Nucor (NUE) Asset Utilization Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Nucor's (NUE) quarterly Asset Utilization Ratio came in at 0.97 in Q2 2026, up 8.94% year-on-year from 0.89 in Q2 2025, and up 3.85% quarter-over-quarter from 0.93 in Q4 2025.

Nucor (NUE) Asset Utilization Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nucor has disclosed Asset Utilization Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.97 for Q2 2026.

  • Asset Utilization Ratio for Q2 2026 came in at 0.97, up 8.94% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 0.97 (up 8.94% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.94, up 6.09% from the prior year.
  • Asset Utilization Ratio came in at 0.97 for Q2 2026 at Nucor, up from 0.93 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Asset Utilization Ratio ranged from a high of 1.47 in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.89 in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Asset Utilization Ratio is 0.99 (2024), against an average of 1.08.
  • Across the five-year window, Asset Utilization Ratio soared 40.74% in 2022 and declined 22.45% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Nucor's Asset Utilization Ratio stood at 1.29 in 2022, then slipped by 22.45% to 1.0 in 2023, then dropped by 9.75% to 0.9 in 2024, then gained by 3.32% to 0.93 in 2025, then rose by 3.85% to 0.97 in 2026.
  • The last three Asset Utilization Ratio figures came in at 0.97 (Q2 2026), 0.93 (Q4 2025), and 0.92 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Asset Util. (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn 0.65
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn 0.97
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - 0.63
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn 1.15
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn 1.40
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn 0.94
7 Algoma Steel 2.77 Bn 2.77 Bn -92.32 0.99
8 National Steel 2.24 Bn -552.84 Mn 479.33 Mn -
9 Worthington Steel 2.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 76.10 Mn 1.50
10 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn 0.90

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 0.97
Dec 31, 2025 0.93
Oct 4, 2025 0.92
Jul 5, 2025 0.89
Apr 5, 2025 0.89
Dec 31, 2024 0.90
Sep 28, 2024 0.92
Jun 29, 2024 0.96
Mar 30, 2024 0.99
Dec 31, 2023 1.00
Sep 30, 2023 1.06
Jul 1, 2023 1.14
Apr 1, 2023 1.23
Dec 31, 2022 1.29
Oct 1, 2022 1.35
Jul 2, 2022 1.43
Apr 2, 2022 1.47
Dec 31, 2021 1.44
Oct 2, 2021 1.31
Jul 3, 2021 1.18