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. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 29th will be given a dividend of $0.38 per share on Friday, August 10th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.32%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 28th. View Nucor's Dividend History.

Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) released its earnings results on Thursday, April, 19th. The basic materials company reported $1.17 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.07. The basic materials company had revenue of $5.57 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.50 billion. Nucor had a return on equity of 12.94% and a net margin of 6.33%. The company's revenue was up 15.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.13 earnings per share. View Nucor's Earnings History.

Nucor is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Nucor.

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

13 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Nucor's shares. Their predictions range from $56.04 to $78.00. On average, they expect Nucor's stock price to reach $70.4262 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Nucor.

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Media stories about NUE stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Nucor earned a news sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the basic materials company an impact score of 47.68 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Nucor's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.05%), Northern Trust Corp (1.66%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.47%), Franklin Resources Inc. (0.75%), Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (0.57%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.53%). 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 Boston Partners, Bluestein R H & Co., Northern Trust Corp, Swiss National Bank, Guggenheim Capital LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc.. 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 Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Millennium Management LLC, PointState Capital LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., ARS Investment Partners LLC, Rampart Investment Management Company LLC and Stifel Financial Corp. 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 $65.47.

Nucor has a market capitalization of $21.26 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.