US · NUE
Nucor Corporation
- Sector
- Basic Materials · Steel
- Headquarters
- Charlotte, NC 28211
- Website
- nucor.com
Price · as of 2025-12-31
$226.04
Market cap 40.48B
Valuation summary
Four models, one snapshot. Upside is target ÷ current − 1.
| Valuation method | Value, $ | Upside, % |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence(AI) | $125.38 | -44.53% |
| Intrinsic Value(DCF) | $72.23 | -68.05% |
| Graham-Dodd Method(GD) | $76.63 | -66.1% |
| Graham Formula(GF) | $103.40 | -54.25% |
Valuation history
Annual price (USD per share) overlaid with each model's fair value. Y-axis is log scale.
| Year | Price | AI | DCF | Graham-Dodd | Graham Formula |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | $29.52 | $17.75 | $1.44 | $8.24 | $81.95 |
| 2012 | $34.53 | $16.45 | $17.29 | $3.66 | $8.34 |
| 2013 | $37.48 | $18.41 | $0.00 | $3.28 | $9.51 |
| 2014 | $35.99 | $17.08 | $0.00 | $6.71 | $41.21 |
| 2015 | $36.15 | $18.37 | $0.00 | $0.01 | $0.00 |
| 2016 | $49.76 | $28.41 | $1.54 | $8.11 | $16.92 |
| 2017 | $56.56 | $33.22 | $0.00 | $18.30 | $132.05 |
| 2018 | $49.95 | $61.85 | $386.26 | $38.41 | $230.92 |
| 2019 | $35.25 | $42.92 | $0.00 | $23.38 | $0.00 |
| 2020 | $64.53 | $46.12 | $0.00 | $15.80 | $0.00 |
| 2021 | $127.35 | $206.55 | $3,425.66 | $130.17 | $2,002.78 |
| 2022 | $152.09 | $198.47 | $3,459.04 | $169.70 | $618.52 |
| 2023 | $180.18 | $150.96 | $1,358.39 | $127.60 | $0.00 |
| 2024 | $131.58 | $99.68 | $5.66 | $76.84 | $0.00 |
| 2025 | $180.57 | $125.38 | $0.52 | $76.63 | $103.40 |
AI valuation
Our deep-learning model estimates Nucor Corporation's (NUE) per-share fair value from quarterly fundamentals, sector trend, and historical valuation patterns.
- AI fair value
- $125.38
- Current price
- $226.04
- AI upside
- -44.53%
Methodology and confidence bands appear in the dedicated valuation theory section. The AI score is an estimate, not a recommendation.
Intrinsic value (DCF)
Open DCF calculatorThree textbook valuation models, recomputed daily from the latest financial statements. The DCF uses our Chepakovich model. Graham-Dodd and Graham Formula are conservative reference points.
DCF
$72.23
-68.05% upside
Graham-Dodd
$76.63
-66.1% upside
Graham Formula
$103.40
-54.25% upside
Peer comparison
Same-industry comparables, ranked by market cap.
| Basic Info | Model Valuation | Core Valuation | Profitability | Leverage & Liquidity | Growth | Cash Flow | Dividends | Enterprise Value | Risk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ticker | Company Name | Price | Market Cap | AI Upside | DCF Upside | GD Upside | GF Upside | P/E | P/B | P/S | EV/EBITDA | PEG | P/TBV | Gross Margin | Operating Margin | Net Margin | ROE | ROIC | ROA | Debt/Equity | Interest Coverage | Current Ratio | Quick Ratio | Net Debt/EBITDA | EPS Growth | Sales Growth | FCF Growth | FCF Yield | Op Cash Flow Ratio | Cash ROIC | Dividend Yield | Dividend Payout | Shareholder Yield | EV/EBIT | EV/FCF | EV/Sales | Altman Z-Score |
| NUE | Nucor Corporation | $226.04 | 40.48B | -45% | -68% | -66% | -54% | 20.44 | 1.99 | 1.28 | 11.22 | — | 3.03 | 11.93% | 8.18% | 5.37% | 9.89% | 8.71% | 5.90% | 0.34 | 45.07 | 2.94 | 1.45 | 1.18 | -1111.00% | 573.00% | -12333.00% | -0.45% | 0.81 | -0.78% | 1.23% | 25.10% | 2.91% | 17.33 | -245.10 | 1.42 | 4.62 |
| AMRZ | Amrize Ltd | $64.99 | 35.94B | -29% | -57% | -72% | -70% | 29.80 | 2.66 | 2.99 | 13.93 | — | 14.09 | 25.68% | 16.13% | 10.03% | 8.92% | 8.66% | 4.96% | 0.45 | — | 1.64 | 1.06 | 1.41 | -696.00% | 95.00% | -1341.00% | 4.02% | 0.77 | 8.23% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 20.62 | 27.67 | 3.33 | 2.76 |
| AU | AngloGold Ashanti Plc | $127.77 | 64.51B | -15% | +61% | — | +208% | 24.71 | 8.05 | 6.58 | 11.80 | 20.13 | 8.16 | 46.54% | 45.14% | 26.65% | 35.82% | 44.33% | 18.67% | 0.30 | 20.30 | 2.87 | 1.89 | -0.09 | 12275.00% | 7078.00% | 25364.00% | 4.77% | 2.91 | 41.52% | 2.87% | 71.00% | 4.74% | 14.48 | 20.82 | 6.54 | 10.15 |
| FNV | Franco-Nevada Corporation | $280.61 | 54.1B | -70% | -80% | -91% | — | 49.69 | 4.57 | 24.63 | 26.26 | — | 4.57 | 68.18% | 65.25% | 49.58% | 9.38% | 11.81% | 8.96% | 0.00 | 293.56 | 25.43 | 23.84 | -1.47 | -21811.00% | -865.00% | -1024.00% | 1.54% | 12.29 | 9.48% | 0.88% | 43.90% | 0.99% | 35.76 | 61.64 | 23.33 | 50.28 |
| GFI | Gold Fields Limited | $58.84 | 52.66B | +7% | +25% | -70% | +402% | 14.49 | 6.15 | 5.90 | 10.15 | 7.75 | 6.15 | 54.20% | 49.38% | 40.76% | 52.49% | 34.03% | 28.21% | 0.43 | 47.49 | 1.75 | 1.05 | 0.34 | 18696.00% | 6877.00% | 34014.00% | 6.02% | 2.68 | 35.59% | 1.37% | 19.80% | 1.95% | 12.38 | 17.19 | 6.11 | 6.98 |
| MLM | Martin Marietta Materials… | $676.57 | 40.81B | -50% | -59% | -69% | -77% | 35.29 | 4.00 | 6.13 | 21.07 | — | 6.73 | 29.98% | 23.26% | 17.37% | 11.67% | 8.21% | 6.17% | 0.53 | 6.65 | 3.57 | 0.88 | 2.44 | -4199.00% | 12.00% | 6192.00% | 2.44% | 1.99 | 6.55% | 0.49% | 17.30% | 1.61% | 29.81 | 46.40 | 6.93 | 3.54 |
| MT | ArcelorMittal S.A. | $65.16 | 49.94B | -30% | -52% | +29% | -59% | 15.61 | 0.90 | 0.80 | 9.68 | 10.90 | 1.00 | 9.63% | 5.91% | 5.14% | 6.08% | 5.59% | 3.37% | 0.25 | 12.22 | 1.36 | 0.40 | 1.34 | 14320.00% | -174.00% | 537.00% | 0.96% | 0.21 | 0.81% | 0.86% | 13.40% | 1.39% | 15.75 | 121.33 | 0.93 | 1.57 |
| PKX | POSCO Holdings Inc. | $69.59 | 21.06B | -2% | -53% | +43% | -90% | 47.88 | 0.57 | 0.45 | 7.64 | — | 0.63 | 7.38% | 2.64% | 0.94% | 1.18% | 1.26% | 0.63% | 0.51 | — | 1.90 | 1.16 | 2.22 | -4843.00% | -365.00% | -2791.00% | -3.43% | 0.20 | -1.59% | 2.91% | 139.10% | 25.88% | 23.98 | -41.09 | 0.63 | 1.40 |
| RS | Reliance Steel & Aluminum… | $315.64 | 16.5B | -15% | -59% | -71% | -49% | 22.88 | 2.37 | 1.19 | 14.38 | — | 4.20 | 26.79% | 7.15% | 5.17% | 10.31% | 9.06% | 7.27% | 0.28 | 18.36 | 4.88 | 2.07 | 1.36 | -1015.00% | 332.00% | -4971.00% | 2.96% | 0.98 | 5.82% | 1.50% | 34.30% | 5.00% | 18.33 | 37.30 | 1.31 | 6.25 |
| STLD | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | $193.13 | 28.2B | -39% | -58% | -65% | -52% | 25.12 | 3.33 | 1.64 | 15.71 | — | 3.66 | 13.01% | 8.12% | 6.52% | 13.25% | 9.81% | 7.56% | 0.47 | 21.07 | 3.06 | 1.16 | 1.63 | -1880.00% | 363.00% | -223381.00% | 1.68% | 0.68 | 4.19% | 0.98% | 24.60% | 4.00% | 22.51 | 66.25 | 1.83 | 5.45 |
| VMC | Vulcan Materials Company | $310.00 | 40.96B | -44% | -60% | -85% | -61% | 37.47 | 4.74 | 5.09 | 17.77 | 202.12 | 12.41 | 27.30% | 20.06% | 13.63% | 12.96% | 9.31% | 6.38% | 0.63 | 3.41 | 2.69 | 1.12 | 2.03 | 1854.00% | 694.00% | 4084.00% | 2.81% | 1.90 | 8.37% | 0.64% | 24.10% | 1.84% | 28.66 | 40.19 | 5.75 | 4.35 |
About Nucor Corporation
Nucor 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.
- CEO
- Leon J. Topalian
- Employees
- 32.7K
- Beta
- 1.84
Disclaimer: Information on this page is provided for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Upside computed as ($72.23 ÷ $226.04) − 1 = -68.05% (DCF, example).