Nucor (NUE) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026)

Nucor's (NUE) quarterly Capital Expenditures came in at $661.0 million in Q2 2026, down 23.05% year-on-year from $859.0 million in Q2 2025, and down 17.58% quarter-over-quarter from $802.0 million in Q4 2025.

Nucor (NUE) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nucor has disclosed Capital Expenditures across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $661.0 million for Q2 2026.

  • Capital Expenditures for Q2 2026 came in at $661.0 million, down 23.05% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $3.2 billion (down 4.1% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $3.4 billion, up 7.85% from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures came in at $661.0 million for Q2 2026 at Nucor, down from $802.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Capital Expenditures ranged from a high of $954.0 million in Q3 2025 to a low of $439.2 million in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is $670.0 million (2024), against an average of $671.6 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Capital Expenditures soared 87.4% in 2024 and slipped 23.05% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Nucor's Capital Expenditures stood at $517.9 million in 2022, then soared by 38.6% to $717.8 million in 2023, then climbed by 22.47% to $879.0 million in 2024, then dropped by 8.76% to $802.0 million in 2025, then retreated by 17.58% to $661.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Capital Expenditures figures came in at $661.0 million (Q2 2026), $802.0 million (Q4 2025), and $807.0 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Capital Expenditures (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn -405.89 Mn
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn 661.00 Mn
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - -
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn 137.98 Mn
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn 64.20 Mn
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn 152.00 Mn
7 Algoma Steel 2.77 Bn 2.77 Bn -92.32 14.88
8 National Steel 2.24 Bn -552.84 Mn 479.33 Mn -
9 Worthington Steel 2.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 76.10 Mn 30.00 Mn
10 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn 1.30 Mn

Historic Data

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Apr 4, 2026 661.00 Mn
Apr 4, 2026 661.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 802.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 802.00 Mn
Oct 4, 2025 807.00 Mn
Oct 4, 2025 807.00 Mn
Jul 5, 2025 954.00 Mn
Jul 5, 2025 954.00 Mn
Apr 5, 2025 859.00 Mn
Apr 5, 2025 859.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 879.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 879.00 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 823.00 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 823.00 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 801.00 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 801.00 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 670.00 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 670.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 717.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 717.75 Mn