Nucor - NUE Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research 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 equities research 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 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Nucor's shares. Their NUE share price forecasts range from $102.00 to $190.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $132.78 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.8% from the stock's current price.
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Nucor's stock was trading at $114.15 at the beginning of the year. Since then, NUE stock has decreased by 5.3% and is now trading at $108.13.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 20th 2022.
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Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 21st. The basic materials company reported $9.67 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $8.91 by $0.76. The basic materials company had revenue of $11.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.59 billion. Nucor had a net margin of 21.03% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.78%. Nucor's quarterly revenue was up 34.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $5.04 earnings per share.
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Nucor declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 15th. Investors of record on Friday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Thursday, November 10th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.85%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 29th.
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Nucor (NYSE:NUE) pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.87%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 49 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 6.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NUE will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.60% 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 plan on Thursday, December 2nd 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $4,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 13% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Nucor updated its third quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.30-$6.40 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.76. 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."

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One share of NUE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $108.13.

Nucor (NYSE:NUE) has a market capitalization of $28.31 billion and generates $36.48 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $6.83 billion in net income (profit) each year or $32.59 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 28,800 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.