imported steel.

What this means for $NUE

Partial — steel producer using electric arc furnace mini-mills for sheet, plate, bar, and structural steel; this segment overlaps with the domestic content requirements favoring mini-mills in US infrastructure spend but is not the dominant revenue driver.

Top industry ETF

$SLXVanEck Steel ETF
+16.8%YTD
+44.8%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
25.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
8.6%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
10.0%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.9%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
1.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
11.2%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
14.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.3Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Apr 27, 2026$3.23$2.82+14.5%
Q4 2025Jan 26, 2026$1.73$1.91-9.4%
Q3 2025Oct 27, 2025$2.63$2.18+20.6%
Q2 2025Jul 28, 2025$2.60$2.55+2.0%
Next earningsMon, Jul 27·consensus EPS $4.45

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$9.5B+21.3%15.8%11.5%$3.23$225.0M
Q4 FY25$7.7B+8.6%11.2%6.9%$1.64$-3.0M
Q3 FY25$8.5B+14.5%13.9%10.4%$2.63$532.0M
Q2 FY25$8.5B+4.7%14.5%10.9%$2.61$-222.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 10 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$38.6B$36.9B – $40.0B$15.77$13.13 – $17.8110
FY27$39.5B$38.4B – $41.0B$17.02$13.77 – $21.1110
FY28$39.9B$39.8B – $40.1B$16.97$14.25 – $19.749
FY29$40.3B$38.3B – $41.9B$15.87$14.85 – $16.734
FY30$40.2B$38.2B – $41.8B$16.86$15.77 – $17.764

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.5×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.75%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-1.4%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+27.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 222.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.925-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJun 3John J HollatzPresident10.6K sh$2.7MSellMay 18Randy J SpicerPresident2.5K sh$563KSellMay 15Leon J TopalianCEO52.0K sh$11.8MSellMay 5Bradley FordPresident2.2K sh$520KSellMay 4Michael D KellerVice Pres. and Corp. Contro4.6K sh$1.0MSellMay 4Allen C BehrPresident10.1K sh$2.3MSellMay 1Daniel R. NeedhamPresident7.7K sh$1.7MSellMay 1Noah C HannersPresident6.5K sh$1.5MSellApr 30David A SumoskiPresident33.1K sh$7.5MSellMar 23Leon J TopalianCEO11.5K sh$1.9M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-K/AOfficer or director change (amended)Jun 228-K/A — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Delaware 1-4119 13-1860817 reported departure or retirement of an officer: ds the Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original 8-K”) Nucor Corporation (the “Company”) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 3, 2026, regarding, among other things, the retirement of Daniel R. Needham from his employment with the Company. The disclosure included in the Original 8-K otherwise remains unchanged. Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Ce.

8-K/AOfficer or director change (amended)Jun 28-K/A — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Nucor (NUE) filed an 8-K/A to disclose the Retirement Agreement with Mr. Sumoski (retiring June 13, 2026); the agreement supersedes all prior employment arrangements and includes a comprehensive mutual release of claims. Routine executive retirement and separation agreement.

8-KShareholder voteMay 198-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Nucor Corporation held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 14, 2026, with shareholders electing all eight director nominees to serve until the 2027 annual meeting or until their successors are duly elected. The excerpt is truncated before individual vote counts are shown, but states each nominee received a strong majority of votes. This is a routine governance filing for this large U.S. steel producer with no material transactions.

8-KPress release / Reg FDApr 278-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

NUE reported period ending 2026-04-27 financial results (8-K Item 2.02). Investors should review the full earnings press release and any management guidance for forward outlook.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 113
8-KOfficer or director changeMar 38-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
8-K/AOfficer or director change (amended)Feb 278-K/A — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 208-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Here's Why Nucor (NUE) is a Strong Value Stockzacks.com·1d agoNucor (NUE) Laps the Stock Market: Here's Whyzacks.com·2d agoIs Nucor (NUE) Stock Outpacing Its Basic Materials Peers This Year?zacks.com·2d agoNucor Invites You to Join Its Second Quarter of 2026 Conference Call on the Webprnewswire.com·3d agoCan NUE's Strong Balance Sheet Power Bigger Shareholder Returns Ahead?zacks.com·9d ago

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