Valuation

NUENucor

StockNYSEUnited StatesMaterialsEU retail investors: available

+1.7% today · +74.7% over a year

8/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 74% of the instruments we score

Trend, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 0.90%.

Nucor (NUE) valuation against sector peers: P/E 19.7 (sector median 23.8), P/B 2.6, free-cash-flow yield 2.8%, P/S 1.6.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Materials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.
MetricNUESector medianvs median
P/E19.723.8 · n=6417% below
P/B2.62.1 · n=8224% above
P/S1.61.2 · n=8227% above
EV/EBIT—19.9 · n=50—
Free-cash-flow yield2.8%3.6% · n=8022% below
Dividend yield0.90%1.30% · n=8931% below
Return on equity13.6%10.3% · n=8432% above
Return on invested capital—6.4% · n=65—
Gross margin15.5%23.9% · n=8335% below
Net debt / EBITDA—2.41 · n=60—

Value factor: 45 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

NEMNewmont14.13.6—7.7%0.8%9/10
FCXFreeport-McMoRan26.14.314.7—0.9%5/10
SHWSherwin-Williams32.321.7—3.6%1.1%8/10
ECLEcolab41.38.333.92.1%1.0%8/10
APDAir Products & Chemicals—5.0—−0.4%2.3%1/10
CRHCRH plc18.32.615.13.9%1.2%5/10
WCNWaste Connections41.96.032.32.6%0.8%6/10
MLMMartin Marietta Materials16.42.138.42.3%0.6%1/10
VMCVulcan Materials33.74.425.62.1%0.7%5/10
STLDSteel Dynamics Inc16.53.313.93.4%0.9%8/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 04 Jul 2026 · filed 12 Aug 2026