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 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 yield of 2.43%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 28th. View Nucor's Dividend History.

Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 19th. The basic materials company reported $2.07 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.10 by $0.03. The basic materials company had revenue of $6.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.47 billion. Nucor had a return on equity of 16.22% and a net margin of 7.58%. The firm's revenue was up 24.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.00 EPS. 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 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 estimate of $1.70.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Nucor's shares. Their forecasts range from $56.04 to $80.00. On average, they expect Nucor's share price to reach $71.0867 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.7% 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 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Nucor.

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News coverage about NUE stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Nucor earned a daily sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the basic materials company an impact score of 46.65 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Nucor.

Nucor's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.02%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.51%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.47%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.41%), Morgan Stanley (0.86%) and FMR LLC (0.83%). 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, PointState Capital LP, Voya Investment Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, OLD Republic International Corp, Nomura Holdings Inc., Morgan Stanley and United Services Automobile Association. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KBC Group NV, Ashler Capital LLC, Luminus Management LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Stevens Capital Management LP, Foundry Partners LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. and Bridgewater Associates LP. 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 $62.51.

Nucor has a market capitalization of $20.07 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.