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 paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, May 10th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.03%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 28th. View Nucor's Dividend History.

Nucor declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan 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 reacquire up to 10% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 23rd. The basic materials company reported $1.55 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.50 by $0.05. The basic materials company had revenue of $6.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.05 billion. Nucor had a return on equity of 24.86% and a net margin of 9.80%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.17 EPS. View Nucor's Earnings History.

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

12 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Nucor's stock. Their forecasts range from $59.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Nucor's stock price to reach $68.8571 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Nucor.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nucor in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Nucor.

News articles about NUE stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Nucor earned a media sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

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Nucor's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.12%), Northern Trust Corp (1.82%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.64%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.57%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.76%) and Morgan Stanley (0.72%). 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 Wells Fargo & Company MN, BlackRock Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Comerica Bank, Jefferies Group LLC and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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, Raymond S Napolitan Jr and Victoria F Haynes. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nucor.

NUE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, First Trust Advisors LP, Bridgewater Associates LP, FMR LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Bluestein R H & Co., Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC and Wellington Management Group LLP. 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 $52.88.

Nucor has a market capitalization of $16.12 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.