Nucor Corporation (NUE) Stock

About Nucor Corporation

Nucor Corporation is led by CEO Leon J. Topalian, employs 32,700 people, headquartered in Charlotte, US, publicly traded since 1980.

Nucor Corporation (NUE) stock trades at $246.14 with a market capitalization of $56.06B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.70, price-to-book of 2.55, price-to-sales of 1.56. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $131.32 and $280.11, and currently trades 12.1% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.91%.

On profitability, Nucor Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 13.53%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 13.06%, an operating margin of 10.04%, a net profit margin of 7.99%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Nucor Corporation reported annual revenue of $32.5B, net profit of $1.7B, revenue has compounded at 10.0% a year over the last five years, profit at 19.3% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 2.90, total assets of $35.1B, $2.3B in cash and equivalents.

NUE has a beta of 1.88 (more volatile than the overall market).