Nucor Corporation (NUE)
Nucor Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of steel and steel products.
Scored against other Basic Materials stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Nucor leans bullish right now: more is going right than wrong.
- What's working
- It's been growing faster than most other materials companies over the past year.
- Worth watching
- It keeps less of each dollar it brings in than most other materials companies.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 16 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Nucor Corporation
Nucor Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. The company operates in three segments: Steel Mills, Steel Products, and Raw Materials…
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Steel
- Employees
- 33,000
- Headquarters
- Charlotte, NC
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 20.4 — lower than 63% of Basic Materials peers
P/B 2.6 — lower than 70% of Basic Materials peers
P/S 1.6 — lower than 70% of Basic Materials peers
EV/EBITDA 11.2 — lower than 60% of Basic Materials peers
EV/Revenue 1.8 — lower than 80% of Basic Materials peers
PEG 5.2 — lower than 0% of Basic Materials peers
FCF yield 1.2% — higher than 30% of Basic Materials peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 15.6% — higher than 20% of Basic Materials peers
Operating margin 15.7% — higher than 40% of Basic Materials peers
Net margin 8.0% — higher than 40% of Basic Materials peers
ROE 14.5% — higher than 40% of Basic Materials peers
ROA 7.3% — higher than 70% of Basic Materials peers
Free cash flow is 24% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 0.3 — lower than 70% of Basic Materials peers
Current ratio 2.51 — higher than 90% of Basic Materials peers
Quick ratio 1.28 — higher than 70% of Basic Materials peers
Cash/debt 0.38 — higher than 70% of Basic Materials peers
Debt/EBITDA 1.25 — lower than 70% of Basic Materials peers
Growth
Revenue growth 23.0% YoY — higher than 100% of Basic Materials peers
Earnings growth 93.8% YoY — higher than 88% of Basic Materials peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 17.8% — somewhat unusual vs Basic Materials peers
Net insider buying, +0.1% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -16.3% of shares held
Insiders hold 1.2% of shares outstanding
2.6% of float sold short
Momentum
Above its 50- & 200-day averages
84% of the way from its 52-week low to high