Nucor NUE
NYSE NUE
$240.48 -8.23 (-3.31%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Nucor (NUE) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Nucor (NUE) posted Debt Ratio of 0.2 for Q2 2026, down 1.32% sequentially from 0.2 in Q4 2025, and down 11.57% YoY from 0.22 in Q2 2025.

Nucor (NUE) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nucor has reported Debt Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.2 in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 11.57% year-over-year to 0.2 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 0.2 (down 11.57% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.2, up 14.54% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio slipped to 0.2 in Q2 2026 per NUE's latest filing, from 0.2 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.24 in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.17 in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.2 and a median of 0.2 in 2025 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Debt Ratio dropped 12.53% in 2023, then rose 14.54% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Debt Ratio stood at 0.2 in 2022, then fell by 6.98% to 0.19 in 2023, then declined by 8.5% to 0.17 in 2024, then grew by 14.54% to 0.2 in 2025, then dropped by 1.32% to 0.2 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.2, 0.2, and 0.2 for Q2 2026, Q4 2025, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Ternium 106.22 Bn 96.33 Bn 941.02 Mn 0.16
2 Nucor 55.03 Bn 52.34 Bn 2.03 Bn 0.19
3 ArcelorMittal 54.04 Bn 49.19 Bn - 0.15
4 Steel Dynamics 31.61 Bn 31.03 Bn 958.97 Mn 0.25
5 Reliance 19.53 Bn 19.29 Bn 1.30 Bn 0.15
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 6.15 Bn 6.08 Bn 132.00 Mn 0.38
7 Gerdau 5.42 Bn 4.28 Bn 558.98 Mn 0.12
8 GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V 4.56 Bn 3.00 Bn - 0.00
9 Posco Holdings 4.34 Bn 1.84 Bn 1.04 Bn -
10 Worthington Steel 1.70 Bn 1.61 Bn 118.80 Mn 0.10

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jul 4, 2026 0.19
Apr 4, 2026 0.20
Dec 31, 2025 0.20
Oct 4, 2025 0.20
Jul 5, 2025 0.20
Apr 5, 2025 0.22
Dec 31, 2024 0.17
Sep 28, 2024 0.20
Jun 29, 2024 0.20
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 0.21
Apr 2, 2022 0.24
Dec 31, 2021 0.22
Oct 2, 2021 0.22