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 2.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 28th. View Nucor's Dividend History.

Nucor announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 10% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 29th. The basic materials company reported $2.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.93 by $0.14. The basic materials company had revenue of $6.30 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.29 billion. Nucor had a return on equity of 24.57% and a net margin of 9.42%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 23.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.65 earnings per share. View Nucor's Earnings History.

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

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

13 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Nucor's shares. Their forecasts range from $59.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Nucor's share price to reach $71.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Nucor.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nucor in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Nucor.

News stories about NUE stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 news impact score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.37%), Northern Trust Corp (1.74%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.74%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.59%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.52%) and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.43%). 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 Two Sigma Investments LP, Alps Advisors Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Prudential Financial Inc., Cullen Frost Bankers Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Rampart Investment Management Company LLC and Principal Financial Group 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 Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Millennium Management LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, BlackRock Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Nordea Investment Management AB and APG Asset Management N.V.. 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 $61.48.

Nucor has a market capitalization of $19.30 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 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.