Valuation

NUENucor

StockNYSEUnited StatesMaterialsEU retail investors: available

+2.9% today · +81.9% over a year

9/10 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 90% of the instruments we score

Trend, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 0.87%.

Nucor (NUE) valuation against sector peers: P/E 16.1 (sector median 22.9), P/B 2.5, free-cash-flow yield 4.6%, P/S 1.5.

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/E16.122.9 · n=6430% below
P/B2.52.1 · n=8222% above
P/S1.51.2 · n=8221% above
EV/EBIT—19.8 · n=50—
Free-cash-flow yield4.6%3.7% · n=8026% above
Dividend yield0.87%1.33% · n=8934% below
Return on equity16.5%10.3% · n=8460% above
Return on invested capital—6.4% · n=65—
Gross margin17.3%23.9% · n=8328% below
Net debt / EBITDA—2.41 · n=60—

Value factor: 72 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

NEMNewmont13.53.5—8.1%0.9%9/10
FCXFreeport-McMoRan25.34.114.3—0.9%5/10
SHWSherwin-Williams32.121.6—3.6%1.1%8/10
ECLEcolab41.28.233.92.1%1.0%7/10
APDAir Products & Chemicals—5.0—−0.4%2.3%1/10
CRHCRH plc18.12.615.03.9%1.2%5/10
WCNWaste Connections42.26.132.42.6%0.8%6/10
MLMMartin Marietta Materials16.32.138.32.3%0.6%1/10
VMCVulcan Materials33.44.425.42.1%0.7%5/10
STLDSteel Dynamics Inc17.13.414.33.3%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 03 Oct 2026 · filed 10 Nov 2026