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Nucor Corporation

Basic Materials · Steel

$256.29

Up+$1.60 (+0.63%)

Updated Oct 18, 2026, 10:27 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
1.08%
52-week range
$155.14 – $280.11
Volume
1.12M
Avg. volume
1.6M

Price performance · NUE

NUE price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 16, 2026

NUE closed at $256.29 after 20 trading sessions, up 5.73% for the selected period.

Last close
$256.29
Period change
+5.73%
Period low
$233.75
Period high
$257.11
Daily close
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NUE OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 16, 2026$257.16$263.87$255.32$256.291.12M
Oct 15, 2026$256.87$257.43$248.29$254.691.22M
Oct 14, 2026$251.38$257.385$251.32$257.111.03M
Oct 13, 2026$252.07$254.295$250.91$253.80874.11K
Oct 12, 2026$250.93$254.17$249.535$251.83796.8K
Oct 9, 2026$248.66$253.75$247.41$250.331.03M
Oct 8, 2026$245.13$249.03$244.90$246.14860.82K
Oct 7, 2026$247.86$250.36$246.27$246.441.06M
Oct 6, 2026$252.79$253.275$247.7448$251.071.07M
Oct 5, 2026$242.40$255.08$242.40$251.411.59M
Oct 2, 2026$238.88$242.885$238.03$240.391.08M
Oct 1, 2026$231.35$236.175$229.20$235.981.54M
Sep 30, 2026$237.52$239.315$233.60$233.751.5M
Sep 29, 2026$242.26$244.05$235.18$236.241.47M
Sep 28, 2026$245.05$247.52$241.87$244.491.17M
Sep 25, 2026$247.81$250.2618$243.6401$247.251.01M
Sep 24, 2026$247.65$250.685$246.265$247.961.08M
Sep 23, 2026$244.42$249.44$243.0001$246.981.33M
Sep 22, 2026$241.50$246.42$241.21$245.661.32M
Sep 21, 2026$248.39$249.16$242.07$242.401.85M

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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
Oct 9, 2026JP MorganOverweight—
Oct 5, 2026KeybancOverweight—
Sep 18, 2026Freedom BrokerHold—
Sep 18, 2026Wells FargoOverweight—
Sep 9, 2026JP MorganOverweight—
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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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