Nucor (NUE) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Nucor's (NUE) quarterly EBT Margin came in at 11.54% in Q2 2026, up 790.0% year-on-year from 1.3% in Q2 2025, and up 98.48% quarter-over-quarter from 5.82% in Q4 2025.

Nucor (NUE) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nucor has disclosed EBT Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 11.54% for Q2 2026.

  • EBT Margin for Q2 2026 came in at 11.54%, up 790.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 9.73% (up 329.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.74%, down 171.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin came in at 11.54% for Q2 2026 at Nucor, up from 5.82% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 29.59% in Q3 2022 to a low of 66.53% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 11.54% (2026), against an average of 9.79%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBT Margin sank 8374 bps in 2023 and surged 7204 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Nucor's EBT Margin stood at 17.21% in 2022, then plunged by 487 bps to 66.53% in 2023, then soared by 108 bps to 5.51% in 2024, then gained by 6 bps to 5.82% in 2025, then jumped by 98 bps to 11.54% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 11.54% (Q2 2026), 5.82% (Q4 2025), and 10.36% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn 7.10%
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn 11.54%
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - 4.87%
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn 9.86%
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn 8.68%
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn -6.24%
7 Algoma Steel 2.77 Bn 2.77 Bn -92.32 53.69%
8 National Steel 2.24 Bn -552.84 Mn 479.33 Mn -10.87%
9 Worthington Steel 2.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 76.10 Mn 1.86%
10 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn 9.07%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 11.54%
Dec 31, 2025 5.82%
Oct 4, 2025 10.36%
Jul 5, 2025 10.63%
Apr 5, 2025 3.64%
Dec 31, 2024 5.51%
Sep 28, 2024 5.23%
Jun 29, 2024 11.12%
Mar 30, 2024 15.05%
Dec 31, 2023 -66.53%
Sep 30, 2023 17.64%
Jul 1, 2023 21.52%
Apr 1, 2023 18.33%
Dec 31, 2022 17.21%
Oct 1, 2022 22.12%
Jul 2, 2022 29.59%
Apr 2, 2022 27.62%
Dec 31, 2021 27.82%
Oct 2, 2021 27.82%
Jul 3, 2021 23.05%