Nucor (NUE) Ending Cash Balance (2015 - 2026)
Nucor's Ending Cash Balance was $3.47 billion in Q3 2026, up 56.1% from $2.22 billion a year earlier and up 39.9% from the prior quarter.
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Nucor (NUE) Ending Cash Balance (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Ending Cash Balance at Nucor came in at $2.26 billion, down 36.5% from FY2024.
- Ending Cash Balance shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -3.9% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Ending Cash Balance was $3.56 billion in FY2024 (-44.3%), $6.39 billion in FY2023 (+46.5%), $4.36 billion in FY2022 (+73.8%) and $2.51 billion in FY2021 (-8.9%).
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Ending Cash Balance since Q4 2024.
- Compared with a year earlier, Ending Cash Balance was higher in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 20.4%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Ending Cash Balance over five years was Q2 2023 (growth of 116.3%); the worst was Q2 2025 (a decline of 58.1%).
- Per Business Quant data, NUE's Ending Cash Balance in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was $2.48 billion (Q2 2026), $2.23 billion (Q1 2026) and $2.26 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Ending Cash Balance (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 170.99 Bn | 133.79 Bn | - | 8.91 Bn |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 139.60 Bn | 114.41 Bn | 3.10 Bn | 4.82 Bn |
| 3 | Rio Tinto | 134.98 Bn | 102.04 Bn | - | 8.91 Bn |
| 4 | Newmont | 124.45 Bn | 89.77 Bn | 4.22 Bn | 8.88 Bn |
| 5 | Ternium | 97.51 Bn | 70.28 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 1.36 Bn |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 94.25 Bn | 81.20 Bn | 2.15 Bn | 3.61 Bn |
| 7 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 83.15 Bn | 79.30 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 4.49 Bn |
| 8 | Barrick Mining | 67.48 Bn | 52.23 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 5.93 Bn |
| 9 | Nucor | 55.75 Bn | 46.29 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 2.48 Bn |
| 10 | ArcelorMittal | 45.97 Bn | 29.47 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.48 Bn |
| Apr 4, 2026 | 2.23 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.26 Bn |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 2.22 Bn |
| Jul 5, 2025 | 1.95 Bn |
| Apr 5, 2025 | 3.16 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.56 Bn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 4.26 Bn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 4.64 Bn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 4.56 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.39 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.87 Bn |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 4.52 Bn |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 3.88 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.36 Bn |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 3.13 Bn |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 2.09 Bn |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 3.81 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.51 Bn |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 2.05 Bn |
API Access
Nucor Ending Cash Balance API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=NUE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ending-cash-balance", "ticker": "NUE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=NUE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();