NYSE:NUE - Nucor Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Nucor declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 29th will be given a dividend of $0.38 per share on Friday, August 10th. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 28th. View Nucor's Dividend History.

Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 19th. The basic materials company reported $1.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.07. The basic materials company earned $5.57 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.50 billion. Nucor had a net margin of 6.33% and a return on equity of 12.94%. The company's revenue was up 15.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.13 EPS. View Nucor's Earnings History.

Nucor is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Nucor.

Nucor updated 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 EPS estimate of $1.70.

13 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Nucor's shares. Their predictions range from $56.04 to $80.00. On average, they expect Nucor's stock price to reach $71.1283 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Nucor.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nucor in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to Nucor include ArcelorMittal (MT), POSCO (PKX), Tenaris (TS), SUMITOMO Corp/S (SSUMY), Steel Dynamics (STLD), EVRAZ (EVRZF), Ternium (TX), United States Steel (X), APERAM/SH N Y REGISTRY SH (APEMY), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Commercial Metals (CMC), AK Steel (AKS), USINAS SIDERURG/S (USNZY), SunCoke Energy (SXC) and Timkensteel (TMST).

News coverage about NUE stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Nucor earned a media sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the basic materials company an impact score of 47.00 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Nucor's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.11%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.10%), Howard Capital Management Inc. (0.05%), Abner Herrman & Brock LLC (0.05%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.03%) and First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.03%). Company insiders that own Nucor stock include D Chad Utermark, David A Sumoski, James D Frias, James R Darsey, 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Atria Investments LLC, Park National Corp OH, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, First Financial Bank Trust Division, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund and Reliance Trust Co. of Delaware. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KAMES CAPITAL plc, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Howard Capital Management Inc., Fisher Asset Management LLC, Bremer Trust National Association, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Hudson Capital Management LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $64.01.

Nucor has a market capitalization of $20.40 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.