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 Thursday, June 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.38 per share on Friday, August 10th. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 28th. View Nucor's Dividend History.

Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 19th. The basic materials company reported $2.07 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.10 by $0.03. The basic materials company had revenue of $6.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.47 billion. Nucor had a net margin of 7.58% and a return on equity of 16.22%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 24.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.00 earnings per share. View Nucor's Earnings History.

Nucor is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Nucor.

Nucor updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.05-2.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.70.

12 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Nucor's stock. Their predictions range from $56.04 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Nucor's stock price to reach $71.0867 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Nucor.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nucor in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Nucor.

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News stories about NUE stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. Accern scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Nucor earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the basic materials company an impact score of 48.46 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Nucor.

Nucor's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.02%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.51%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.47%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.41%), Morgan Stanley (0.86%) and FMR LLC (0.83%). 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 FMR LLC, PointState Capital LP, Voya Investment Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, OLD Republic International Corp, Nomura Holdings Inc., Morgan Stanley and United Services Automobile Association. 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 KBC Group NV, Ashler Capital LLC, Luminus Management LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Stevens Capital Management LP, Foundry Partners LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. and Bridgewater Associates LP. 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 $62.38.

Nucor has a market capitalization of $20.07 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.