Q4 2025 EPS Estimates for Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) Boosted by Zacks Research

Nucor Co. (NYSE:NUE) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research boosted their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Nucor in a research report issued on Wednesday, April 17th. Zacks Research analyst A. Barman now anticipates that the basic materials company will earn $2.89 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $2.77. The consensus estimate for Nucor’s current full-year earnings is $13.03 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Nucor’s Q1 2026 earnings at $3.62 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $14.03 EPS.

Nucor (NYSE:NUE) last released its earnings results on Monday, January 29th. The basic materials company reported $3.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.83 by $0.33. Nucor had a net margin of 13.03% and a return on equity of 21.42%. The firm had revenue of $7.70 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.64 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $4.89 EPS. The company’s revenue was down 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Nucor from $180.00 to $195.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday. UBS Group assumed coverage on shares of Nucor in a report on Tuesday, January 16th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $210.00 price objective for the company. StockNews.com raised shares of Nucor from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 10th. Finally, Citigroup raised shares of Nucor from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $180.00 to $240.00 in a report on Wednesday, March 13th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Nucor has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $192.83.

Nucor Stock Up 0.3 %

Nucor stock opened at $191.36 on Thursday. Nucor has a twelve month low of $129.79 and a twelve month high of $203.00. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $191.19 and a 200-day moving average price of $173.57. The company has a market capitalization of $45.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.64 and a beta of 1.61. The company has a quick ratio of 2.35, a current ratio of 3.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30.

Institutional Trading of Nucor

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Rise Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Nucor during the 1st quarter worth $27,000. Criterion Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Nucor during the 4th quarter worth $25,000. Tompkins Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Nucor by 208.0% during the 1st quarter. Tompkins Financial Corp now owns 154 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. Householder Group Estate & Retirement Specialist LLC bought a new stake in shares of Nucor during the 3rd quarter worth $25,000. Finally, Fortitude Family Office LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Nucor by 54.1% during the 1st quarter. Fortitude Family Office LLC now owns 168 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. 76.48% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Nucor

In other Nucor news, EVP Kenneth Rex Query sold 5,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $186.37, for a total value of $1,025,035.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 85,326 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,902,206.62. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. In other Nucor news, EVP Kenneth Rex Query sold 5,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $186.37, for a total value of $1,025,035.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 85,326 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,902,206.62. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Allen C. Behr sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $190.19, for a total transaction of $1,901,900.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 80,902 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,386,751.38. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 38,151 shares of company stock valued at $7,308,683 in the last three months. Company insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Nucor Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 28th will be issued a $0.54 dividend. This represents a $2.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.13%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 27th. Nucor’s payout ratio is 12.01%.

About Nucor

Nucor Corporation engages in manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. It operates in three segments: steel mills, steel products, and raw materials. The Steel Mills segment produces hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized sheet steel products; plate steel products; wide-flange beams, beam blanks, and H-piling and sheet piling structural steel products; bar steel products, such as blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing and merchant bars, and engineered special bar quality products; and engages in the steel trading and rebar distribution businesses.