Compare Stocks: NUE, STLD, and GS

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$884.42 +1.0%	$968.62	$743.11 ▼ $1,153.99	$255.00B	1.29	2.30 million shs	2.30 million shs
NUE Nucor	$261.48 +0.3%	$253.22	$135.16 ▼ $280.11	$59.15B	1.84	1.17 million shs	1.42 million shs
STLD Steel Dynamics	$244.37 -0.3%	$238.13	$146.11 ▼ $288.74	$35.14B	1.48	859,367 shs	1.67 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	+1.08%	-0.90%	-6.23%	-19.51%	+15.90%
NUE Nucor	+0.16%	+3.02%	+5.00%	+10.70%	+91.35%
STLD Steel Dynamics	-0.33%	+1.55%	+3.87%	+2.40%	+67.06%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$884.42 +1.0%	$968.62	$743.11 ▼ $1,153.99	$255.00B	1.29	2.30 million shs	2.30 million shs
NUE Nucor	$261.48 +0.3%	$253.22	$135.16 ▼ $280.11	$59.15B	1.84	1.17 million shs	1.42 million shs
STLD Steel Dynamics	$244.37 -0.3%	$238.13	$146.11 ▼ $288.74	$35.14B	1.48	859,367 shs	1.67 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	+1.08%	-0.90%	-6.23%	-19.51%	+15.90%
NUE Nucor	+0.16%	+3.02%	+5.00%	+10.70%	+91.35%
STLD Steel Dynamics	-0.33%	+1.55%	+3.87%	+2.40%	+67.06%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	2.42	Hold	$1,050.32	18.76% Upside
NUE Nucor	2.88	Moderate Buy	$276.86	5.88% Upside
STLD Steel Dynamics	2.67	Moderate Buy	$258.55	5.80% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NUE, STLD, and GS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/20/2026	STLD Steel Dynamics	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$299.00
10/19/2026	STLD Steel Dynamics	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$272.00 ➝ $285.00
10/19/2026	NUE Nucor	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$295.00 ➝ $306.00
10/19/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$970.00 ➝ $950.00
10/16/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$955.00 ➝ $970.00
10/15/2026	NUE Nucor	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
10/14/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$1,130.00 ➝ $1,100.00
10/14/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
10/14/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$1,050.00 ➝ $1,000.00
10/14/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform	$1,220.00 ➝ $1,010.00
10/13/2026	STLD Steel Dynamics	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)

(Data available from 10/21/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$125.10B	2.06	$65.17 per share	13.57	$429.30 per share	2.06
NUE Nucor	$32.49B	1.83	$14.33 per share	18.25	$96.67 per share	2.70
STLD Steel Dynamics	$18.18B	1.93	$11.86 per share	20.61	$60.19 per share	4.06

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$17.18B	$69.55	12.72	12.02	0.83	15.77%	19.55%	1.08%	N/A
NUE Nucor	$1.74B	$12.54	20.98	12.07	0.64	7.99%	12.73%	8.03%	10/26/2026 (Estimated)
STLD Steel Dynamics	$1.19B	$11.03	18.03	10.54	0.35	8.82%	21.95%	11.79%	N/A

Latest NUE, STLD, and GS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/26/2026	Q3 2026	NUE Nucor	$5.84	N/A	N/A	N/A	$10.84 billion	N/A
10/19/2026	Q3 2026	STLD Steel Dynamics	$5.48	$5.26	-$0.22	$5.26	$6.43 billion	$6.51 billion
10/13/2026	Q3 2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$12.86	$17.01	+$4.15	$17.01	$16.83 billion	$18.68 billion
7/27/2026	Q2 2026	NUE Nucor	$4.46	$4.84	+$0.38	$5.04	$10.15 billion	$10.40 billion
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	STLD Steel Dynamics	$3.63	$3.69	+$0.06	$3.69	$5.56 billion	$6.09 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$20.00	2.26%	+22.87%	28.76%	13 Years
NUE Nucor	$2.24	0.86%	+6.54%	17.86%	52 Years
STLD Steel Dynamics	$2.12	0.87%	+14.87%	19.22%	13 Years

Latest NUE, STLD, and GS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/12/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	quarterly	$5.00	2.24%	12/2/2026	12/2/2026	12/30/2026
9/18/2026	NUE Nucor	quarterly	$0.56	0.96%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	11/10/2026
8/14/2026	STLD Steel Dynamics	quarterly	$0.53	0.96%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	10/9/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	2.82	1.10	0.63
NUE Nucor	0.27	2.51	1.36
STLD Steel Dynamics	0.45	3.18	1.45

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	71.21%
NUE Nucor	76.48%
STLD Steel Dynamics	82.41%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	0.55%
NUE Nucor	0.62%
STLD Steel Dynamics	6.60%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	47,400	291.17 million	289.57 million	Optionable
NUE Nucor	33,000	226.88 million	225.47 million	Optionable
STLD Steel Dynamics	14,400	143.33 million	133.87 million	Optionable

NUE, STLD, and GS Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. Sells 158,036 Shares of Steel Dynamics, Inc. $STLD

28 minutes ago | marketbeat.com

Steel Dynamics, Inc. Announces Executive Promotions

October 20 at 11:58 PM | marketscreener.comM

Steel Dynamics stock slides 8% as Q3 earnings disappoint despite record shipments

October 20 at 11:58 PM | streetinsider.com

Steel Dynamics shares fall 5.8% premarket as Q3 earnings miss estimates

October 20 at 11:58 PM | msn.com

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

October 20 at 11:58 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Stock Ignores Q3 Earnings As Aluminum Questions Linger

October 20 at 11:58 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Steel Dynamics Earnings Call Signals Robust Growth Path

October 20 at 8:11 PM | tipranks.com

Steel Dynamics Q3 Earnings Call Highlights

October 20 at 2:02 PM | marketbeat.com

Steel Dynamics Q3 2026: Record Shipments, Narrow Miss, Swelling Backlog

October 20 at 1:52 PM | 247wallst.com

Steel Dynamics Q3 2026: Revenue Hits $6.51B, Up 35% Year-Over-Year

October 20 at 1:52 PM | news.alphastreet.comN

STLD Q3 Earnings Miss Estimates Despite Strong Steel Pricing

October 20 at 11:01 AM | zacks.com

Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) Shares Gap Down After Earnings Miss

October 20 at 10:19 AM | marketbeat.com

Steel Dynamics: Strong Expectations Already Priced In

October 20 at 8:30 AM | seekingalpha.com

Reminder: Steel Dynamics Announces Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

October 20 at 8:00 AM | prnewswire.com

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

October 19 at 7:31 PM | zacks.com

Steel Dynamics Q3 Earnings, Revenue Rise; Announces Leadership Promotions

October 19 at 7:10 PM | marketscreener.comM

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

October 19 at 7:10 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Q3 Earnings Miss Estimates

October 19 at 7:01 PM | zacks.com

Steel Dynamics Falls After Q3 EPS Miss Despite Record Shipments

October 19 at 5:31 PM | quiverquant.comQ

Steel Dynamics Reports Higher Profit on Improved Pricing, Lower Imports

October 19 at 4:55 PM | wsj.com

Steel Dynamics Elevates Leadership to Drive Strategic Growth

October 19 at 4:51 PM | tipranks.com

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NUE, STLD, and GS Company Descriptions

The Goldman Sachs Group NYSE:GS

$884.42 +8.64 (+0.99%)

Closing price 10/20/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$889.50 +5.08 (+0.57%)

As of 05:56 AM Eastern

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a financial institution, provides a range of financial services for corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals worldwide. It operates through Global Banking & Markets, Asset & Wealth Management, and Platform Solutions segments. The Global Banking & Markets segment provides financial advisory services, including strategic advisory assignments related to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, and spin-offs; and relationship lending, and acquisition financing, as well as secured lending, through structured credit and asset-backed lending and involved in financing under securities to resale agreements. This segment also offers client execution activities for cash and derivative instruments; credit and interest rate products; and provision of mortgages, currencies, commodities, and equities related products, as well as underwriting services. The Asset & Wealth Management segment manages assets across various classes, including equity, fixed income, hedge funds, credit funds, private equity, real estate, currencies, and commodities; and provides customized investment advisory solutions, wealth advisory services, personalized financial planning, and private banking services, as well as invests in corporate equity, credit, real estate, and infrastructure assets. The Platform Solutions segment offers credit cards and point-of-sale financing for purchase of goods or services. This segment also provides cash management services, such as deposit-taking and payment solutions for corporate and institutional clients. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Nucor NYSE:NUE

$261.48 +0.75 (+0.29%)

Closing price 10/20/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$256.92 -4.56 (-1.74%)

As of 05:54 AM Eastern

Nucor Corporation engages in manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. It operates in three segments: steel mills, steel products, and raw materials. The 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 structural steel products; bar steel products, such as blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing and merchant bars, and engineered special bar quality products; and 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. The Steel Products segment offers steel joists and joist girders, steel decks, and galvanized torque tubes for used in solar arrays, hollow structural section steel tubing, electrical conduit, fabricated concrete reinforcing steel, cold finished steel, steel fasteners, steel grating and expanded metal, wire and wire mesh, metal building systems, insulated metal panels, steel racking, overhead doors, and utility towers and structures for communications and energy transmission. This segment is also involved in the piling distribution business. The Raw Materials segment produces direct reduced iron (DRI); brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, and DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal; and engages in the natural gas production and industrial gas business. 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 markets its products through in-house sales force; and internal distribution and trading companies. Nucor Corporation was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Steel Dynamics NASDAQ:STLD

$244.37 -0.80 (-0.33%)

Closing price 10/20/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$246.07 +1.70 (+0.70%)

As of 05:34 AM Eastern

Steel Dynamics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer and metal recycler in the United States. The Steel Operations segment offers hot rolled, cold rolled, and coated steel products; parallel flange beams and channel sections, flat bars, large unequal leg angles, and reinforcing steel bars, as well as standard strength carbon, intermediate alloy hardness, and premium grade rail products; engineered special-bar-quality products, merchant-bar-quality products, and other engineered round steel bars; channels, angles, flats, merchant rounds, and reinforcing steel bars; and specialty shapes and light structural steel products. This segment also engages in turning, polishing, straightening, chamfering, precision saw-cutting, and heat treating of bar products. Its products are used in construction, automotive, manufacturing, transportation, heavy and agriculture equipment, and pipe and tube markets. The Metals Recycling Operations segment is involved in the ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal processing, transportation, marketing, brokerage, and scrap management services. Its ferrous products include heavy melting steel, busheling, bundled scrap, shredded scrap, steel turnings, and cast-iron products; and nonferrous products comprise aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel, and other nonferrous metals. The Steel Fabrication Operations segment produces steel non-residential building components, such as steel joists, girders, trusses, and steel deck products for non-residential steel fabricators, metal building companies, general construction contractors, developers, owners, brokers, and governmental entities, as well as e-commerce warehouses, data centers, metal buildings, and education and commercial building projects. The Aluminum Operations segment offers recycled aluminum flat rolled products. The company also exports its products. Steel Dynamics, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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