NYSE:NUE - Nucor Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Nucor announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 7th. Investors of record on Friday, June 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.38 per share on Friday, August 10th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 28th. View Nucor's Dividend History.

Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 19th. The basic materials company reported $2.07 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.10 by $0.03. The basic materials company earned $6.46 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.47 billion. Nucor had a net margin of 6.33% and a return on equity of 12.94%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 24.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.00 earnings per share. View Nucor's Earnings History.

Nucor is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Nucor.

Nucor updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.05-2.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.70.

12 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Nucor's stock. Their predictions range from $56.04 to $80.00. On average, they expect Nucor's share price to reach $70.5491 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Nucor.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nucor in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to Nucor include ArcelorMittal (MT), POSCO (PKX), Tenaris (TS), SUMITOMO Corp/S (SSUMY), Steel Dynamics (STLD), EVRAZ (EVRZF), Ternium (TX), United States Steel (X), APERAM/SH N Y REGISTRY SH (APEMY), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Commercial Metals (CMC), AK Steel (AKS), USINAS SIDERURG/S (USNZY), SunCoke Energy (SXC) and Timkensteel (TMST).

Media coverage about NUE stock has been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Nucor earned a media sentiment score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the basic materials company an impact score of 45.38 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Nucor's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (0.12%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.11%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.10%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.10%), Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA (0.09%) and Huntington National Bank (0.08%). Company insiders that own Nucor stock include D Chad Utermark, David A Sumoski, James D Frias, James R Darsey, John J Ferriola, Ladd R Hall, Leon J Topalian, Raymond S Napolitan Jr, Robert J Stratman and Victoria F Haynes. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Nucor.

NUE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Hartford Investment Management Co., Atria Investments LLC, Park National Corp OH, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Argus Investors Counsel Inc. and NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V.. Company insiders that have sold Nucor company stock in the last year include D Chad Utermark, David A Sumoski, James D Frias, John J Ferriola, Ladd R Hall, Leon J Topalian, Raymond S Napolitan Jr, Robert J Stratman and Victoria F Haynes. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nucor.

NUE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundry Partners LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Huntington National Bank, KAMES CAPITAL plc, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Howard Capital Management Inc. and Fisher Asset Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nucor.

Shares of NUE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NUE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.25.

Nucor has a market capitalization of $20.87 billion and generates $20.25 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.32 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.51 on an earnings per share basis. Nucor employs 25,100 workers across the globe.

Nucor's mailing address is 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC, 28211. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 704-366-7000.