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

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

Nucor announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, February 11th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.91%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 28th. This is a positive change from Nucor's previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. View Nucor's Dividend History.

Nucor announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 10% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 18th. The basic materials company reported $2.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.35 by $0.02. The basic materials company earned $6.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.64 billion. Nucor had a return on equity of 20.72% and a net margin of 8.79%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 30.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.83 earnings per share. View Nucor's Earnings History.

Nucor is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Nucor.

Nucor issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Friday, December, 14th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.90-1.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.99.

14 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Nucor's stock. Their predictions range from $59.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Nucor's share price to reach $72.7273 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 32.5% 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.

News headlines about NUE stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Nucor earned a daily sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Nucor's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.02%), Vanguard Group Inc (9.02%), BlackRock Inc. (7.07%), Capital World Investors (2.63%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (2.44%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.57%). 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 Capital International Investors, Capital World Investors, FMR LLC, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Morgan Stanley, QCI Asset Management Inc. NY and AQR Capital Management LLC. 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, 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 Vanguard Group Inc, Vanguard Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Deutsche Bank AG, Man Group plc, Luminus Management LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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 $54.89.

Nucor has a market capitalization of $17.70 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.

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.