Nucor Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:NUE)

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nucor in the last year. There are currently 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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9 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Nucor's stock. Their NUE share price targets range from $140.00 to $191.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $164.56 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.7%.
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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 25.8% and is now trading at $165.76.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 25th 2024.
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Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 24th. The basic materials company reported $4.57 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.19 by $0.38. The basic materials company earned $8.78 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.37 billion. Nucor had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.38% and a net margin of 13.98%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 16.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $6.50 earnings per share.
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Nucor declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 14th. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 28th.
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Nucor (NYSE:NUE) pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.20%. 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 10.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NUE will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.50% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, May 11th 2023, which permits the company to repurchase $4,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 11.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Nucor issued an update on its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 14th. The company provided earnings per share (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's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (10.59%), FMR LLC (3.28%), Northern Trust Corp (1.70%), Morgan Stanley (1.60%), Invesco Ltd. (0.92%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.73%). Insiders that own company stock include Allen C Behr, Allen C Behr, Craig A Feldman, D Chad Utermark, Daniel R Needham, David A Sumoski, Douglas J Jellison, Gregory J Murphy, James D Frias, James D Frias, John J Hollatz, Kenneth Rex Query, Leon J Topalian, Maryemily Slate, Michael D Keller, Raymond S Napolitan Jr, Raymond S Napolitan, Jr and Stephen D Laxton.
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