NYSE:NUE - Nucor Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Nucor declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 29th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, May 10th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 28th. View Nucor's Dividend History.

Nucor declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 10% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 29th. The basic materials company reported $2.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.93 by $0.14. The basic materials company earned $6.30 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.29 billion. Nucor had a net margin of 9.42% and a return on equity of 24.57%. The firm's revenue was up 23.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.65 EPS. View Nucor's Earnings History.

Nucor is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Nucor.

14 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Nucor's shares. Their predictions range from $59.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Nucor's stock price to reach $70.6667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Nucor.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nucor in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Nucor.

Media coverage about NUE stock has been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Nucor earned a media sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Nucor investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), Bank of America (BAC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU) and Citigroup (C).

Nucor's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.37%), Northern Trust Corp (1.74%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.74%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.59%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.52%) and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.43%). Company insiders that own Nucor stock 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 Institutional Ownership Trends for Nucor.

NUE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Two Sigma Investments LP, Alps Advisors Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Prudential Financial Inc., Cullen Frost Bankers Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and Rampart Investment Management Company LLC. Company insiders that have sold Nucor company stock in the last year include D Chad Utermark, David A Sumoski, John J Ferriola, Leon J Topalian and Victoria F Haynes. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nucor.

NUE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Norges Bank, Millennium Management LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, BlackRock Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Nordea Investment Management AB. 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 $58.82.

Nucor has a market capitalization of $17.96 billion and generates $25.07 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $2.36 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.62 on an earnings per share basis. Nucor employs 26,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Nucor is http://www.nucor.com.

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