NYSE:NUE - Nucor Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Nucor declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.4025 per share on Tuesday, February 11th. This represents a $1.61 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. This is a positive change from Nucor's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View Nucor's Dividend History.

Nucor announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 10% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The basic materials company reported $0.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.10. The basic materials company had revenue of $5.46 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.57 billion. Nucor had a return on equity of 16.90% and a net margin of 7.62%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 19.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.33 earnings per share. View Nucor's Earnings History.

Nucor is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Nucor.

Nucor will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Nucor updated its fourth quarter 2019 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 12th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.25-0.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.68.

11 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Nucor's shares. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $71.00. On average, they anticipate Nucor's share price to reach $61.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Nucor.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nucor in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Nucor.

News headlines about NUE stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Nucor earned a news sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Nucor.

Some companies that are related to Nucor include Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Commercial Metals (CMC), Allegheny Technologies (ATI), Worthington Industries (WOR), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), United States Steel (X), AK Steel (AKS), Schnitzer Steel Industries (SCHN), Haynes International (HAYN), Olympic Steel (ZEUS) and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Nucor investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Walt Disney (DIS), AbbVie (ABBV), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU) and Bank of America (BAC).

Nucor's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (0.22%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.20%), Sabal Trust CO (0.15%), Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.13%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.05%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.05%). 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 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 PGGM Investments, Calamos Advisors LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Park National Corp OH, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Cozad Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Nucor company stock in the last year include John J Ferriola, Ladd R Hall, Leon J Topalian and Raymond S Napolitan Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nucor.

NUE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KAMES CAPITAL plc, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, NEXT Financial Group Inc, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Trinity Legacy Partners LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC and Wealthfront Advisers 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NUE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.75.

Nucor has a market capitalization of $15.69 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.View Additional Information About Nucor.

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.