Nucor (NUE) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nucor in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" NUE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NUE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Nucor's stock. Their NUE share price forecasts range from $122.00 to $191.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $161.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.0% from the stock's current price.
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Nucor's stock was trading at $131.81 at the beginning of the year. Since then, NUE stock has increased by 18.6% and is now trading at $156.35.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 24th 2023.
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Nucor will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 24th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 24th. The basic materials company reported $5.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $5.59 by $0.22. The basic materials company earned $9.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.62 billion. Nucor had a net margin of 14.81% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.00%. The company's revenue was down 19.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $9.67 EPS.
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Nucor announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.51 per share on Thursday, November 9th. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 28th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Nucor (NYSE:NUE) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Steel ETF (SLX), iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (IYM), Carbon Collective Climate Solutions U.S. Equity ETF (CCSO), iMGP Berkshire Dividend Growth ETF (BDVG), SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME), First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (FXZ), Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB) and Pacer US Cash Cows Growth ETF (BUL).

Nucor (NYSE:NUE) pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.29%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 50 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 9.42%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NUE will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.01% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Nucor announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, May 11th 2023, which allows the company to repurchase $4,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 11.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Nucor issued an update on its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.10-$4.20 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.65. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

103 employees have rated Nucor Chief Executive Officer John J. Ferriola on Glassdoor.com. John J. Ferriola has an approval rating of 91% among the company's employees. This puts John J. Ferriola in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Nucor trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NUE."

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One share of NUE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $156.35.

Nucor (NYSE:NUE) has a market capitalization of $38.89 billion and generates $37.46 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $7.61 billion in net income (profit) each year or $21.65 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 31,400 workers across the globe.

Nucor's mailing address is 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC, 28211. The official website for the company is www.nucor.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (704) 366-7000, via email at paul.donnelly@nucor.com, or via fax at 704-362-4208.