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 Tuesday, February 19th. Investors 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 yield of 2.67%. View Nucor's Dividend History.

Nucor declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, September 6th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 10% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 29th. The basic materials company reported $2.07 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.93 by $0.14. The basic materials company had revenue of $6.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.29 billion. Nucor had a net margin of 9.42% and a return on equity of 24.57%. The company's revenue was up 23.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last 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 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 estimate of $1.99.

13 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Nucor's shares. Their predictions range from $59.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Nucor's stock price to reach $71.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.2% 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.

Press coverage about NUE stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Nucor earned a daily sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

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Nucor's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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, James D Frias, 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 $59.89.

Nucor has a market capitalization of $18.80 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.