Nucor (NYSE:NUE) Updates Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Nucor (NYSE:NUE - Get Free Report) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.550-2.650 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.080. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NUE has been the topic of a number of research reports. Argus set a $155.00 price objective on shares of Nucor in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. UBS Group dropped their price target on Nucor from $153.00 to $147.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Morgan Stanley set a $164.00 price objective on Nucor in a research report on Monday, March 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on Nucor from $156.00 to $140.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised Nucor from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $140.00 to $145.00 in a research report on Monday, June 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Nucor presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $157.22.

Nucor Stock Up 5.5%

Nucor stock opened at $128.96 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $29.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.73, a P/E/G ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 1.67. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $115.51 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $123.13. Nucor has a fifty-two week low of $97.59 and a fifty-two week high of $170.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 2.52 and a quick ratio of 1.48.

Nucor (NYSE:NUE - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.92 by ($0.15). Nucor had a net margin of 4.40% and a return on equity of 6.82%. The business had revenue of $7.83 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.25 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.46 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was down 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts forecast that Nucor will post 7.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Nucor Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, August 11th. Investors of record on Monday, June 30th will be paid a $0.55 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 30th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.71%. Nucor's payout ratio is currently 39.15%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Nucor news, CEO Leon J. Topalian sold 34,238 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $120.19, for a total value of $4,115,065.22. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 162,993 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $19,590,128.67. The trade was a 17.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.71% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Nucor

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Nucor during the 1st quarter worth about $259,000. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC grew its holdings in Nucor by 21.1% during the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 3,266 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $393,000 after purchasing an additional 568 shares during the period. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in Nucor by 81.8% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 340 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 153 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 76.48% of the company's stock.

About Nucor

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.

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