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

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DateValue
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