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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |