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Nucor Corporation

Basic Materials · Steel

$268.91

Down-$3.38 (-1.24%)

Updated Aug 15, 2026, 6:53 PM

SID Score

7.6/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

58/100

Neutral

Market cap
38.12B
P/E ratio
23.28
Dividend yield
1.03%
52-week range
$155.00 – $280.11
Volume
1.16M
Avg. volume
1.6M

Price performance

NUE price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

NUE closed at $268.91 after 21 trading sessions, up 13.65% for the selected period.

Last close
$268.91
Period change
+13.65%
Period low
$230.74
Period high
$274.74
Daily close
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NUE OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Aug 14, 2026$273.00$274.74$267.5975$268.911.16M
Aug 13, 2026$273.00$273.87$271.15$272.29822.4K
Aug 12, 2026$273.49$274.55$268.80$271.81773.19K
Aug 11, 2026$275.02$277.60$271.8401$271.951.05M
Aug 10, 2026$273.00$276.4499$270.719$274.611.09M
Aug 7, 2026$271.00$273.16$266.8854$272.631.05M
Aug 6, 2026$274.52$275.09$269.95$272.001.25M
Aug 5, 2026$276.00$280.11$272.74$274.742.3M
Aug 4, 2026$265.62$274.415$262.10$274.041.9M
Aug 3, 2026$256.16$261.60$251.25$261.281.3M
Jul 31, 2026$258.89$259.9499$255.3844$257.291.57M
Jul 30, 2026$258.38$259.79$251.965$257.041.26M
Jul 29, 2026$268.94$270.0205$254.24$256.021.92M
Jul 28, 2026$254.00$268.44$253.99$265.622.58M
Jul 27, 2026$249.12$251.23$244.04$247.861.69M
Jul 24, 2026$242.34$249.02$241.635$247.561.37M
Jul 23, 2026$238.53$243.70$237.78$241.151.54M
Jul 22, 2026$234.53$239.15$234.315$235.90926.12K
Jul 21, 2026$233.75$237.9799$232.66$233.20884.76K
Jul 20, 2026$237.82$237.82$229.995$230.741.53M
Jul 17, 2026$232.04$237.60$231.13$236.611.49M

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Company profile

Nucor Corp manufactures steel and steel products. The company's reportable segments are steel mills, steel products, and raw materials. A majority of its revenue is derived from the steel mills segment, which is engaged in producing sheet steel (hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized), plate steel, structural steel (wide-flange beams, beam blanks, H-piling, and sheet piling), and bar steel products. Nucor manufactures steel principally from scrap steel and scrap steel substitutes using electric arc furnaces (EAFs) along with continuous casting and automated rolling mills. The steel mills segment sells its products mainly to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers located in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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Consensus
Buy
Average target
$160.00
Implied upside
Analysts
21
NUE recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Jul 29, 2026Wells FargoOverweight
Jul 29, 2026BMO CapitalOutperform
Jul 29, 2026BarclaysOverweight
Jul 28, 2026UBSNeutral
Jul 16, 2026BarclaysOverweight
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Yahoo · Mar 27, 2026

UBS Upgrades Nucor (NUE) to Buy, Sees Opportunity after “Excessive Correction”

Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) is included among the Dividend Stock Portfolio for Income: 15 Stocks to Invest In. On March 26, UBS Group analyst Andrew Jones upgraded Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) to Buy from Neutral and raised the price target to $190 from $184. The analyst pointed to the recent “excessive correction” as a buying opportunity. He […]

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