Nucor (NUE) Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nucor in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" NUE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NUE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Nucor's stock. Their NUE share price forecasts range from $122.00 to $172.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $148.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.4% from the stock's current price.
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Nucor's stock was trading at $131.81 at the start of the year. Since then, NUE stock has increased by 3.3% and is now trading at $136.14.
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Nucor saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,850,000 shares, a decline of 16.8% from the April 30th total of 7,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,770,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 days. Currently, 2.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 20th 2023.
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Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 20th. The basic materials company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.81 by $0.64. The basic materials company earned $8.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.87 billion. Nucor had a net margin of 16.73% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 34.91%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 17.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $7.67 earnings per share.
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Nucor announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.51 per share on Thursday, May 11th. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.50%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 30th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Nucor (NYSE:NUE) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Steel ETF (SLX), First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (FXZ), iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (IYM), SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME), Carbon Collective Climate Solutions U.S. Equity ETF (CCSO), Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB), Pacer US Cash Cows Growth ETF (BUL) and iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL).

Nucor (NYSE:NUE) pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.53%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 50 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 8.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NUE will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Nucor announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, May 11th 2023, which permits the company to buyback $4,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 11.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Nucor issued an update on its first quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 16th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.70-$3.80 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.84. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

103 employees have rated Nucor Chief Executive Officer John J. Ferriola on Glassdoor.com. John J. Ferriola has an approval rating of 91% among the company's employees. This puts John J. Ferriola in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Nucor's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.84%), State Street Corp (5.04%), FMR LLC (3.46%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.16%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.94%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.80%). Insiders that own company stock include Allen C Behr, Allen C Behr, Craig A Feldman, D Chad Utermark, Daniel R Needham, David A Sumoski, Douglas J Jellison, Gregory J Murphy, James D Frias, James D Frias, John J Hollatz, Kenneth Rex Query, Leon J Topalian, Maryemily Slate, Michael D Keller, Raymond S Napolitan Jr and Raymond S Napolitan, Jr.
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Shares of NUE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of NUE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $136.14.

Nucor (NYSE:NUE) has a market capitalization of $34.20 billion and generates $39.73 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $7.61 billion in net income (profit) each year or $25.51 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 31,400 workers across the globe.

Nucor's mailing address is 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC, 28211. The official website for the company is www.nucor.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (704) 366-7000, via email at paul.donnelly@nucor.com, or via fax at 704-362-4208.