Nucor (NUE) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Nucor's (NUE) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.2 in Q2 2026, down 11.57% year-on-year from 0.22 in Q2 2025, and down 1.32% quarter-over-quarter from 0.2 in Q4 2025.
Nucor (NUE) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Nucor has disclosed Debt Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.2 for Q2 2026.
- Debt Ratio for Q2 2026 came in at 0.2, down 11.57% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 0.2 (down 11.57% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.2, up 0.62% from the prior year.
- Debt Ratio came in at 0.2 for Q2 2026 at Nucor, down from 0.2 in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.23 in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.17 in Q2 2024.
- The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.2 (2025), against an average of 0.2.
- Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio slipped 14.53% in 2024 and rose 17.63% in 2025, its largest moves.
- Nucor's Debt Ratio stood at 0.2 in 2022, then fell by 6.36% to 0.19 in 2023, then advanced by 3.46% to 0.2 in 2024, then increased by 0.62% to 0.2 in 2025, then decreased by 1.32% to 0.2 in 2026.
- The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.2 (Q2 2026), 0.2 (Q4 2025), and 0.19 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt Ratio (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ternium | 94.27 Bn | 84.31 Bn | 686.87 Mn | 0.16 |
| 2 | Nucor | 58.23 Bn | 56.84 Bn | 1.50 Bn | 0.20 |
| 3 | ArcelorMittal | 51.15 Bn | 48.81 Bn | - | 0.14 |
| 4 | Steel Dynamics | 38.88 Bn | 38.02 Bn | 763.22 Mn | 0.25 |
| 5 | Reliance | 20.36 Bn | 20.12 Bn | 1.17 Bn | 0.16 |
| 6 | Cleveland-Cliffs | 7.71 Bn | 7.86 Bn | -82.00 Mn | 0.39 |
| 7 | Algoma Steel | 2.77 Bn | 2.77 Bn | -92.32 | - |
| 8 | National Steel | 2.24 Bn | -552.84 Mn | 479.33 Mn | - |
| 9 | Worthington Steel | 2.07 Bn | 2.07 Bn | 76.10 Mn | 0.10 |
| 10 | NWPX Infrastructure | 1.13 Bn | 1.11 Bn | 26.67 Mn | 0.00 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2026 | 0.20 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.20 |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 0.19 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | 0.20 |
| Apr 5, 2025 | 0.22 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.20 |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 0.17 |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 0.17 |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 0.20 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.19 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.19 |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 0.20 |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 0.21 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.20 |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 0.21 |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 0.23 |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 0.22 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.22 |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 0.20 |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 0.23 |