Nucor (NUE) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Nucor's (NUE) quarterly Debt to Equity came in at $0.33 in Q2 2026, down 10.61% year-on-year from $0.37 in Q2 2025, and down 2.24% quarter-over-quarter from $0.33 in Q4 2025.

Nucor (NUE) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nucor has disclosed Debt to Equity across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $0.33 for Q2 2026.

  • Debt to Equity for Q2 2026 came in at $0.33, down 10.61% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $0.33 (down 10.61% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $0.33, up 6.47% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity came in at $0.33 for Q2 2026 at Nucor, down from $0.33 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt to Equity ranged from a high of $0.41 in Q3 2022 to a low of $0.27 in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.32 (2025), against an average of $0.33.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt to Equity slipped 21.86% in 2023 and increased 19.27% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Nucor's Debt to Equity stood at $0.34 in 2022, then slipped by 9.87% to $0.31 in 2023, then climbed by 2.64% to $0.31 in 2024, then gained by 6.47% to $0.33 in 2025, then dropped by 2.24% to $0.33 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.33 (Q2 2026), $0.33 (Q4 2025), and $0.32 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn -
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn 0.33
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - -
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn 0.46
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn 0.24
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn 1.33
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 0.20
10 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn 0.01

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 0.33
Dec 31, 2025 0.33
Oct 4, 2025 0.32
Jul 5, 2025 0.32
Apr 5, 2025 0.37
Dec 31, 2024 0.31
Sep 28, 2024 0.27
Jun 29, 2024 0.27
Mar 30, 2024 0.31
Dec 31, 2023 0.31
Sep 30, 2023 0.31
Jul 1, 2023 0.32
Apr 1, 2023 0.33
Dec 31, 2022 0.34
Oct 1, 2022 0.35
Jul 2, 2022 0.41
Apr 2, 2022 0.38
Dec 31, 2021 0.38
Oct 2, 2021 0.36
Jul 3, 2021 0.42