Nucor (NUE) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026)

Nucor's (NUE) quarterly Deferred Taxes came in at -$34.0 million in Q2 2026, down 9.68% year-on-year from -$37.6 million in Q2 2025, and down 123.78% quarter-over-quarter from $143.0 million in Q4 2025.

Nucor (NUE) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nucor has disclosed Deferred Taxes across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$34.0 million for Q2 2026.

  • Deferred Taxes for Q2 2026 came in at -$34.0 million, down 9.68% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $142.0 million (up 243.43% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $145.0 million, up 234.26% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes came in at -$34.0 million for Q2 2026 at Nucor, down from $143.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $143.0 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$40.0 million in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is -$16.0 million (2024), against an average of $5.9 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Deferred Taxes slumped 174.24% in 2024 and jumped 993.75% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Nucor's Deferred Taxes stood at $110.1 million in 2022, then slumped by 58.45% to $45.8 million in 2023, then slumped by 134.97% to -$16.0 million in 2024, then surged by 993.75% to $143.0 million in 2025, then plunged by 123.78% to -$34.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at -$34.0 million (Q2 2026), $143.0 million (Q4 2025), and $19.0 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn -
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn -34.00 Mn
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - 2.00 Mn
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn 32.67 Mn
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn -
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn -85.00 Mn
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 -7.00 Mn
10 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn 791,000.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 -34.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 143.00 Mn
Oct 4, 2025 19.00 Mn
Jul 5, 2025 14.00 Mn
Apr 5, 2025 -31.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -16.00 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 -14.00 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 -38.00 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 -40.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 45.75 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 18.86 Mn
Jul 1, 2023 -16.42 Mn
Apr 1, 2023 -28.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 110.12 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 3.10 Mn
Jul 2, 2022 -17.46 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 -18.76 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -155.08 Mn
Oct 2, 2021 64.38 Mn
Jul 3, 2021 39.66 Mn